10/2/2017 -- Rip Current Brewing's Barrel-Aged Rescue Buoy RIS 22oz Bottle Release

Rip Current Brewing's Barrel-Aged Rescue Buoy RIS 22oz Bottle Release

After 15 months slumbering in Heaven Hill and Woodford Reserve barrels, we have anxiously been awaiting the completion of Barrel-aged Rescue Buoy so we can enjoy it and share a bit with our friends. Rescue Buoy is our flagship Russian Imperial Stout that has recently received several medals including at the 2017 Los Angeles and San Diego fair commerical beer competitions.

After tasting each barrel searching for the best possible blend, we realized that the most delicious approach was to incorporate barrels from both bourbon distillers to maximize the complexity of this amazing beer. Barrel-aged Rescue Buoy has a silky smooth dark malt character featuring dark chocolate, molasses, dark fruits (prune, date, fig) and coffee all surrounded by complex bourbon flavors and oak tannins with fleeting notes of vanillan.

Starting Monday, October 2nd at 11:00am PDT, you will be able to pre-purchase up to five (5) bottles of Barrel-aged Rescue Buoy Russian Imperial Stout. Please note that you will need to use your name to purchase each bottle. We want to make this as fair as possible, so any duplicate sales to the same name will be voided! Your name will be checked at bottle pick-up and must match your drivers license or other form of legal government issued identification.

Bottles can be picked up starting Friday, October 20th at the Rip Current Brewing Tasting Room in SAN MARCOS unless you selected a NORTH PARK pickup. Bottles can be retrieved during tasting room hours from October 20th through December 15th 2017. For official tasting room hours, please see http://ripcurrentbrewing.com/contact. Any bottles not retrieved by December 16th will be surrendered back to the brewery (no exceptions). Proxies will NOT be allowed for this release. You will need to show your proof of purchase (printed or e-mail confirmation) and valid ID to retrieve your bottles.