New York-based Brooklyn Brewery and Kentucky-based Four Roses Distillery teamed up for the latest version of Brooklyn Black Ops. The new limited release Russian Imperial Stout was aged in Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon barrels that were hand-selected by Four Roses Master Distiller Brent Elliot and bottles will be available later this month.
This vintage of Brooklyn Black Ops is 12.4% ABV, raises a fluffy dark brown head, and combines big chocolate and coffee notes with a rich underpinning of vanilla-like oak. In addition to the barrel-aging, the brew was re-fermented with Champagne yeast.
“The partnership began with a long-time friendship between Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster, Garrett Oliver, and Four Roses COO and Director of Operations, Ryan Ashley, and the resulting beer is just as rich as the relationship in which it began,” Elliott said. “Four Roses Small Batch provides some very complex flavors and unique characteristics so aging this iteration of Black Ops in the used barrels produced a beer with a hint of mellow Bourbon character and a very smooth finish.”
The 2020 Brooklyn Black Ops will be available in very limited quantities wherever Brooklyn Brewery is available, beginning in late November. Approximately 2,000 cases of cork-topped, 750mL bottles will be sold in the United States with a suggested retail price of $24.99.