Founders Brewing Co. to Release Tequila Barrel-Aged Ale

Perhaps the fact that it's now almost 4 and a half hours since this was posted without any response so far says something about how well this beer might do in the market.

 

Wish they'd bring back that barrel aged wheatwine, Sweet Repute. That interests me far more than this Gose on HGH.

 

I have no idea how much I need to order for my store. I don't want it sitting on the shelves like Barrel Runner did.

 

I look forward to not buying this when I see it on the shelf sometime next year.

 

I would do a bottle to sample but nothing I am running out for.

 

Sierra Nevada’s barrel aged Otra Vez was really good. This is an imperial gose, so not sure how that works out. This is worth a try.

 

I am very excited to try this, as this mix of flavors are some of my favorites; overall I have been a big fan of the series and just about every beer has been a hit for me.

 

Lol. I, for one, am stoked! I'm a sucker for goses and boozy margaritas in the summer months, and I'll be good for at least a 4-pack of this stuff.

 

For me Stouts and Porters are best for barrel treatment. My least favorite Founders BA beers have been Barrel Runner followed, not too far behind, by Dankwood. That said, I like a Gose every now and then so I'll buy a pack if I see it this summer.

 

This sounds really similar to Boulevard's Tequila-Barrel Lime Gose, which wasn't bad, but I don't think I need a 10% ABV version of it.

 

In don’t love it being 10%, but the flavors are a natural fit, so I’ll try it.

 

I thought Barrel Runner was great but agreed that it wasn't a huge seller and I can still find some around me.

 

Barrel Runner to me was probably the worst BA beer I have had from any brewery. Just because you can age something in a barrel doesn't mean that you should. I will not hunt this down but will give it a try if I see it.

 

Before moving to Indiana in 2015, I was in southern California for seven years, outside of the distribution footprint for Founder's and most other Midwest breweries at the time. Moving here, I got to try KBS for the first time, and I've enjoyed some other BA releases like Mango Magnifico and Blushing Monk, despite being pretty over the top. But all that Founders has done for me since, say, mid-2016 is convince me that I should be paying more attention to Bell's. I can't imagine a 10% ABV barrel-aged gose to do any different.

 

This sounds terrible, like the rest of their barrel aged series.

 

Don’t think I could talk myself into this one. Too many others on my wish list to try with no convincing.
Just make Old Curmudgeon (not better half) year round.

 

What has happened to Founders?they used to be really on the ball. Lizard of Koz was a poor effort, KBS seems to diminish in quality every year and can be now found sitting on shelves of your local gas station,they aren’t brewing Sumatra Mountain (one of their best ever) anymore, their numerous attempts at barrel aging ipa’s and last but certainly not least, the absolute abomination that was barrel runner. This news doesn’t give me much hope either.

 

I’ve enjoyed the tequila barrel-Aged sours I've had in the past. As a Michigan Homer it’s safe to say I’ll give this a try. Can understand the skepticism though based on some of the other beers that have been released.

 

I'm looking forward to trying this. The flavor combination is a natural, and I'm interested in finding out how well the high ABV works in this. Then again, I liked DKML and Lizard of Koz. What do I know?

 

Barrel aged Sumatra Brown is the next in the series. So sorry you've soured on them as a brewery.

 

Hope it is a Bourbon barrel.

 

That piques my interest in a big way

 

I'm looking forward to it also. Had a similar beer from a local brewery that was really good. Can only imagine how good it will be from Founders. Though I drank almost a case of DKML...

 

Founders could bottle the most amazing shit in the world and I guarantee, at this point, that 50% of the posts (of course before anyone tried it) would be bustin' on Founders losing their way and how KBS now blows since you can buy as much as you want, etc...it's actually pretty funny.

 

You took the words right off my keyboard!

 

Make this a 5% beer and I'd try it. I don't want 10% abv gose when I can drink Westbrook's.

 

If you have tried the rum barrel coconut porter from Central Waters, you'd change that opinion. It was basically a 12oz of bacardi with a small hint of imitation coconut. Barrel Runner wasn't good, but it was nowhere near that bad.

 

how about instead of making weird new shitty beer they finally bottle Black Biscuit? jfc

 

Imperial gose aged in tequila barrels sounds like battery acid aged in my teenaged hangovers.

 

Tried this just today. It's interesting for sure, heavy on the salt and lime, maybe a bit too salty imo, but pretty tasty none the less. The 10% doesn't show, nor does the barrel that I could taste. Won't be something I drink regularly but I can see myself picking up one here and there for a change of pace, better than I was expecting.

 

Natural fit? Wow maaaan, is that supposed to be like a Margarita, the lowest common denominator cocktail ever, but like, as a beeer? Far out, maaaaan.

Stupid beer sounds stupid. Take the imperial stout, don't put the adjuncts in it, age it in the barrels. What is so complicated about that for Founders? Why do they insist on doing so many idiotic beers in barrels, that are probably bringing in less margins (and they don't sell) than if they would just take a non-adjunct RIS/IS, and put it in the barrels, and sell it nationwide. They can call it "we decided to stop ruining the barrels we keep buying" stout.

 

I’ve never had a tequila barreled beer first off, but I’m having trouble seeing the compatibility. Whiskey yes, rum yes, tequila not so much, I’m having trouble seeing a blending of flavors being really positive. Tequila is polarizing in and by itself to begin with.

 

Yes.

 

I will say that combo has been done before successfully.


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Had this at brewery February '18 and thought it was tasty. Had no idea it was 10% though. Not sure if the recipe has tweaked since then but I'll definitely pick up a 4 pack.

 

Apologies for an extremely late response to this. I’m still a fan, breakfast stout, dirty bastard and backwoods bastard are still fantastic. I’ll definitely try and probably love ba sumatra. Just think they’ve mostly made poor beers in their ba series. Blushing monk was a disaster and their refusal to put cbs in 12oz bottles in the us also was mystifying. But I’m not happy unless I’m complaining so....

 

I like that Founders tries new things. I'm all about that. However, I did sample this beer yesterday, and I thought it was absolutely disgusting in my own honest opinion. But then again, 2 of my co-workers, who I usually trust their opinion on taste, loved it. For me it was way too sweet, and syrupy. Also the taste of artificial lime, or anything for that matter, is gross. It was like when Firestone Walker did a Dark & Stormy ale. Did not work out well at all. To each their own I suppose.