A Bird to Explore All Shores is a Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout that we brewed in October of 2017 with our friend Kyle from Horus Aged Ales that had been aging in barrels until earlier this year. We started with a complex malt bill that blended our two recipes for Imperial Stouts that we brew for barrel-aging. We then aged a portion of that base into three different barrels - Cognac, Bourbon Maple, and Rum Maple. From these three different types of barrels, we created three distinctly different beers that we bottled for release.

This variant took its inspiration from some of our favorite coffee desserts. We took our Rum Maple Barrel Aged Imperial Stout and conditioned it on dark roasted coffee, cacao and Madagascar vanilla beans.