Whiskey

Firestone Walker XVII: The 2014 Blend

Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s Anniversary Ale is wildly popular among beer fans. If you ask me, it’s because the brewery pays extremely close attention to the blending process.

Firestone Walker XVIII is a barrel aged blend of nine different beers, blended by Continue Reading →

Hardywood Rye Whiskey Barrel Pumpkin Replaces Rum

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery (Richmond, VA) will add Rye Whiskey Barrel Pumpkin to their Barrel Series on October 18th.

Rye Whiskey Barrel Pumpkin is a substitue for seasonal favorite Rum Pumpkin. The brewery receives their rum barrels from a Peruvian distillery. A little Continue Reading →

Bayou Teche’s Barrel Aged Honey Beer Returns

Wild Honey. That’s what Bayou Teche Biere’s Miel Sauvage means when you translate it. The brew uses local Louisiana honey from the brewery’s neighbor Bernard Apiaries. Sauvage is  inspired by French farmhouse breweries making Biere de Mel or honey beers.

Miel Sauvage is Cajun French for wild Continue Reading →

Surly Brewing Eight Nearly Ready

Surly Brewing’s anniversary is technically in February, but this beer celebrating eight years is done, when it’s done. That’s a brewery saying. Every  release is vastly different than the seven before it. Head brewer Todd Haug is given carte blanche to Continue Reading →

Upslope’s Barrel Aged Brown Ale Launched

Upslope Brewing Company (Boulder, CO) launched a new 19.2 oz can this week, Upslope Barrel Aged Brown Ale.

Barrel Aged Brown Ale joins the Lee Hill Series, a quarterly release that kicks off with this offering.  The beer is aged in Leopold Brothers Maryland Continue Reading →