Kelsen Brewing Releases Vinátta Russian Imperial Stout

26 Mar 2015 --- Kelsen Brewing Company is excited to announce its first annual release of Vinátta Russian Imperial Stout. This 12% ABV beer is a collaboration between Kelsen Brewing Company and Cask & Vine, a local Derry restaurant focused on craft beer, great wine and fine food. Vinátta Russian Imperial Stout will start arriving in limited quantites at select craft beer stores and restaurants in Southern New Hampshire.

Vinátta, Norse for “friendship”, is a bold Russian Imperial Stout that required 4 separate mashes to produce one six-barrel batch of beer. This beer has a big, chewy mouthful and has flavors of prunes, licorice, leather and tobacco. This is a bold beer that pushes the limits of an already extreme beer style. “We intentionally chose to brew a Russian Imperial Stout with pure, classical brewing ingredients. We didn’t want barrel-aging, fruits or other adjuncts to mask the complexity of a 12% stout. This was a very difficult and time-consuming beer to brew and we are very pleased with the feedback from our customers at the brewery launch event”, said Erik Olsen, Kelsen Brewing Co-Founder.