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Sinnister Brewing Kereru Islay Barrel Barleywine

Name: Sinnister Brewing Kereru Islay Barrel Barleywine
Brand: Sinnister Brewery
SKU: 637962273694
Price: 11.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Producer Sinnister Brewery

Country Scotland

Region Midlothian

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Barleywine Scotland

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More About Sinnister Brewing Kereru Islay Barrel Barleywine

This barley wine was aged in 16 year old Highland park and 12 year old Tomitin barrels. along with
New Zealand Mountain Horopito and Kawakawa (Piper excelsum) super sweet, lots of barrel influences and just a touch of pepper

Meet the Producer, Sinnister Brewery

Sinnister Brewery

Style: Brewery

Some breweries specialise in session pales. Sinnister looked at that idea and decided enormous barrel-aged imperial stouts sounded considerably more entertaining.

Based in Midlothian, the tiny Scottish brewery has built a reputation around small-batch, barrel-aged imperial beers, often released in extremely limited quantities. The operation describes itself as considerably smaller than a nano brewery, which already tells you something about the scale involved.

The focus sits firmly on big flavours. Imperial stouts, barley wines, old ales and whisky-barrel projects dominate the range, frequently spending long periods ageing before release. Highland, Lowland and Speyside whisky barrels all make appearances, bringing layers of oak, smoke, chocolate, dried fruit and warming spirit character.

Despite the intensity, the beers generally aim for balance rather than sheer excess. Barrel character supports the beer rather than completely flattening it, which is not always guaranteed in this corner of craft brewing.

Everything feels deeply old-school in the best possible way. Small batches, hand-numbered releases, wax seals and beers built for slow drinking rather than rapid turnover. Sometimes a little theatricality is entirely justified.