Catch Hell - Triple Barrel (2022)

Originally brewed in Feb 2019 with a starting gravity of 40 Plato. Hulking. Thicc. Catch Hell remains the biggest stout we have ever brewed.
This Imperial Doom Stout is the destination of a journey we started on to explore the boundaries of viscosity and age. This beer was aged in three different sets of freshly emptied spirit barrels - Bourbon for rounds 1 and 2 and Rye whiskey for round 3 - and has been in oak for a total of three years. Bringing viscosity up presented the opportunity for extended aging. Extended aging combined with massive viscosity allowed for multiple rounds of barrel extractions. Each time we emptied and refilled to fresh barrels, a portion was diverted for Catch Hell and Double Catch Hell releases. So here we are after three years, with the last of 2019 Catch Hell and not a drop left.
Like the previous two iterations, this batch is finished with an infusion of vanilla beans and cinnamon just before packaging. To experience it is to drop tune your sensory arch and find compressed weight pulling you from transparency mode down into a new exterior cancellation setting immersed in the character of bourbon and rye blended with a mature layer of leather and tobacco. The vanilla melts nicely into the base, adding a velveteen richness and dessert reverse-crescendo of chocolate and molasses. Cinnamon provides an echo-depth of flavor and low-level heat that combines with each and every bit of its 16.9% ABV for a reverberating, coating finish.