Saint Arnold Brewing Co. will be releasing Bishop’s Barrel 14 next week.
The latest incarnation in the Bishop’s Barrel series is a Russian imperial stout that has aged in bourbon barrels with coffee. As with the rest of the series, it will be available in 12-ounce bottles.
The Houston-based brewery’s Bishop’s Barrel is a series that allows brewers to barrel age beers from a few weeks to more than a year. Barrels and beer styles are specifically chosen to complement each other. Since the beers are already aged, Saint Arnold’s recommends that they be consumed immediately.
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 1 (12 percent ABV), a bourbon barrel imperial stout
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 2 (7.8 percent ABV), an old ale aged in chardonnay barrels with cherries
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 3 (8.7 percent ABV), a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 4 (7.9 percent ABV), a bourbon barrel-aged weizenbock with cocoa nibs
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 5 (12 percent ABV), a bourbon barrel-aged wee heavy scotch ale
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 6 (13 percent ABV), an imperial pumpkin stout aged in rum barrels
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 7 (11.3 percent ABV), a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 8 (11.5 percent ABV), a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 9 (12.9 percent ABV), a bourbon barrel-aged imperial pumpkin stout
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 10 (12.7 percent ABV), a bourbon barrel-aged barleywine
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 11 (10.1 percent ABV), a gin barrel-aged double IPA
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 12 (8.9 percent ABV), an ale aged in Sauvignon Blanc wine barrels with cherries and brettanomyces
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 13 (12 percent ABV), a bourbon barrel-aged quadrupel
- Saint Arnold Bishop’s Barrel 13, a Russian imperial stout that has aged in bourbon barrels with coffee
According to a post by Saint Arnold’s brewer Aaron Inkrott on a Beer Advocate forum, Bishop Barrel 14 will be released across the brewery’s distribution network on June 20, exclusively available in bars and restaurants.
Update (June 17, 2016) — This post was updated to include information on the release date. It was originally published on April 22, 2016.