Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad Released in Bottles

Are you ready for some BBQ?  Bourbon Barrel Quad, that is.  Boulevard released their 2014 Bourbon Barrel Quad in bottles in the Kansas City area today.  Although many stores will be limiting customers to one or two bottles, this release may not last through the day, so get yours early.

Based loosely on Boulevard’s The Sixth Glass, Bourbon Barrel Quad is an abbey-style quadrupel that’s separated into a number of oak bourbon barrels from Heaven Hill, Templeton Rye, and Jack Daniels.  Cherries are added to make up for beer lost during barrel aging.  They added fresh beer in the past to cut the whiskey character, but this year Boulevard decided to only use barrel-aged beer.  There’s more whiskey and oak character and the cherry flavor pops more when it’s completely barrel aged.