All the cool kids are doing year-end lists, so we’re jumping on board this particular train as well. You may recall we recapped our Top 5 Beers after a year of being in existence, but we have a few notable brews floating around in our brains that are worth mentioning. True, we spent most of [...]
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 Central Waters’ “Brewers Reserve” Bourbon Barrel Aged Cherry Stout Imperial Stout, ABV 10% Sayeth the Guys: KARL: …or “CWBBACS” for short. [...]  Goose Island says: Brewed in honor of the 1000th batch at our original Clybourn brewpub. A liquid as dark and dense as a black hole with thick foam the color of a bourbon barrel. The nose is an intense mix of charred oak, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and smoke. One sip has more [...]  KARL: It should come as no surprise that we like Shorts. Combine a minimalistic sensibility with an aptitude for amazing specialty brews and experimental fruit beers (paired with a little bit of demand from market limitation) and you’ve got a recipe for Shorts, and we like it. Despite being in Northern Michigan just a [...]  Arcadia says: “Aged in in 22 year-old Bourbon Barrels for almost two years.” Arcadia Bourbon Barrel-Aged Shipwreck Porter Baltic Porter, 12% ABV Sayeth the Guys: Karl: This was a fun one simply based on style variation. Almost by muscle memory alone, when you say “bourbon barrel aged,” one almost immediately follows [...]  Goose Island says: “Bourbon County Brand Stout spiced with fresh vanilla beans.” Goose Island Bourbon County Vanilla Stout Imperial Stout, 13% ABV Sayeth the Guys: Karl: It’s a shame that Goose Island doesn’t plan on making any more of this, because I’d love the chance to bust out a vertical of [...] |  The pain of the day after an evening of RIS, BCCBS and specialty release tasting is well worth it. #foreshadowing #reviewscoming4 hours ago @UplandBrewCo Double weird is the fact that the #tbk hashtag seems to send me to nothing but Malaysian twitter updates.4 hours ago  RT @guysdrinkinbeer: Prepare yourselves accordingly. RT @beerad: Chicago craft beer week set for 11 days in May, the 17th - 27th. http://t.co/igmIBkvi6 hours ago Prepare yourselves accordingly. RT @beerad: Chicago craft beer week set for 11 days in May, the 17th - 27th. http://t.co/igmIBkvi6 hours ago | ||||
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