Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailBoilermaker Stout

Dry stout aged in bourbon barrels A collaboration with our friends at Legal Sea Foods, and a logical extension of their private label bourbon program. Having selected single barrels of bourbon which were then bottled for exclusive use at Legal Sea Foods restaurants, the empty barrels were shared with us here at CBC in order to produce this beer. This Dry Stout was crafted from roasted barley and oats plus pale, chocolate, and amber malts from the Fawcett Maltings in Yorkshire, England. Gently hopped with English Fuggles hops, after fermentation it was laid to rest for four months in a dozen oak barrels which had previously held bourbon from Buffalo Trace distillery and others. The resulting beer offers an aroma of roasted cereals and hints of espresso with a touch of oak-derived vanillins. On the palate, Boilermaker Stout is very dry and quaffable with caramel and roasty notes balanced by flavors from the charred oak barrels, and a subtle hint of spirit lingering in its very smooth finish.