Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
| The Bruery has been bringing amazing craft beer to Orange County, California (known as a beer wasteland for years compared to the Bay area and San Diego) since 2008. They are known for smaller batch and experimental beers and are much sought-out in the beer trading community. The Bruery is probably known most for their annual release Black Tuesday, a barrel aged Russian Imperial stout that is destined for a future A Whale A Week entry of its own. Chocolate Rain began (I think) in 2009 at the brewery as a one-off version of Black Tuesday with vanilla beans and San Francisco based TCHO Chocolate cocoa nibs. The beer first released in bottle 2011 after it had already gained a huge cult following by beer geeks. Currently they take a select few of their barrels of bourbon aged Imperial stout, age them with the above ingredients for several months, and then blend them to get the final Chocolate Rain. The beer has a rating of 96 on Beer Advocate and a solid 100 on RateBeer. The 2013 vin … |
Source: JABlog: A Minnesota-Centric Beer Blog
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