Tagged: barrel aged stout

exciting! ba stouts!

Episode 360 – Exciting! Barrel-Aged Stouts!

We might as well send off 2020 on an upbeat note and just get wild with the ingredients, so we let it all hang out on this mixed five pack of barrel-aged variant stouts from local breweries. Each of these...

vanilla bourbon dosvidanya

Vanilla Bourbon Dosvidanya | DESTIHL Brewery

Much like most barrel-aged stouts these days, DESTIHL’s Dosvidanya has returned in November! DESTIHL has seized on recent trends by releasing five variants of its award-winning barrel-aged stout in 16 ounce cans, half of which received the limited “Brewery Only” tag. Dosvidanya Vanilla Bourbon is one such variant.

form of the destructor

Form of the Destructor | Revolution Brewing

Revolution, like many businesses during this time, has had to adapt and adjust their business model. Typically, Deep Wood releases would have a big party on the Friday of the release. With the pandemic shutting down the taproom and closing the brewpub until further notice, those parties will not happen for the foreseeable future. But they were still planned in advance. Marty Scott (head barrel dude and #1 Van Halen fan) had some special things lined up for them. So in order to not have the beer just sitting in barrels or kegs, Revolution decided to crowler them off and sell them. Form of the Destructor was one of those recently released.

metal monkey asmodeus

Episode 199 – Metal Monkey Asmodeus

As Metal Monkey Brewing in Romeoville gears up for the largest release in their almost two-year history, they decided that we should spread the word on the four barrel-aged versions of their huge Asmodeus stout. Was it a wise idea?