​Barleywines
These are generally considered the strongest of brews, at 8% ABV and higher. While the original distinction may have come from using only the first running of a high barley percentage brew, today these have expanded to include brews made stronger with inclusions of various types of sugars, such as rock and liquid sugars, honey, maple syrup, or adding any of these including extra wort through a later stage during fermentation called sequential dosing. Either way, you end up with stronger brews and with that, more complexity from additional ingredients including often times aged with different types of oak to help smoothing or rounding it out.

Strong Brews
Stronger than most but without the oak.

Drunken Loon Strong Dark Ale

• ​SRM: 20
• IBU: 27
• ABV: 9.2%

Dark, strong and mysterious, this beer includes a large blend of different malts for a complex dark amber hue. Adding in a mixture of coriander, star anise, grains of paradise and rose hips give the beer a well balanced flavor with hints of black licorice.

King Kong Strong Ale

• SRM: 7
• IBU: 40
• ​ABV: 11.7%

An extra strong ale with a combination of sweetness to give the perfect blend of a strong ale without the strong alcohol taste. As it goes down as smooth as silk, one needs to be careful to ration the tastings of this amazing ale.

Oak Aged
Aging the brew with different types of oak for extra flavor and smoothness.

Loch Ness Wee Heavy Scottish Ale

• SRM: 20
• IBU: 12
• ABV: 8.1%

A heavily malt flavored brew with added richness scotch flavored oak. 

• The Brew: Using the most malt of any of our beers and light on the EK Goldings hops.
• Oak Aging: Heavy toasted oak to provide caramelized, smokey flavors and soaked in scotch.

Hango, Honey Mango

• ​SRM: 5
• IBU: 21
• ABV: 11.2%

A nice desert brew to try during spring and summer.

• The Brew: An infusion of clover honey and mango flavors with a light blonde malt base.
• Oak Aging: Light toasted oak for coconut and fruit flavors and soaked in a Mango White Wine. 

Ample Amber Maple Ale

• SRM: 13
• IBU: 30
• ​ABV: 15.1%

Strong and smooth with hints of maple syrup for an authentic Northern Minnesota strong ale.

• The Brew: An amber ale with Minnesota maple syrup, with Galena and Centennial hops.
• Oak Aging: Medium Plus toasted for flavors of honey, roasted nuts and coffee, soaked in bourbon.

Black Bear-e Blackberry Ale

• SRM: 13
• IBU: 22
• ​ABV: 15.75%

A rich, dark ale with strong currents of a blackberry port.

• The Brew: A dark amber ale with Belgian Candi syrup, Galena & Centennial hops, and blackberry flavors.
• Oak Aging: Medium toasted for strong vanilla aromas and soaked in port.

Grindstone Coffee Chocolate Stout

• SRM: 43
• IBU: 40
• ​ABV: 15.1%

A perfect coffee replacement when 40 below.

• The Brew: A classic stout with Belgium candy syrup, cold pressed coffee using the Coffee Landing Rainy Lake Blend, roasted cacao nibs from Ecuador, and natural Vanilla bean flavoring.
• Oak Aging: French oak fire staves for mocha qualities and soaked in bourbon.​

Drunken Pancake

• SRM: 10
• IBU: 26
• ​ABV: 14.9%

With more maple syrup than arguably any brew on the plant, smooth with overfilling sweetness.

• The Brew: A light amber ale with maple syrup added during the boil and after the primary fermentation to provide gargantuan amounts of maple flavor sweetness and flavoring.
• Oak Aging: French oak butterscotch staves and soaked in cognac.​