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| Now in my second year, A Whale A Week is my challenge to try (with an array of beer loving friends) a rare beer for every week of the year. Last year I had a great time with this and have continued it for 2016. Not every beer will be a truly “white whale” beer, but all are hard to find and a treat to try!
Goose Island Backyard Rye 2013
This week we try another special Goose Island beer from the Bourbon County line-up. I’ve been drinking BCS since before it was cool (I was in Chicago prior to 2000 and had it at the brewpub) and have been excited to see all the new things the company is doing with the base beer. Again–perhaps Goose Island is now owned by the evil overlords of beer, but they’re still putting out some amazing beers. This particular version is a Russian Imperial stout aged in rye whiskey barrels with mulberries, marionberries, and boysenberries. I had to bone up on my fruit knowledge in order to do this write-up. Mulberries look a lot like raspberries, but grow on tree … |
Source: JABlog: A Minnesota-Centric Beer Blog
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