BGP #48: Can You Oak It?

Porters and peppers. The theme on this week’s show involves breweries kicking up their porters by infusing pepper and vanilla flavors. Chocolate Sombrero from Clown Shoes is a 9% ABV Imperial Stout that was brewed with ancho chile, chipotle peppers, cinnamon, and vanilla extract. Clown Shoes barrel aged Chocolate Sombrero in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels and released it as the 11% ABV Luchador En Fuego for their third anniversary. The second round of beers involves the Smoked Porter by Stone Brewing Company. The brewery went two different directions and created one version of Smoked Porter with chipotle peppers, and a second version with vanilla bean. Each of these two porters hovers at 5.9% ABV.

Show Links

• Clown Shoes: State of The Shoenion 10 – clownshoesbeer.com
• Clown Shoes Luchador En Fuego, American Imperial Stout, 11% ABV – BeerAdvocate
• Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero, American Imperial Stout, 9% ABV – BeerAdvocate
• Review: Peruvian Morning by Central Waters Brewing Company – BeerDorks
• Stone Smoked Porter w/ Vanilla Beans – Laura Ulrich’s Delicious Brainchild
• Stone Smoked Porter: Now in Vanilla and Chipotle – Stone Brewing
• Stone Smoked Porter w/ Vanilla Bean, American Porter, 5.9% ABV – BeerAdvocate
• Stone Smoked Porter w/ Chipotle Peppers, American Porter, 5.9% ABV – BeerAdvocate