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Brooklyn/Rogue/Firestone Walker/Sierra Nevada/istock/Uproxx When it comes to warming, winter beers, there’s no beating the appeal of a well-made whiskey (usually bourbon) barrel-aged stout. They’ve been a cold weather staple ever since Goose Island’s brewmaster Greg Hall decided to mature a stout in an ex-Jim Beam barrel way back in 1992. They are usually fairly high …
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True North/New holland/Fremont/Troegs/istock/Uproxx Ever since Goose Island first launched its iconic Bourbon County Stout back in 1992, after a chance encounter with Jim Beam’s master distiller Booker Noe, the beer world has never been the same. In the decades since, barrel-aged beers (stout in particular) have become a fixture in the fall (and winter) beer …
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3 Sheeps/Goose Island/Brooklyn/Real Ale/istock/Uproxx There’s a decent chance that when you hear the phrase “barrel-aged beer” your mind tends to immediately conjure images of bourbon or other whiskey barrels and dark beers like stouts and porters. And while you’re not wrong to think that, there’s a lot more to barrel-aged beer than simply bourbon-flavored bangers. …
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Oskar Blues/Founders/New Holland/Great Divide/istock/Uproxx These days, it’s easy to take bourbon barrel-aged stouts for granted. It seems like they’re everywhere and practically every brewery makes one. One of these robust, sweet, oaky, whiskey barrel-aged beers is such a no-brainer on a cold evening that it’s surprising to consider that it wasn’t always like this. Not …
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New Holland/Goose Island/Russian River/Firestone Walker/istock/Uproxx If you’re a fan of craft beer, you’re probably fairly acquainted with barrel-aged brews. For the uninitiated, barrel-aged beer is aged in wooden barrels for months (or years) to impart various flavors. Due to the residual flavors in the barrel and the sugars in the wood, the flavors that might …
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Fremont/Derivation/Petrus/Crooked Stave/istock/Uproxx While bourbon barrel-aged stouts seem to get all the press these days, nearly every other beer style is also getting the barrel-aged treatment. Wine, port, sherry, and rye whiskey barrelled-beers have all been making appearances on store shelves, with one-off specialty barrels in the mix too. There’s a wonderland of barrel-aged suds out …
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