It’s been several years since indie rock staple Spoon released their 2017 album Hot Thoughts, but fans won’t have to wait much longer for their next release. While they’ve shared a handful of covers since then, the band officially announced their forthcoming album late last year, Lucifer On The Sofa, which they’ve now previewed with another pumped-up single.
The band returned Tuesday with the catchy new track “Wild,” a song which features the band’s signature jangly guitar chords and lead singer Britt Daniel’s husky vocals. The band themselves described the song as a “a full-on rock song just made for walking w conviction down highways real or imagined.” And the video accompanying “Wild” perfectly visualizes that theme. Filmed in black-and-white and directed by Ben Chappell and Brook Linder, the “Wild” video sees lead singer Britt Daniel walking down a deserted highway in a fitting cowboy hat.
About the video, Linder said it was inspired by their conviction that Spoon is “the best band” ever:
“We were mid putting this video together and my friend Ben asked ‘Is Spoon the best band?’ Yes. Yep. Probably. There’s always something unexpected in the familiar with Spoon. They are mythic to me somehow, and ‘WILD’ needed to feel like a myth, or at least illustrate the myth-making process in some odd way. We used the old ways – crude in-camera techniques – to hit this uncanny western film note. Britt is the quintessential western hero. Had a blast 10/10 would do again.”
Watch Spoon’s “Wild” video above.
Lucifer On The Sofa is out 2/11 via Matador Records. Pre-order it here.
Daniel Craig was introduced as the new James Bond at a press conference in 2005. He arrived on a speedboat and, based on this photo, looked like he was having a blast.
At least until the press conference started.
In an episode of the Hollywood Reporter‘s “Awards Chatter” podcast, Craig discussed how his 007 debut was a “f*cking train wreck.” Here’s how podcast host Scott Feinberg set the scene: “You’re 37 and you are brought to the press conference that’s going to announce your casting in a Royal Navy boat that comes down the River Thames, and basically, it was a barrage of sh*t.” People were apparently upset that Craig wore a lifejacket on the boat and maybe chewed gun during the press conference; he was also accused of being “too blonde” and “not tall enough” to play James Bond. Feinberg asked Craig how he handled that pressure and whether he had anyone to talk about it.
“The honest answer is nobody,” he said. “Once the announcement was made and we did that incredibly successful press conference… I’ve watched bits of it. It’s a f*cking train wreck. In some ways, I regret the way that press conference went; in other ways, I’m very happy the way that press conference went. I didn’t know how to turn on the charm, which was to be charming and be artful about it, ‘Oh, that’s a lovely question, how nice of you to ask that.’ I was just, ‘F*ck you! You, f*ck you as well!’ That’s all I wanted to say.”
Craig should have. The poker scene in Casino Royale is cool. But you know what’s cooler? Yelling “f*ck you” after jumping off a speedboat.
You can watch the press conference above, and listen to the podcast below.
So this happened—and was great! Tune in for an hour of tremendous candor from James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, preceded by a half-hour discussion with 007 producer Barbara Broccoli about his contributions to the franchise and the search for his successor. https://t.co/GIgxOvSG1C
Oscar-nominated actress Sharon Stone is returning to the small screen for season 2 of HBO’s hit comedy-drama series The Flight Attendant, starring Kaley Cuoco as Cassie Bowden, a troubled flight attendant who wakes up in the middle of a murder scene and sets out to solve the case. Stone is slated to play Cassie Bowden’s estranged mother Lisa Bowden, who has had enough with Cassie’s problematic past and prefers to stay out of her life.
Cuoco shared her excitement on Instagram, posting a picture with Stone, paired with the caption: “Welp, I can finally share this news .. hi mom , I you. @sharonstone seriously what life am I living?!”
Stone will be joining Mo McRae, Callie Hernandez, and JJ Soria, who were all recently cast as regulars on the series, alongside returning cast members Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Deniz Akdeniz, and Rosie Perez.
Most recently, Stone starred in Ryan Murphy’s Ratched alongside Sarah Paulson, which premiered in 2020. Stone is known for her dramatic movie roles, and critically acclaimed performances in Total Recall, Basic Instinct, and Casino, just to name a few. Stone also released an autobiography last spring, titled The Beauty of Living Twice, cataloging her long-standing career in Hollywood.
The Flight Attendant season two is expected to air sometime this spring.
The tour, which is named the Surviving The Truth Tour, officially kicks off in late February in Albuquerque before coming to a close a month later in Houston. The tour dates are meant to celebrate the release of Dashboard Confessional’s upcoming album All The Truth That I Can Tell, which marks the band’s first full-length release in four years.
