Who's favorite style is Barrel-Aged beers?

[45catfan]

Let me start off by saying I LOVE good beer.  However, not all beer is good.  While IPAs are my least favorite style, I still like them.  I have been digging barrel aged (BA) beers for a while now.  The first one to grab me was 'Dragon's Milk' by New Holland.  A must have if you like this style.  It's not for everyone.  Some people don't like a hint of bourbon in their beer.  Me?  Best of both worlds!  Moreover, BA offerings tend to be darker beers, which happen to be my favorite.  So its a win, win, win for me.

Anyone have a favorite BA offering they would like to shout out?

 

ps. Love the PBR Coffee logo.  Super good!

[kungfoodude]

There are a lot of different varieties of BA beers. I am not sure if you have had Darkness(Russian Imperial Stout from Surly Brewing) but it is actually aged in oak barrels that haven't been used for spirits. Same with Dogfish Head's Palo Santo Marron(Brown Ale aged in huge Palo Santo wood vessels). Or Cigar City made a couple of their flagship beers that have been aged in Amburana good(Hunaphu has previous versions in this wood). Those are some really cool barrel aged darker beers that are not in the traditional mold of a spirit barrel aged stout.

But, yeah, who doesn't love a big stout in some spirit barrels? RIS, pastry, whatever....poo is good.

[45catfan]

15 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

There are a lot of different varieties of BA beers. I am not sure if you have had Darkness(Russian Imperial Stout from Surly Brewing) but it is actually aged in oak barrels that haven't been used for spirits. Same with Dogfish Head's Palo Santo Marron(Brown Ale aged in huge Palo Santo wood vessels). Or Cigar City made a couple of their flagship beers that have been aged in Amburana good(Hunaphu has previous versions in this wood). Those are some really cool barrel aged darker beers that are not in the traditional mold of a spirit barrel aged stout.

But, yeah, who doesn't love a big stout in some spirit barrels? RIS, pastry, whatever....poo is good.

YES! I know which one you are talking about, but I can't think of the name of it either.  It's like coffee, french toast (with syrup) and stout beer with a hint of bourbon in a can.  Who needs an actual breakfast with that kind of offering?

[kungfoodude]

16 hours ago, 45catfan said:

YES! I know which one you are talking about, but I can't think of the name of it either.  It's like coffee, french toast (with syrup) and stout beer with a hint of bourbon in a can.  Who needs an actual breakfast with that kind of offering?

RIS = Russian Imperial Stout. Pastry stouts are a more recent style of heavy adjunct beers(coffee, vanilla, cinnamon, maple syrup, you name it). 

There are actually quite a few beers that might meet your description these days(very popular set of adjuncts in the stout and BA stout world). I am thinking maybe Founders CBS, perhaps? That wouldn't be in a can though. 

Maple BA stouts are all the rage. I approve. My blood sugar probably doesn't.