Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin Stout Beer, 2015 Chianti cocoa and a slightly tart

cocoa and a slightly tart but seductive mouthfeel

firm tannins carry through for a long savory finish

and ripe fruit balanced with notes of chocolate and French vanilla

Created in 1880 by Louis Alexandre Marnier Lapostolle

including two available only to The Dalmore distillery

Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin Stout Beer, 2015 Chianti cocoa and a slightly tartThe 2015 Velvet Merkin was aged in bourbon barrels from the Heaven Hill family, including Elijah Craig and Old Fitzgerald. Velvet Merkin has always been the barrel aged version of Firestone Walkers seasonal Velvet Merlin oatmeal stout. Whats different this time is that the 2015 Velvet Merkin includes a barrel aged lot of an experimental milk stout version of Velvet Merlin.