Upland - Top Notch Hopscotch Coffee Stout

For several months now, we’ve been collaborating with Hopscotch Coffee in Bloomington to roast coffee which we have aged in Bourbon barrels. We purchase freshly emptied Bourbon barrels from Cardinal Spirits, then dump in fresh green (unroasted) coffee beans. Over two weeks, rolling the barrel each day, the beans are imbued with sweet vanilla, caramel, and spicy flavors from the charred white oak of the barrel. Fumes from the residual spirits help to infuse these flavors into the beans so that they can survive the roasting process. After roasting is complete, what remains is a unique style of coffee that we loved so much we had to use in a beer. The base beer is a delightfully drinkable sweet stout brewed with oatmeal and rye.