Today we do a side-by-side comparison on two holiday season limited release beers from Hardywood!! We're cracking open their Gingerbread Stout along with the barrel aged version!!

Ginger bread stout is made with baby ginger from Casselmonte Farm and wildflower honey from Bearer Farms, Hardywood Gingerbread Stout captures the terroir of Central Virginia in a rich, creamy libation with a velvety mouthfeel and an intriguing evolution of notes from milk chocolate and vanilla, to honeycomb and cinnamon, to a snap of ginger in the finish. We hope Hardywood Gingerbread Stout contributes to your merriment this season.

Bourbon Barrel GBS is the base Gingerbread Stout matured in Virginia bourbon barrels, where it adapts an incredibly mellow character with oak, caramel and bourbon undertones, and emerges 12 weeks later as Bourbon GBS.

Gingerbread Stout : 9.2%
Bourbon Barrel GBS : 11.5%

Awards
Gingerbread Stout :
Bronze Medal, Herb and Spice Beer, World Beer Cup, 2012

Bourbon Barrel GBS :
Gold, Beers by style/specialty, RateBeer Best 2017
Bronze, Beers by style/specialty, RateBeer Best 2015

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