Back in 2020, a long distance collaboration between two masters of dark beers, De Molen & Boatrocker, saw the release of a beer that won people’s hearts. Fast forward to 2022, the original idea has been realised... A bourbon barrel aged version of Windmills & Weathervanes... To the mash, we added freshly toasted and charred old bourbon barrel staves, then over 10kg of Ancho, Pasilla and Morita chillies were added to the beer, along with 10kg of cacao nibs, 40 vanilla beans and 45 cinnamon quills... and then more than 12 months in 1st use bourbon barrels from Heaven Hill and Buffalo Trace...

A complex beer, the chilli providing a depth of flavour with just a little tingle of heat. The cacao nibs and vanilla, plus the cinnamon add further depth to this decadent molé-ish imperial stout-ish.