Proprietors Reserve Series

Velvet Merkin (September 2013)

This is our Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels and it just won the 2010 and 2011 Gold medal at the GABF for barrel aged beers!!!  This beer goes into the barrels as a roasty dark chocolate, coffee accented mild mannered stout and comes out transformed as a milk chocolate, smooth dark cherry, vanilla and coconut infused masterpiece.  We are incredibly proud of this beer and it seems as though it was always meant to be a barrel aged brew.

100% Oak Barrel Aged

Very limited draft availability.  In 22oz Bottles This Fall!

brew Notes

  • style
    Oatmeal Stout
  • abv
    8.5
  • ibu
    33
  • color
    80SRM
  • fermentation
    British Ale (House)
  • malts
    Maris Otter, 2-Row Pale, Roast Barley, English Dark Caramel, Medium Caramel, Carafa Malt, Oats (15%)
  • hops
    100% US Grown Fuggle Hops
  • availability
    Not released for sale.

awards & press

2011 Gold Medal - Great American Beer Festival
2010 Gold Medal - Great American Beer Festival