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\"\"<\/a>The barrel-aged, blended version of The Lost Abbey\u2019s Serpent\u2019s Stout featured this month is the latest blended beer to be included in The Rare Beer Club, though it\u2019s of course nowhere near the first. Diving deep into the RBC archives\u2014there\u2019s over a decade\u2019s worth of previous beer inclusions at www.beermonthclub.com\/past-selections.htm<\/a>\u2014yielded a surprising breadth of blended features, even one from the very first year in the online archives. In November 2004, Rare Beer Club and Michael Jackson welcomed the debut of Dogfish Head\u2019s Burton Baton.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Jackson (who\u2019d been with the club from early on), Dogfish Head\u2019s Sam Calagione explained that this particular beer\u2014a brand-new release created for The Rare Beer Club\u2014was meant to represent the shared historical brewing landscape between himself and Jackson, specifically those vividly hopped IPAs of England\u2019s Burton-on-Trent, formative to them both. Burton Baton started as a slightly larger version of the brewery\u2019s 90 Minute IPA, with hops continually added throughout the entire boil. It was then dry-hopped and aged on French oak staves for four to five months, before lastly being blended with fresh 90 Minute.<\/p>\n

Much more recently, the club\u2019s featured blended beers such as Broken Bow\u2019s Blended Barrel Aged Barley Wine (highlighting a combo of bourbon, rye and red wine barrels), De Proef + Left Hand\u2019s Wekken Sour (a blend of the former\u2019s Flemish sour and the latter\u2019s impy stout), and Monkish\u2019s Rara Avis (a blend of Brett saisons: one rye, one spelt). Also: Grand Teton\u2019s Vintage 2014 (blended and aged in rum barrels). One could go on. Any blended beers made a big impact? Any you\u2019ve truly dug? Hit us up on Twitter: @rarebeerclub and @kenweaver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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