Special Releases On Tap @ Bull & Bush

Attention Denverites! Go ahead and cancel whatever plans you may have had this weekend because something a lot better (probably) just came up. Starting this Friday, December 18th, the Bull & Bush brewpub will be reaching deep into their beer cellar and pulling out five aged beers for your drinking pleasure. This includes two of my favorites, the Legend of the Liquid Brian and Royal Oil.  It'll be worth stopping by just to try those two and I'm sure the others will be excellent as well.

Special releases at Bull & Bush this weekend:

• The Legend of the Liquid Brain Imperial Stout - 2008 Vintage
• Aged in a used 23 year old Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Barrel
• Royal Oil Barley Wine - 2008 Vintage
• Aged in a used 23 year old Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Barrel
• Pimp My Rye - 2007 Vintage
• Aged in a Sazarac Rye Whiskey Barrel for 2 years
• Yule Fuel - 2009 Vintage
• Yule Fuel Lambic - 2004 Vintage
• Aged in a French Oak Burgundy Barrel with Brettanomyces added
• 38th Anniversary Ale - 2008 Vintage
• Belgian style Export Stout aged in a 23 year old Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Barrel with Italian Plums

Local Specialties

With the Denver Beer Fest in full effect and the Great American Beer Festival starting yesterday there are plenty of options for great beer in town. However, you may be missing some excellent specialty beers that local Denver breweries are rolling out this week. For instance, the Bull & Bush brewpub in Glendale is featuring a crazy beer list right now with just about every style imaginable on tap including 3 different kinds of stouts. It's worth stopping by just to taste their two barrel aged beers, the Royal Oil Barley Wine and Legend of the Liquid Brain Imperial Stout (best name ever & the beer featured in the picture). Both of these beers are aged in 23 year old Pappy Van Winkle barrels and after tasting them last night I can say they're some of the best I've ever had.

More great local specialties are available this week over at the Great Divide Tap Room where they've been pouring the "Les" Claymore Sour Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale that I've mentioned in the past plus a brand new Berliner Weiss and a non-sour version of the Claymore Bourbon Barrel Scotch. They've even brought out this year's versions of the Hibernation Ale and Fresh Hop before their 10/2 release party! So while you're out there drinking all the amazing stuff from out-of-town, don't forget your local breweries.