Infinite Barrel Works

Celebrating the dark art of barrel ageing

Emerging from deep in the heart of the High Country comes an exciting new range of beers from one of the country’s pioneering craft breweries.   

Infinite Barrel Works by Bright Brewery will celebrate the dark art of barrel ageing, with only the most exclusive beers seeing the light of day. 

Infinite Barrel Works beers are extremely scarce and limited in quantity, due to the small-batch nature of the style. 

THE STORY 

Infinite Barrel Works was derived in the depths of the High Country with our good friends at Backwoods Distilling.

In 2019, we sent off a batch of our Stubborn Imperial Stout (then called Stubborn Russian) to Backwoods for distillation into a whisky. That whisky was then aged in these barrels, and both the whisky and the barrels were given to us when the whisky had matured.  

We then aged another round of imperial stout and whisky in those barrels, and the cycle continued, creating a closed loop of barrels that are infinitely used.

THE BEER

The first Infinite Barrel Works release was a Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Stout.

To be more specific, the beer in barrel is Bright’s 2023 Stubborn Imperial Stout – the notorious 16-percenter brewed by Head Brewer Lewis Kerr and his team in the Autumn of 2023. 

 The second release will be a Mead Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout (10.2%). This exceptional beer is the result of a meticulous aging process in ex-Mead casks, a traditional fermented beverage made from honey. The mead’s sweetness and complexity have resulted in a full bodied, sweet Imperial Milk Stout.

THE ART 

This beer is so special to us and so unique to Bright that we wanted the can art to reflect that.

The can artwork for Infinite Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Stout features a beautiful photo of Mount Buffalo, Vic, captured by local photographer Sam Walklate  

The can artwork for the Infinite Barrel Works Mead Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout features a striking image of Mt Feathertop at sunset, captured by Brendan Holland (pictured above).

Subsequent Infinite releases will feature equally beautiful High Country landscapes and photographers keen to see their work on an Infinite can are invited to lodge an Expression of Interest to have their art featured on future beers.

THE DETAILS 

Infinite Barrel Works Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Stout has sold out.

Infinite Barrel Works Mead Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout will be available exclusively on the Bright Brewery website for a limited time only (or until sold out)

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