12/31/24: Tales from the Cellar NYE Edition--Braxton Brewing Company's Dark Charge CInnamon Roll (2020)

Dry January begins tomorrow, so this beer is my last hurrah for a month. Given that, I thought I'd break out something special. Yesterday, I ventured deep into my cellar to see what I could find. Now, let's explore this aged stout together. I'm saying my goodbyes to 2024 with Braxton's Dark Charge Cinnamon Roll. This came as the second of three bottles in  the Dark Charge Breakfast Box (I have the other two stashed away for who knows when). My bottle is number 49/1000. Grab yourself a beer and let's bid farewell to this year together and in style. Braxton's headquartered in Covington, KY (that HQ is now one of five Braxton locations across the Greater Cincinnati region). Their "Our Story" page details their early history. It started with Evan Rouse, who began brewing in his parents' garage when he was just sixteen. Since then, he's doggedly pursued his dream and now what he started has spiraled into one of area's most prestigious breweries. Dark Charge Cinnamon Roll doesn't have a

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11/26/24: Jackie O's Pub & Brewery's Cellar Cuvée 15

What a month November's been! I'm sprinting to the finish line of NaNoWriMo (50k words is calling my name) and just about ready to deck the halls around the blog to ring in the Christmas season. But before we start the Old Saint Nick welcoming procedures, we have one Maple Month offering to make. We're finishing Maple Month proper as we started it: With a barleywine from Jackie O's. But, it's more than just a barleywine, it's a barleywine cuvée. It's Cellar Cuvée 15. Look, I just wrote about Jackie O's earlier this month, so I'll link you to that post  instead of getting into the whole thing here. But I will say that there's a reason Jackie O's is so well-regarded. Athens, OH's original brewery is still out there making a wide array of beers, " Something For Everyone ." I'm not sure if Cellar Cuvée 15 is for everyone, but it certainly seems like it's for me. The limited release'  official spot over on Jackie O's' website gives the mixture of the 14.7% ABV barleywine: 58% hone

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11/26/24: Jackie O's Pub & Brewery's Cellar Cuvée 15