There have been single hop beers. single yeast, single malt, this year it’s SMASH beers. But maybe this new trend will take off since The Bruery is doing it…..
“The Arbre series is an exploration of barrel toast. We brewed a rich, malty imperial stout and divided it into three parts, laying each down in brand new American oak barrels from our friends at Kelvin Cooperage in Kentucky. On Friday, bottles of two of these variants – Arbre Light Toast and Arbre Medium Toast – will go on sale to the general public. Arbre Light Toast spent time resting in lightly toasted barrels and reveals notes of oak as well as raisins and just a hint of smoke. Arbre Medium Toast spent time resting in medium toasted barrels and reveals more oak-forward notes in addition to coconut, roasty vanilla beans, bakers chocolate and black cherries.”
That would be quite a tasting.