Woodland Farm Brewery Introduces Barrel-Aged Beers

Woodland Farm Brewery of Utica is introducing a limited release of barrel-aged beers at a special event. And it features a very unique regional approach.  It's exciting to see a local brewery thinking "outside the barrel" on this one - they've teamed up with other New York State businesses including Adirondack Barrel Cooperage of Remsen, Black Button Distilling of Rochester, Pylman's Apiaries of Holland Patent, and Pioneer Malt of Rochester. In case you're wondering, aging the beer in different types of barrels brings out many different unique flavors in the brew.

They are holding a "bottle release party" on Saturday, November 5, 2016 starting at 11am, featuring 5 different versions of 2 beers. Here are more details from Woodland Farm Brewery.

Beer #1 - LB Lives:

It's an English style barleywine that finished at 9.7% abv. This beer is a malt forward beer brewed with local honey from Pylman's Apiaries, has flavors of dark fruit, raisins, plums, and fig. As the weather gets colder, this is the perfect beer to share with friends and family to warm the bones. We have two versions of this beer bottled; new oak barrel and bourbon barrel. The new oak barrels are from Adirondack Barrel Cooperage LLC and the bourbon barrels came from Black Button Distilling! There is a very limited number of bourbon barrel aged LB Lives; only 10 cases! The non-barrel aged version of LB Lives is on tap now at the brewery so customers can get a preview of what to expect from the barrel-aged beers! (Woodland Farm Brewery)

Beer #2 - No Treason:

This is a second batch of No Treason. When we tasted the first batch, we figured the only thing missing was some time in oak! No Treason, an adambier, finished at 9.1% abv with flavors of toasted breads, dark caramel, sweet honey, and smoke character. There are 3 different bottled versions for this batch; new oak, bourbon No Treason, and a single bourbon barrel #122 No Treason. The single barrel is available only to pint club members and the regular bourbon is also a limited number of cases. (Woodland Farm Brewery)

Don't miss this exciting event to try some new home-grown brews! Woodland Farm Brewery is on Trenton Road in Utica. Find out more at woodlandbeer.com.