Barrel Aged Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break Variants

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  1. M-Fox24

    M-Fox24 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,941) Mar 17, 2013 New Jersey
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    Evil Twin & Westbrook Joining Forces For Two Barrel Aged Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break Variants
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    A collaboration between Evil Twin Brewing and Westbrook Brewing Co. will now have a couple of barrel-aged variants.

    The beers are Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break, a 10.5 percent ABV imperial stout brewed with almonds, cocoa nibs, coffee, cinnamon, habanero peppers and vanilla beans before being aged in maple bourbon barrels and Double Barrel Aged Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break, a 10.5 percent ABV imperial stout brewed with almonds, cocoa nibs, coffee, cinnamon, habanero peppers and vanilla beans before being aged in both maple bourbon barrels and Marsala wine barrels.
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    As with the original version named Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break (10.5 percent ABV) that was released last year, the two new incarnations are a combined recipe of one of each individual brewery’s more popular releases: Evil Twin’s Imperial Biscotti Break, an 11.5 percent ABV imperial stout brewed with almonds, coffee and vanilla that was first released in 2012, and Westbrook’s Mexican Cake, a 10.5 percent ABV imperial stout brewed with almonds, cocoa nibs, coffee, cinnamon sticks, fresh habanero peppers and vanilla beans that was first released in 2012.

    According to labels filed with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), both Maple Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break and Double Barrel Aged Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break will be packaged in 22-ounce bottles. An email sent to the breweries for additional information was not immediately returned.

    http://tenemu.com/news/westbrook-sl...ican-biscotti-cake-break-for-november/11/2016
     
    #1 M-Fox24, Sep 22, 2017
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  2. tobelerone

    tobelerone Grand Pooh-Bah (4,220) Dec 1, 2010 New Jersey
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    interesting, Marsala huh? That's a first at least as far as I know. Sounds like it has hot mess potential all over it. Marsala and maple.

    I'll probably buy it anyway if I see it around. Somebody stop me...
     
    #2 tobelerone, Sep 22, 2017
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  3. Sabtos

    Sabtos Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,920) Dec 15, 2015 Ohio
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    Where are all these Evil Twin collab. barrels resting?! Seems like Evil Twin has been doing a lot of barrel aging, but they are still gypsy, no?
     
    #3 Sabtos, Sep 22, 2017
  4. raynmoon

    raynmoon Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2011 Colorado

    WAYYY too much going on there.
     
    #4 raynmoon, Sep 22, 2017
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  5. damasta414

    damasta414 Aspirant (249) Mar 7, 2017 Wisconsin
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    Anybody else get dizzy just looking at the label?
     
    #5 damasta414, Sep 22, 2017
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  6. M-Fox24

    M-Fox24 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,941) Mar 17, 2013 New Jersey
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    Premeditated



     
    #6 M-Fox24, Sep 22, 2017
  7. MikeP64

    MikeP64 Zealot (661) Jan 24, 2015 South Carolina

    Damn is there any beer in that bottle???
     
    #7 MikeP64, Sep 22, 2017
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  8. MissFeisty

    MissFeisty Initiate (0) Dec 18, 2012 California

    Is this climax of the pastry stout movement?
     
    #8 MissFeisty, Sep 22, 2017
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  9. Lazhal

    Lazhal Pooh-Bah (1,890) Mar 13, 2011 Michigan
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    Another couple beers I'd like to try but will likely skip due to the high probability of a $30 price point or worse.
     
    #9 Lazhal, Sep 22, 2017
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  10. Dan_Inreallife

    Dan_Inreallife Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2012 Colorado

    I realize it's a semantics argument, but I wouldn't consider this a pastry stout. I would consider it a hot mess though. I thought the non-BA version was just a crappy, overly-roasty version of regular Cake, and while the Maple Bourbon barrels may help it along, the Marsala treatment sounds disgusting.
     
    #10 Dan_Inreallife, Sep 22, 2017
  11. Sabtos

    Sabtos Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,920) Dec 15, 2015 Ohio
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    Yeah! We leavve that shit to Florida! No one can top those bath salts sniffing *************s!
     
    #11 Sabtos, Sep 22, 2017
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  12. DISKORD

    DISKORD Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2017 South Carolina

    Westbrook built another big ass building right next to the brewery, just for barrels.
     
    #12 DISKORD, Sep 24, 2017
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  13. MikeP64

    MikeP64 Zealot (661) Jan 24, 2015 South Carolina

    Saw this over the weekend for 15.00...still skipped it.
     
    #13 MikeP64, Sep 25, 2017
  14. Dil_thebeerdrinking_do

    Dil_thebeerdrinking_do Savant (1,192) Jan 21, 2014 Georgia
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    This would be perfect for our upcoming WTF bottle share.
     
    #14 Dil_thebeerdrinking_do, Sep 25, 2017
  15. NewmansOwn

    NewmansOwn Initiate (0) Jun 25, 2016 New York

    You mean the non BA version?
     
    #15 NewmansOwn, Sep 25, 2017
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  16. Moradin

    Moradin Initiate (0) Jul 7, 2016 New York

    just when I thought the fried chicken beer was way to much....
    I appreciate long names in beers, I do not appreciate 3 pages of ingredients, it makes me wonder on the quality of the beer to begin with.
    Sorry Jeppe, I'll stick to EMJ
     
    #16 Moradin, Sep 25, 2017
  17. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Yeah, it was in the $14.25 range here in PDX I think. I know this is going to sound weird, but given the low price point (especially for a BA Evil Twin beer), I questioned just how good it could be. If it was around $20, I might have been more tempted to buy a bottle, but at $14.25, it was just hard for me to believe it could be any good.
     
    #17 John_M, Sep 25, 2017
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  18. DISKORD

    DISKORD Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2017 South Carolina

    He's talking about regular, non-barrel-aged version. Which was released months ago.

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    #18 DISKORD, Sep 25, 2017
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  19. Hopsonhops

    Hopsonhops Initiate (0) Sep 13, 2017 New York

    These have not been released yet but cant wait to savor them
     
    #19 Hopsonhops, Sep 25, 2017
  20. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Are you sure? Beermongers had just gotten both beers in (I remember the maple in particular), and I'd swear that both of the beers were BA. It was part of the reason I was so surprised by the price.

    The regular, nonbarrel aged version hit town here several months ago (as you indicated). It was OK, though I didn't fall in love with it.
     
    #20 John_M, Sep 25, 2017
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