Barrel Aged Beer Week is returning to Town Hall Brewery, and somehow they’ve raised the bar yet again. This year’s release features an unprecedented 23 barrel aged beers. That’s more than any other Minnesota breweries put out in an entire year, and Town Hall is pouring them all in a single week.
These aren’t just beers that happened to spend time in a barrel. Each year, the brewers travel to bourbon country to hand select every barrel themselves. They’ve built long standing relationships with distillers and earn first pick of truly special barrels. While most breweries work through brokers and take what they can get, Town Hall chooses each barrel with intention, purpose, and a very clear vision for the beer that will live inside it.
There’s also no forced timeline. These beers are released only when they’re ready. Sometimes that’s a year. Sometimes it’s more. The care, patience, and thought that goes into every one of these releases is evident the moment you hear the brewers talk about them. The passion is real, and it shows in every glass.
When it comes to barrel aged beer, no one in Minnesota does it better. Town Hall’s Barrel Aged Beer Week truly stands alone. The depth, variety, and quality across this many beers is remarkable, and somehow every single one delivers.
Tequila or Rum Barrel Aged
Jalisco Highlands
Belgian style Blonde aged in tequila barrels. Notes of candied lemon, watermelon, cherry, lime, citrus filled honey, and toasted oak.
Land of Springs
Belgian style ale aged in Jamaican rum barrels. Aromas of plum, raisin, molasses, ripe banana, coconut milk, dried kiwi, and sweet red fruit.
Cold Runnings
Scottish Wee Heavy aged in Jamaican rum barrels. Molasses, caramel, chocolate, nougat, vanilla, and a maple coated finish. Best enjoyed at cellar temp.
Fruited or Chocolate Added Barrel Aged
Strawberry Strave
Wheat based Weizenbock aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels with whole strawberries. Rich strawberry aroma layered over caramel, oak, and bourbon.
Manhattan Reserve
Belgian style Grand Cru aged in bourbon barrels with Michigan cherries. Inspired by the classic Wisconsin Supper Club Manhattan cocktail.
Tennessee Dessert
Imperial Stout aged in whiskey barrels with Belgian dark chocolate. Built to mimic whiskey soaked chocolate desserts.
Specialty Barrels
Double Oaked Bee Sting
Strong honey ale aged in bourbon barrels, then finished in tequila barrels. Notes of toffee, bourbon, citrus, candied lemon, pepper spice, and floral honey.
Iced Old Vine Cruvee
Aged blend finished with freeze concentration. Intensified fruit character and rich sweetness.
MN Native Juliet M/C
Belgian style Turbid Mash ale with Minnesota grown Juliet cherries. Aged in barrels with deep dark cherry character.
Rye Wine
Rye Wine aged in bourbon barrels. Banana, pear, green mango, spice, vanilla, and distillate notes with a full bodied rye driven finish.
Bourbon Barrel Aged
Twisted Trace
Barleywine with coffee, vanilla, maple, red raspberry, black cherry, and balanced oak.
Czar Jack
Imperial Stout with roasted malt, baker’s chocolate, vanilla, caramelized brown sugar, currants, and molasses.
Single Barrel Bruin
Belgian style Bruin aged in a single bourbon barrel. Toasted malt, dark chocolate, fig, plum, spice, and smooth sweetness.
Foolish Angel
Belgian Quad aged in barrels from multiple distillers. Mild yeast character with caramel, date, maple, red apple, and cocoa.
E.T. Wee
Scottish Wee Heavy aged in bourbon barrels. Big citrus, caramel, cherry, nougat, roasted malt, and chocolate.
Grande Reserve
Belgian Grand Cru aged in barrels. Caramel, cherry, mandarin orange, and refined oak with extended aging complexity.
Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged
Twisted Rye
Barleywine aged in 95 percent rye whiskey barrels. Heavy spice, oak, floral notes, and subtle mint layered over rich malt.
Wine Barrel Aged
Quad Wine
Belgian Quadrupel aged in red table wine barrels. Rich dark fruit, mild yeast spice, soft oak tannin, vanilla, and caramel.
Old Vine Cruvee
Blend aged in California red wine barrels. Blackberry, red currant, black cherry, leather, butter, and oak that evolves as it warms.
Double Barreled and Double Aged
Xtra Milk Stout
Milk Stout aged in bourbon barrels, then finished in a second barrel. Chocolate fudge, citrus, baking spice, tootsie roll, vanilla, and nougat.
Double Twisted Trace
Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels, then re barreled in fresh dumped bourbon barrels. Intense toffee, red fruits, raisin, milk chocolate, and oak.
Double Oaked Baltic Porter
Baltic Porter aged in red wine barrels, then bourbon barrels. Chocolate, caramel, roast, berry fruit, vanilla, and oak that shines as it warms.
Double E.T. Wee
Wee Heavy aged in bourbon barrels, then finished in wheat whiskey barrels. Toffee, red fruit, roasted fudge, vanilla, and coconut.
Don’t Miss It
Barrel Aged Beer Week runs February 12 through February 22, 2026, and if you care even a little about barrel aged beer, this is one you simply can’t skip. This isn’t a gimmick release or a handful of one offs. It’s the result of years of relationships, patience, and an unwavering commitment to doing things the right way, even when it takes longer and costs more.
Twenty three barrel aged beers. Tequila, rum, bourbon, rye, wine, double barreled, fruited, chocolate added, freeze concentrated. There’s a depth and range here that you rarely see anywhere, let alone executed at this level across the board. These beers weren’t rushed, and they weren’t released because the calendar said so. They were released because they’re ready.
This is the kind of week where you slow down, read the descriptions, talk to the staff, and really spend time with what’s in your glass. Some of these beers may not return. Some may evolve and change in future years. This is your chance to experience them exactly as the brewers intended.
Make the trip. Clear an evening. Bring friends who appreciate great beer. When Barrel Aged Beer Week comes around at Town Hall Brewery, it’s not just another event. It’s a yearly reminder of what thoughtful, patient, truly exceptional brewing looks like.