whiskey maker, has collaborated with Beavertown, a micro-brewery based out of Hackney, East London, to release a limited edition, Jameson cask-aged stout to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.With only 3,000 bottles being produced, the 9% ABV stout is available in 330ml bottles at Duke’s Brew and Que and a select number of outlets in London.
Logan Plant, owner and brewer at Beavertown travelled to Midleton, Cork, home of Irish Whiskey and Jameson, to meet Ger Buckley.
A fifth generation master cooper, Buckley is one of only two coopers left in Ireland. With the world’s supply of Jameson stored and aging in Midleton, the journey allowed Logan and Ger to hand select the barrels for the craft beer.
“Logan and I discussed the charred notes of the wood, and the flavour and the warmth the whiskey casks would infuse in the stout. The casks selected were some of our rarest, having previously been used to finish our 18 year old Jameson Whiskey,” said Buckley.
The final product is a bold and opulent Imperial Stout, with a chocolate and burned salted caramel taste, rounded out by the rich, sweet warmth of the Jameson cask to create a well-balanced flavour.
Plant added: “On naming the stout, we wanted something big and bold. Working so closely with Ger we came up with Ger’onimo, meaning fearlessness, as it sums up the beer and everyone involved”.
