Into The Barrel 2017 at Carwyn Cellars (VIC)

Sat 5 Aug 12:00pm to 13 Aug

Into The Barrel 2017 at Carwyn Cellars (VIC)

Just when you start to think the folks at Carwyn Cellars couldn't possibly raise the bar any higher, they go and announce the lineup for their 2017 Into The Barrel event. It is, to put it mildly, epic. 

Over the course of nine days, beginning August 5, they'll be tapping no less than 30 barrel aged beers of all kinds and from all over the world:

  • Hawkers Imperial Stout 2016 (Single Barrel Bourbon BA) Only keg in existence 12%ish
  • Hawkers Barley Wine 2016 (Bourbon BA) 12.5%
  • Hawkers Imperial Stout 2017 (Bourbon BA) 11.6%
  • Hawkers Imperial Stout 2017 Coffee Ed. (Bourbon BA) 11.6%
  • Hawkers Imperial Stout 2017 Fig & Maple (Bourbon BA) 11.6%
  • Hawkers Imperial Stout 2017 (Aquavit BA) 12.4%
  • Boatrocker Brewing Co. 2017 Ramjet (Starward Whisky BA) 13.6%
  • Boatrocker 'Time Lord' Gueuze style mixed fermentation blended sour 6%
  • BrewDog Hinterland (Bourbon BA) 9.1%
  • Brewdog/Ballast Point 'Shipwreck' (Islay Whisky BA) 13.8%
  • Moon Dog Craft Brewery 'Black Lung V' (Pedro Ximinez Sherry BA) 8.8%
  • MoonDog 'Black Lung VII (Merlot BA) 8.2%
  • Wild Beer Co. 'Smoke n Barrels Autumn' 6%
  • Firestone Walker Brewing Co. 'Bravo' Imperial Brown (Bourbon BA) 13.2%
  • Karl Strauss Brewing Company 28th Anniversary Ale Quad (Bourbon BA) 12.9%
  • Karl Strauss 'Barrel Aged Vanilla Bean Wreck Alley' (American Oak) 12.4%
  • Brouwerij de Molen 'Haken & Ogen' Imperial Stout (Jim Beam BA) 10.7%
  • Wayward Brewing Company 'Ginger Jones' Mixed fermentation ginger Saison (12 months Chardonnay BA) 6%ish
  • Brouwerij Boon '2 Year Lambic' (Single Foeder Lambic) 7%
  • Brouwerij Alvinne 'Sour'ire de Mortagne' (BA Quad with smoked peaches) 11%
  • La Sirène Brewing 'Imperial Barrel Aged Praline' (12 months Cabernet Sauvignon BA) 8%
  • 3 Ravens Brewery & The Commons Brewery collab 'Industrial Farmhouse' (Dry Saison blended with BA mixed culture golden sour) 5.7%
  • Stomping Ground Brewery & Beer Hall Chardonnay BA Brett Saison
  • Bridge Road Brewers 'Wild Fermented Red Ale' (Makers Mark BA) 8.1%
  • Anderson Valley Brewing Company 'Rosy Barl' Mixed fermentation raspberry Saison (14 month Chardonnay BA) 5.4%
  • Almanac Beer Co 'Dogpatch Grand Cru' Imperial Flanders style red ale with red grapes (French Oak) 10.5%
  • Pirate Life Brewing 'Apricot Berliner Weisse' (Red Wine BA) 3.7%
  • Barrow Boys Brewing 'Fizzy Lifting Drink' Brett conditioned Amber Ale (Shaddowfax Shiraz BA) 5.8%
  • Sailors Grave Brewing 'Winter Farmhouse' (Pinot Noir Fermented) 
  • Sailors Grave 'Breakfast Stout' Coffee & Vanilla Stout (Partial Lark Whisky BA) 5%
  • Willie Smith's 'Cerasus Cherry Sour' Lark BA Cherry Wine 8.3%

And, in order to complete the circle, each of those listed above will be paired with a barrel aged spirit. 

If you'd like to go in depth, on the opening day Hawkers will be hosting a ticketed masterclass which will dig to the bottom of barrel ageing. Spots are very limited and tend to sell quickly, so grab one here.