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This Week's Beer News: 2024 BCS Variants Officially Announced

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

We now know what this year’s Bourbon County Stout variants will be. There was a BCS Cordial Stout (with chocolate, cocoa nibs and Amarena cherries), an intriguing sounding Upside Down Cake Stout (with pineapple, vanilla, brown sugar and Maraschino cherries) and this Proprietors label for a BCS Junior Mint. Or Andes Candy.

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Breweries Are Turning Up the Heat on Winter Beer

Imbibe Magazine

They invited customers to gather around crackling flames with strong imperial stouts, barley wines, and plum-flavored winter warmers set to be transformed by the centuries-old German tradition of bierstacheln , or beer spiking. They heated fireplace pokers ’til glowing red, then plunged them into the malty, belly-warming beers.

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15 Things You Should Know About Guinness

VinePair

An estimated 10 million pints of the brand’s signature Irish stout are enjoyed worldwide every single day, which amasses to over 1.8 Given the immense popularity of the famous stout — and the Guinness Storehouse, now one of the most iconic attractions in Dublin — it’s unlikely the legendary St. billion per year. James’s Gate.

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Whiskey Review: Westward Whiskey Vintner’s Cuvée

The Whiskey Wash

Westward has a robust mix of expressions in its flagship lineup, including Westward Whiskey Original, Westward Whiskey Pinot Noir Cask, Westward Whiskey Stout Cask, and Westward Whiskey Cask Strength. The general mash bill for this whiskey is 100% 2-row malted barley, having been distilled, depending upon the component, in 2018-2019.

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6 More Things You Didn’t Know About Luxury Whisky Producer The Macallan

The Whiskey Wash

Macallan completed work on their new distillery in 2018 to allow it to produce the highest quality whisky to an international audience. The Macallan Distillery Has One Of The Largest Wildflower Roofs In Europe Back in 2018, The Macallan unveiled its brand-new distillery, which has since won numerous awards.

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Jameson Irish Whiskey: The Complete Guide and FAQs

The Whiskey Wash

For beer lovers, Jameson’s Caskmates’ series editions use Stout or IPA casks from Irish craft breweries for maturation. The Jameson Legend series includes the ‘Single Pot Still’ edition, matured in five different types of oak cask, the brand’s 18 Year Old expression, and the ‘Bow Street 18 Year Old’ cask strength edition launched in 2018.

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This Week's Beer News: Pre-CBC Edition

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

1 PorchDrinking took a closer look at the recent barrel-aged stout in a box from Saint Errant. Their White Peach Wood IPA is the second to come from the 250-year-old tree, the first came from Solemn Oath back in 2018. That’s some old wood.

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