7 Barrel Aged Beers to Try at This Year’s Barrel Aged Beer Bash
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Jungle Jim’s Barrel Aged Beer Bash is an ode to all things barrel aged – be they stouts, porters, wild ales, sours, or any other kind of beer (yeah, we’ll even have a barrel aged kolsch). With over 100 beers to choose from – from all over the world – where do you even start?
Check out what we recommend you take the time to try while you’re walking around the bash. And don’t worry, these are just a fraction of what will be available, and they’re ALL worth trying (responsibly, of course! There’s no way to try them all).
We have a few ideas.
Check out what we recommend you take the time to try while you’re walking around the bash. And don’t worry, these are just a fraction of what will be available, and they’re ALL worth trying (responsibly, of course! There’s no way to try them all).
Founders Brewing Company – Canadian Breakfast Stout
If there’s one beer to wait in line for, it’s probably this one. Much heralded, CBS returned after a hiatus that had everyone in a fever pitch by the time bottles hit shelves. Rich, sweet, decadent, intense… lots of maple syrup hits the palate first, with bourbon, coffee, and chocolate rounding it out. It’s everything you want in a barrel aged stout, and absolutely a must try if you have the opportunity.
Listermann Brewing Company – Freedom Toast (Stout)
This one was limited in its own right, but hails from one of Cincinnati’s most formidable purveyors of barrel aged beverages. A stout with walnuts, maple, cinnamon, and nutmeg aged in bourbon barrels, this is another intensely flavored experience that you won’t want to miss.
Prairie Artisan Ales – Vanilla Noir (Stout)
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Bear with us… this one isn’t just another barrel aged stout. Aged in oak whiskey barrels, this imperial stout gets an added dose of vanilla beans to round and mellow out the big whiskey notes. All the things you love in a barrel aged stout, with the richness of vanilla? Yes, please.
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Deschutes Brewery – The Dissident (Belgian-style Brown Ale)
A wild fermented Belgian-style brown ale with cherries, aged on oak. This is a tart, yet surprisingly smooth and approachable wild ale from one of the country’s most consistent breweries. We think this is a great way to break things up between some of the heavier flavors of the bash’s stouts, and a great beer on it’s own.
Figleaf Brewing Company – BA Black Solstice (Stout)
Another local offering, BA Black Solstice is all about the stout and the flavor of the barrels it was aged in. No adjuncts, just straight up notes of whiskey, vanilla, licorice and more. Oh, and this recently won the Best Barrel-Aged Stout title in the King of Ohio competition held last month. Don’t miss it!
Boulevard Brewing Company – Cabernet Cask Imperial Stout
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You know what… Maybe we’ll let Boulevard explain this one (from their website):
“Not long ago, we connected with the good folks from Jefferson’s Bourbon to begin an informal (yet beer serious) collaboration project. It all began with the arrival of barrels that had previously held an iteration on the classic Manhattan cocktail followed by acquiring barrels that had previously held Jefferson’s Reserve Groth Reserve Cask Finish Very Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey. While the project involving the Manhattan barrels is ongoing, the time has come to unleash Cabernet Cask Imperial Stout. |
Following the packaging of the above mentioned (incredibly lengthily named whiskey), our barrel crew took possession of the barrels from Jefferson’s Reserve and immediately filled them with the base beer used to produce Imperial Stout, a prior Smokestack Series Limited Release. Over the course of nearly two years, our beer rested in the barrels coaxing out flavors of charred oak and vanilla alongside beautiful notes of blackberry and cinnamon from the whiskey all linked together with dark and dried fruits contributed by the cabernet as well as the Scottish yeast strain used to ferment the base beer. Cabernet Cask Imperial Stout is 100% barrel-aged.”
Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery – Babbling Brook (Saison)
We thought it might be a good idea to show the lighter, funkier side of the bash, because there are quite a few sours, wild, and farmhouse ales that will be ready for you to try. This one’s high up on our personal list. Aged in Vin Santo Casks, this is a mixed fermentation saison that speaks to the finesse Jackie O’s regularly shows to their non-dark beers. We cannot wait to sample this one.
Tickets are still available IN-STORE for this year’s Barrel Aged Beer Bash! With more than 100 beers available to sample, there’s something there for everyone. And don’t worry, the event itself is for everyone, too (so long as you’re 21 or over). It’s a great way to experience the wild side of beer, and challenge your perceptions of just what beer should taste like.
Check out the full list of what we’ll have to sample, all available to view on Untappd, right here!
