Bourbon beersPosted Mar 18th 2006 12:15PM by Joe DiStefanoFiled under: Beer, Newspapers, Southern States, America, SpiritsI
like bourbon and I like beer, and through the years my tastes in both have grown quite rarefied. Sure I drink Jim Beam,
but I'm much more apt to order up a Blanton's. And as for beer, I'll settle for a crisp lager, but I prefer a complex
Belgian any day. Now brewers are combining bourbon and beer to make what sound to me to be some top-flight beers. What
could be better?These brews are aged in used bourbon barrels for anywhere from three months to a year. The
charred wooden barrels impart flavor (i.e. caramel, vanilla, molasses, etc.) to beer in much the same way they
give Kentucky's signature spirit its distinctive flavor. These so-called beerbons run the gamut from rich, intense
stouts such as Bourbon County Stout
and Founders
Kentucky Breakfast Bourbon Aged Stout to lighter brews, like Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale. All I know is
gotta try me some, and right soon.
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