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Invictus Bourbon Barrel Aged

Invictus Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout

Rich & warming, this bourbon barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout is our offering to devotees of independent craft brewers everywhere who understand beers that are years in the making, entirely unprofitable, and completely craft.

ABV 18.4% | IBUs 30 | SRM 50

Malts: Pale Malt, Munich Malt, Choclate Malt, Great Western Malt, Caraform III, Roasted Barley, Flaked Oats

Hops: CTZ, Halertauer

Special Additions: Demerara Sugar, Cellared Over a Year in Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam, and Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels

Taste: Pours opaque ebony with voluptuous aromas of raisins, amaretto, and roasty bourbon. The silky, viscous mouthfeel coats the palate with a turbinado sweetness, dark fruit, and a smooth, belly-warming, spirited finish.

Style: Among devotees of Craft Beer, there are incomparable beers which become Standards of Faith testifying there are Brewers who care deeply about their art. Rich and warming, each annual brew of the Invictus solera program originates with the 2015 genesis with beautiful variations of each barrel-aged vintage.

Serve with a cigar would be nice.

2015 - A beautiful Russian Imperial Stout solera aged in Jim Beam, Buffalo Trace and Heaven Hill bourbon barrels over a year and blended into an incredibly smooth, Cognac-like 17.5% abv elixir. 

2016 - Bourbon Barrel Aged. The second vintage (2016) in this solera series, Invictus ages over a year in Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace, and Jim Beam bourbon barrels. Pours opaque ebony with voluptuous aromas of raisins, amaretto, and roasty bourbon. The silky, viscous mouthfeel coats the palate with a turbinado sweetness, dark fruit, and a smooth, belly-warming, spirited finish.