Ah, Two Roads Brewing "Igor Day". Probably my favorite day of the winter - a special annual bottle release for probably one of my all time favorite beers, Igor's Dream! It's an 11% Russian Imperial stout (seasonal) made with rye and aged in oak whiskey barrels. As always Two Roads never disappoints with their events and it was a super killer day - and on our way home we stopped at a newly discovered brewery - Aspetuck Brew Lab in Black Rock/Bridgeport.
They released 3 different Igor beers - the regular Igor's Dream 10.9% in which you were allowed to purchase 3 bottles per person (and of course we each did) as well as 2 other special Igor's in which you were allowed 1 each.
Igor's Dream Maple Whiskey 10.9% - aged in a single Maple Whiskey barrel from Saxton River Distillery in VT and made using a healthy dose of malted rye
Igor's Dream Scotch 10.9% - aged in a single scotch barrel and made using a healthy dose of malted rye
Every year you can usually try all of them on tap before you purchase but unfortunately Two Roads made a boo-boo and accidentally sent their tasting logs of the Igor's maple whiskey to Boston, so we were unable to taste that version of Igor. We purchased it anyway, duh.
(editors note: read about when we popped the Igor's Dream maple here)
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Aspetuck Brew Lab was an awesome find, thanks to Yankee Brew News. I almost felt like I was in some futuristic place - all modern white decor - the bathroom was especially cool looking, but I have a thing with bathrooms so it may be just me? ha. Every single one of the brews we tried were fantastic! Definitely check this place out if you're in the area, highly recommend! We tried:
Lupulus Erectus IIPA 8% (pictured below)
Audacious Mongrel Red Ale 6.7%
Pedro El Negro Black IPA 6.9% (pictured below)
Chocolate Stout (made with cacao nibs from Ghana) 7%
(we bought a growler of this it was so good!)
(we bought a growler of this it was so good!)
