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Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Licorice and Cinnamon Bark

The Rusty Nail begins life as The First Nail, an oatmeal stout of epic proportions with brewer’s licorice, smoked barley, and pale malt and is then aged on cinnamon bark. She becomes The Rusty Nail after spending 15 months in 12-year old bourbon barrels. The Rusty Nail pounds your palate, challenges your perception of all that you’ve known of beer, and leaves you wanting … another sip. “A fine beer may be judged by one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure.” – VWP.

Down & Dirty: 2-Row Pale, Vienna, Midnight Wheat, Flaked Oats, Roast Barley, and Smoked malts with Magnum and US Golding hops, and brewer's licorice and cassia cinnamon chips

 Bourbon Barrel-Aged Dark Star (BBADS)

Formerly known as Kentucky Dark Star or KDS
Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels

This year’s release is a blend of 24, 18, 12, and 8-month Bourbon Barrel-Aged Dark Star in 7-12-year old Kentucky bourbon barrels. The roasted and chocolate malts complement the smooth oats to bring you a stout delight wrapped in the gentle embrace of bourbon barrel-aged warmth. A touch of sweetness dances in balance with the hops to finish with a wave, and then she’s gone.

Down & Dirty: 2-Row Pale, Roast Barley, Crystal-60, Chocolate, and Carafa-2 malts with Flaked Oats and Columbus, Willamette, and Cascade hops.

This year’s release of B-Bomb is aged in 8–12-year-old American Oak bourbon barrels and is a blend of 9, 12, and 24-month old barrel-aged Winter Ale. This special edition adds toasted coconut to compliment the bourbon, oak, cacao, leather, toffee and dark coffee notes achieved from its extended barrel aging and barrel blending.

This year’s release is a blend of 18, 12, and 8-month bourbon barrel-aged KDS Dark Star in 12-year old Kentucky Bourbon barrels. The roasted and chocolate malts compliment the smooth oats to bring you a stout delight wrapped in the gentle embrace of bourbon barrel-aged warmth. A touch of sweetness dances in balance with the hops to finish with a wave and then she’s gone. Down & Dirty: Pale, Roast Barley, Crystal-60, Chocolate, & Carafa-2 malts with Flaked Oats and Magnum, Willamette, & Cascade hops and coffee.

This special version of BA BORIS was aged in very special Canadian Whiskey barrels, instead of Kentucky Bourbon barrels. What you get is a crisper, cleaner character imparted from the barrel aging, which is a refreshing twist on this specialty – our highest rated beer.

Lovingly referred to by Fremonters as the B-BOMB, this bourbon barrel-aged edition of our winter ale has a warming spicy aroma and rich carmelly notes of bourbon, wood and vanilla added to dark roasty chocolatey malt flavors and subtle hopping. (INFUSED WITH COFFEE AND CINNAMON)

This is our classic bourbon barrel-aged barleywine ale, Mash, stretching to new levels. Mash & Coconut has coconut added - nearly 1 lb. per bottle, which ratchets up the complex coconut character and complements the oaky and vanilla notes that are imparted to the beer as part of its extensive maturation in oak bourbon barrels.

Poterie is French for “pottery”, the traditional eight-year anniversary gift. Our eighth anniversary ale, Poterie, follows in the footsteps of our anniversary releases before it, which are loosely based on an English-style old ale, fermented with our house yeast strain and then blended using the solera method. This means that a portion of each anniversary ale is saved in oak barrels and blended in with the next year’s production, providing more complexity and depth of character as the years go by. The result is layered in robust and complex flavors of toffee, caramel, dark fruit, vanilla and oak. Poterie will age gracefully for decades when cellared properly.

European hopped Session Blonde Farmhouse Ale aged in Chardonnay Barrels for 6 months with Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus.

A dark wheat beer, strong and top-fermented, traditionnally brewed in Munich, Germany

La Ruche is a delicate Missouri Saison fermented using a blend of our local microflora and a traditional Saison yeast. Blend #2 is brewed with Alfalfa Honey, fermented with our Native Microflora, aged in Missouri Oak and released in conjunction with the National Honey Beer Summit here in STL.

Eclipse aged on coffee beans. Lavender wax.

Displaying its pitch-black viscosity as soon as it's pouring into the glass, Permutation 7.09 opens up with aromas of creamy chocolate milk, toasted hazelnut, and subtle fresh-ground coffee beans. Over time, the beer begins to show secondary notes of vanilla almond milk and gentle coconut. A medium body, well-integrated adjunct profile, and slight warming character all come together in a harmonious slow-sipping drinking experience.

Imperial Oatmeal Stout with Spices Aged in Bourbon Barrels
This year’s release is a blend of 24, 18, 12, and 8-month Bourbon Barrel-Aged Dark Star in 7-12-year old Kentucky bourbon barrels. The roasted and chocolate malts complement the smooth oats to bring you a stout delight wrapped in the gentle embrace of bourbon barrel-aged warmth. A touch of sweetness dances in balance with the hops to finish with a wave, and then she’s gone.
2-Row Pale, Roast Barley, Crystal-60, Chocolate, and Carafa-2 malts with Flaked Oats and Columbus, Willamette, and Cascade hops with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, vanilla, and clove.

(wrong label on picture / same label but with 2018 of course)

Creamy and complex, this American Imperial Stout is aged in bourbon barrels until it discovers its inner wolf. Fresh maple syrup is added to the boil and whole vanilla beans to each barrel to create unique flavors and sought after complexity. This beer is dangerously smooth and incredibly delicious.