Our brewers have been busy over the past couple years since the addition of our second brewery here at Sockeye Brewing. When we added three of Idaho’s senior brewers to our brew crew in the summer of 2012, we were proud to support them doing what they do best. Make exeptional craft beer. They each have produced new styles of their choosing with our “Catch and Release” series of seasonal rotations, and also began an extensive cask conditioning and a barrel aging program that also caters to their creative abilities. Not only do we all support and enjoy their talent, we especially enjoy reaping the tasty benefits of their fine craftsmanship. We discovered quickly that it wasn’t just the customers in our own pubs who enjoyed these flavorful creations, the brews our team offers have been highly supported by retail partners of many craft beer hot spots and bottle shops in our distribution chain. So when the team recently started listing the liquid treasure inside our barrels, we realized we had quite a collection of brews that had been aging along quietly in our brewery. Beers ranging from Kolsch, Belgians, Barleywines and of course IPAs, have been slumbering and soaking up the fruits and woods of their master’s whims. What better way to celebrate their creativity by kegging off these tasty treats and raising a glass among friends? The time has come to share the libations with our biggest fans. Join us for a beer event like none other as we roll out the barrels with a couple of our biggest Boise craft beer supporting partners and friends. Mark your calendars, Boise beer fans! These beers are very special and so are these two events!
Saturday January 10th, 11am-blow, Bittercreek Alehouse hosts the first Sockeye Barrel Fest. In addition to the tap list, Bittercreek will also feature:
*Sockeye Summer & Galena Gold blended with Apricots aged in Indian Creek Chardonnay barrels.
Saturday February 21st, 11am-blow, Bier:Thirty hosts another Sockeye Barrel Fest. In addition to the tap list, Bier:Thirty will also feature:
*Silver Creek Sour NABA 2014 Gold medal American Wild Sour, our Soktoberfest aged in red wine barrel with local cherries.
Other featured barrel aged beers will be:
*2013 Seven Devils Imperial Stout aged in Jack Daniel’s barrels.
*2013 Winterfest aged in Jack Daniel’s barrels.
*2013 Old Devils Tooth Barleywine aged in Jack Daniel’s barrels.
*Spring 2013 Hopnoxious IIPA aged in Rogue Gin barrels.
*Wild Willy– A funky sour with local apples from Williamson Orchard aged in our very first wild yeast red wine barrels.
*Highlands Wee Heavy aged in Rogue Whiskey barrels.
*Dagger Falls IPA aged in Rogue Gin barrels.
*Sunnyslope Apricot Sour– Fermented in a Chardonnay barrel with both Hefe and wild yeast and Williamson Orchard apricots.
*Peach Creek Triple– A Belgian Tripel aged in Indian Creek Chardonnay barrel aged with 50lb of local peaches.
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