Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beers (Video)

From IndependentBeer:

Humans have been putting all sorts of things in barrels for a very long time. The most interesting? Beer. Barrel aged beer has become a mainstay in craft beer culture and is sought out for its complexity, creativity, and scarcity. From sour to stout, bourbon barrel to port barrel, we explore a snippet of the culture that is barrel aged beer through the lens of the most unique beer festival in the United States. FOBAB.

60 breweries from all over the US come to Chicago and showcase over 180 barrel aged beers. These beers are often the brewers rarest and most complex product, and something each brewer puts a lot of thought, time, and effort into. FOBAB is put on every year by the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

This is the 2nd installment in the Independent Beer Documentary series, a collaboration of www.BeerFX.com, www.ChicagoBeerGeeks.com, and www.Skalawag.com
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