Official SA Bishop's Barrel thread

Waiting for the day Brewery releases are legal in TX... BB1s bar only release last year was very shitty for working stiffs.

 

While I think that the BB1 release was messy, I was able to find most of my bottles after 5pm.

 

Flying Saucer Downtown tweeted:

"We're closed from 430 - 10 tonight for private event. Sorry. 10pm @saintarnold #BB1 bottles go on sale though."
https://twitter.com/FlyingSaucerHou/status/299570276973293568

 

Obviously, as a BA enthusiast, and enjoyer of good beer in general, I'd love a brewery only release for things like this. I've been to Dark Lord day, GABF, Black Tuesday release, Younger, etc., etc.... The beer is great, but more importantly I enjoy the people the most. Enjoying beer is better when you're with company. Hopefully that can happen sooner than later.

I hope you all get a chance to enjoy this brew. It's been a beer over a year in the making. Cheers!

 

Yep, also I like the bars only release for these. Really, they are not that hard to find. Maybe if all you want is to have a case to horde and trade at home. Though going to Cottonwood, BRC, Stags Head, etc these are great to have on hand IMO.

 

What is this Abyss you speak of.. surely it hasn't been seen in Houston...

 

I thought I heard that technically this beer was older than BB#1. Is that true?

Thanks for staying active in this forum and join us all at a Freetail release

 

Yep. Didn't get my shot at that one. What I'm wondering is if we still get a crack at two restaurants selling BB2 to go.

 

So Feb. 18th hunh? :-)

 

You, you're good you! You're good.

 

surely wont miss this didn't get to try BB1

 

Yes, older than BB1

 

Brock from SA just tweeted bb2 is an old ale aged in chardonay barrels. Is this just dr12 aged in barrels?

 

Not DR12

 

I thought I read it was the Christmas Ale with cherries aged in chardonnay barrels

 

Whoa an old ale

Now that just made things interesting for me....

 

And there is it. Get ready for the chase.

 

Not looking forward to the chase tbh

 

From the Saint Arnold Newsletter:

Bishop's Barrel No. 2 to be Released on Monday, February 18

The second release of our barrel aged series will be available in pubs and restaurants beginning Monday, February 18. BB2 is an old ale aged in Chardonnay barrels with cherries for 14 months. It's delicious. And very different from BB1.

This is a beer for people who like their beers a little funkier, while not being a completely wild beer. The Chardonnay barrels came from Saintsbury, our founder Brock's cousin's winery in Napa, California where they ferment the Chardonnay in the barrels. On December 3, 2011, we filled the barrels with our Christmas Ale. We then added sour cherries to the barrels and put them up in our barrel room where they rested, fermented, aged and developed for the next 14 months.

Once it was time to move the 54 barrels of beer downstairs for packaging, we noticed that two barrels had a distinct Brettanomyces (wild yeast) character and two barrels had a sour lactic bacteria character. While on their own, these barrels didn't have the flavors we were after, before dumping them we did a test blend with the rest of the barrels and discovered that the resulting blend was better than any of the barrels on their own. So they were blended in!

Here is our description of the beer: The nose is a combination of sour cherry, oaked chardonnay and a wild yeast character. The taste has cherry and light malt up front, chardonnay in the middle and finishes dry with a distinct tartness. The cherry throughout is a light note, never dominating.

Because of the very small amount of this beer that was brewed, it will only be available at bars and restaurants. Your best bet for finding it is places that normally carry our beers. Also, watch Facebook and Twitter for announcements about where you can find it.