North Brewing Co. – Field Recordings Monument

Monument is the first Barrel Aged Imperial Stout to come out of North Brewing Co.’s Field Recording’s project. A beer that has slept in waiting for almost a year. Luxurious, robust, deep and strong. Drink this like you would a fine whisky.

North started with a complex and varied grist of the choicest malts bringing a plethora of rich and enticing flavours, then aged the finished beer in Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Appleton Rum and Speyside Scotch barrels, before blending. It starts with upfront flavours of brandy soaked raisin, moving through to a gentle warming note of cinnamon. Slightly tropical coconut notes come forward quickly dissipating into a bitter dark chocolate note. As it warms, it sweetens bringing out a touch of slightly tart red berry, morello cherry with a lasting and continuously building whisky character finishes the beer with long notes of allspice, more cinnamon, cloves, orange zest and sherry.