Imperial Stout

Awesome Art. Pipeworks Close Encounter

Some beer labels are truly works of art.  Pipeworks Brewing Company is one of the newest breweries to the Chicago beer scene, raising over $40,000 using Kickstarter.com.  They have been in production just over 2 months.  The bottle art above Continue Reading →

Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2012: April 16

Stone Brewing Co’s Imperial Russian Stout will make it’s 2012 appearance on April 16th, 2012.

Brewed in the authentic historical style of an Imperial Russian Stout, this beer is massive. Intensely aromatic (notes of anise, black currants, coffee, roastiness and alcohol) and Continue Reading →

Posted in Fifty Fifty Brewing

Fifty Fifty’s Eclipse Futures On Sale In 30 Mins

Future sales of FiftyFifty Brewing’s Eclipse go on sale in 30 minutes.  Eclipse is the brewery’s Totality, aged in various barrels.  Below are the barrel variations, and costs.  Head over to Fifty Fifty’s website for the order from.  (11 Am EST, 8 Pacific.)

Futures sales go live online on Monday, April 16th at 8:00am Pacific time, and allows purchasers to guarantee not missing out on their favorite styles.  Orders will only be taken on the website and are on a first come, first served basis.  Last year, several styles sold out on the first day, and they expect a similar response this year.

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, Saint Arnold Brewing

Saint Arnold Bishops Barrel Bourbon Barrel Stout

Saint Arnold Bishops Barrel Bourbon Barrel StoutSaint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel Bourbon Barrel Stout. Brewed with molasses.

Availability: Draft Only (as of 4/1/12

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Clown Shoes Brewing, Coming Soon

Clown Shoes To Release Barrel Aged “Angry Beast”

Clown Shoes Brewing is releasing a barrel aged, blended be in the coming months.  The brewery is taking part of an upcoming batch of Vampire Slayer (releasing in May), and blending with the beer from two Knob Creek barrels filled with Blaecorn Unidragon.  The resulting beer is called Angry Beast.

Release:  The next round of Slayer is due to hit taps in May.  Assuming it’s blended then – look for it in late May/June, 2012.

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Pipeworks Brewing

Awesome Art. Pipeworks Close Encounter

Pipeworks Close EncounterSome beer labels are truly works of art.  Pipeworks Brewing Company is one of the newest breweries to the Chicago beer scene, raising over $40,000 using Kickstarter.com.  They have been in production just over 2 months.  The bottle art above is made by Harebraineddesign.com

Close Encounter is a bold venture into depths unknown. The best of both worlds co-exist between a rich roasted malt er’n character and an aggressive hop presence that will probe your taste buds like +thing you have experienced before. Don’t fear the unknown, embrace it! You never know who or what you may encounter…

Style: Imperial Stout
Availability: 22oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

8.5% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in AC Golden Brewing Company, New Beers

AC Golden Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout

AC Golden Barrel Aged Russian Imperial StoutAC Golden Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout 

Style: Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Availability: Draft

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Stone Brewing Co.

Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2012: April 16

Stone Brewing Co’s Imperial Russian Stout will make it’s 2012 appearance on April 16th, 2012.

Brewed in the authentic historical style of an Imperial Russian Stout, this beer is massive. Intensely aromatic (notes of anise, black currants, coffee, roastiness and alcohol) and heavy on the palate, this brew goes where few can – and fewer dare even try. The style originated from Czarist Russia’s demand for ever thicker English stouts. Expect our version of this mysterious brew to pour like Siberian crude and taste even heavier!

Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Availability: 220z bombers, Draft.
Cellar: Yes!

10.5% ABV, 55 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Jester King Brewery, Mikkeller

Jester King/Mikkeller Collab: Beer Geek Rodeo

Jester King Beer Geek RodeoBeer Geek Rodeo is a peppery, coffee laden collaboration between Mikkeller and Jester King

Beer geeks and rodeos don’t often go together, but if ever there were a place where the two would meet, it would be Denmark No one from Jester King has ever been to Denmark, but our friends Mikkel and Thomas tell us the entire country is inhabited by craft beer drinking, spicy food loving Viking cowboys and cowgirls, and we think that sounds awesome. So as they say in Danish, bunden i vejret eller resten i haret, which we believe is pro-nounced “Yee-haw!” Jester King Craft Brewery is an authentic farm-house brewery in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, on the outskirts of Austin. We brew what we like, drink what we want and offer the rest to those who share our tastes.

Style: Imperial Stout (Chipotle Peppers, Coffee, Brown Sugar)
Hops: Millenium, Saaz, Cascade, Columbus
Malts: Flaked Oats, Roasted Barley, Maris Otter, Dark Crystal, Brown, Chocolate, Smoked, Pale.

Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA

10.1% ABV, 53 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay