Rackhouse Reserve
As our cellar of beers in bourbon and whiskey barrels grows, we’re fine tuning beer that highlights the vast array of flavors you find in fine spirits. In one barrel, you can find peaty, earthy, musky aromas, and in another barrel you’ll find some softer notes of vanilla and spice.
We brewed and blended Rackhouse Reserve to showcase the range of flavors we can get out of different brands of bourbon barrels, as well as the range of warm, decadent beers we age in them. That means oak and caramel, vanilla and chocolate, spice and cream, and a host of lovely flavors that lead to a rich, complicated beverage.
Because of that, Rackhouse Reserve defies typical beer descriptors. We wouldn’t really call this a stout, a barleywine or a strong ale. It’s like sipping the crema from fresh espresso, with a touch of caramel, but you’re sitting outdoors with that nice woodsy, autumn air all around you. Or like a roasted marshmallow over a fire, but the whole marshmallow is golden and you’re using a thin layer of dark chocolate on your graham cracker.
Using various years of bourbon barrels from Woodford Reserve, Four Roses and Heaven Hill, we got a great complexity of bourbon notes to shine in this beer, without the boozy heat you get tasting spirits. You’ll find a wide range of bourbon notes, none too overpowering or dominating.
Like we always say, the interpretation of this beer is up to you, but we really hope you sip, consider the harmonies of flavors, and as it warms up, experience the change in character that makes drinking this beer a real treat!
Cheers, and we hope you enjoy this tour of our rackhouse.
To Pair:
Bourbon BBQ chicken & waffles with maple syrup
Ingredients
4 chicken breasts, halved
1 oz bourbon
1 tsp garlic
1 tsp smoked paprika
2 cups sour cream
4 tbsp bbq seasoning
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
3 cups bread crumbs
For waffles
2 eggs
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
2 cups flour
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups milk
Preparation
In a bowl, combine sour cream, bourbon, Worcestershire sauce, 2 tbsps bbq seasoning, minced garlic, and smoked paprika. Marinate chicken in mixture for 6-10 hours in fridge.
In small bowl, combine bread crumbs and remaining bbq seasoning.
Remove chicken from marinade and coat with bread crumbs.
Heat grill to medium and cook chicken about 10 minutes, flipping halfway through.
While chicken grills, combine waffle ingrdients in bowl. Grease waffle iron, add waffle mix and cook, about 5 minutes.
Serve chicken atop waffles with maple syrup.