About the upcoming project, Dashboard Confessional vocalist Chris Carrabba said the LP is centered around honesty:
“Honesty was at the heart of the writing process, at the heart of the recording process and at the heart of this collection of songs. I had the rare opportunity to be unflinchingly honest. But I think I would have thought in the early days that that would be commonplace. Now, I realize it’s some kind of cycle within your life and there’s great personal reward in accepting that.”
Check out Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional’s Surviving The Truth Tour below.
02/27 — Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium
03/01 — Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion
03/02 — Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
03/04 — Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion
03/05 — Fayetteville, AR @ JJ’s Live
03/06 — Little Rock, AR @ The Hall
03/07 — Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Company
03/09 — Louisville, KY @ Louisville Palace Theatre
03/10 — Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre
03/11 — Pelham, TN @ The Caverns
03/12 — Pelham, TN @ The Caverns
03/14 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
03/15 — Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Performing Arts Center
03/17 — St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
03/18 — Coconut Creek, FL @ Pavilion at Seminole Casino
03/21 — New Orleans, LA @ Orpheum Theater
03/22 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
Tickets to the Surviving The Truth Tour go on sale 1/14 at 10 a.m. local time. Get them here.
All The Truth That I Can Tell is out 2/25 via Hidden Note Records/AWAL. Pre-order it here.
The trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s latest film is here, the HBO Max high-tech thriller KIMI, starring Zoe Kravitz, named after an eerie, Siri-like bot who tracks and traces everybody’s moves. Kravitz stars as an agoraphobic tech worker who works from home reviewing sound clips. When she believes she overhears a crime taking place and is promptly brushed off by authorities, she has to take matters into her own hands. Rita Wilson also stars.
A unique blend of Hitchcock-inspired tropes with an updated tech element, KIMI takes place in Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic, as many characters are shown wearing masks and working from home, a true sign of the post-COVID times. The thriller was written and produced by legendary screenwriter David Koepp, known for his budget thriller/action movies, like Jurassic Park and Mission Impossible.
Soderbergh is no stranger to HBO Max, having released the 2021 crime thriller No Sudden Move on the streaming service last summer. He is also slated to direct the newest Magic Mike movie, Magic Mike’s Last Dance, sometime this year. Kravitz also has a busy year lined up, as she appears in the highly anticipated Batman reboot, aptly titled The Batman, starring alongside Robert Pattinson.
KIMI is scheduled to be released exclusively on HBO Max on February 10th.
Ben Affleck’s been burning some bridges of late. He recently opened up about how he was good with being “Sad Batman” and being memed into oblivion but then followed up with how he disliked the Justice League filming experience so much that it’s the “nadir” of his career. Now he’s unloading on his Armageddon filming experience as well while taking aim at the Michael Bay aesthetic. Bay, of course, tends to shoot blockbusters in the same way that he shoots a Victoria’s Secret commercial, only with a lot of explosions in the mix.
Affleck’s currently promoting The Tender Bar (directed by George Clooney) and sat down to speak with old friend and frequent co-worker Matt Damon about the Bay (and Jerry Bruckheimer) treatment, which (no surprise here) is all about the sexiness, even while saving planet Earth in Armageddon. He’s likening the experience to being in a beefcake calendar:
“They made me fix my teeth and work out and be sexy. Be sexy, how do I do that? ‘Go to the gym!’ Running in the gym and putting oil on my body and stuff, and it just turned out to be a long-form version of one of those male topless calendars, in a garage, carrying a tire, kind of greased up. Michael had a vision of a glistening male torso in the oil, and he was like, ‘That’s going to go in the trailer and sell tickets!’ And you know, what can you say? We could have made, I think, 400 ‘Chasing Amys’ for what we made ‘Armageddon’ for.”
In other words, Michael Bay might be an equal-opportunity objectifier, if one goes back to thinking about the reflections that Transformers star Megan Fox had about her bikini-cladBad Boys II appearance. And it appears as though Affleck’s still getting some grief about Armageddon, but it’s mostly coming from his kids. He says that the Affleck-Garner children do enjoy the movie, but “they relentlessly mock it” (“What are you, driving a tank on the moon?”) while not agreeing (yet) to view The Town. Give them time.
2021 is finally over. And, if you’re anything like us, over the past year you enjoyed your fair share of bourbon whiskey. Whether it was neat, on the rocks, or in your favorite cocktails, you likely sipped more than a few different expressions between January and December. Maybe you even found time to try something really special and splurged on a higher-priced bottle instead of your usual affordable-yet-flavorful Buffalo Trace or Four Roses.
If you did, we hope it was memorable.
Bartenders, while often given the chance to sample some hard-to-find bottles due to their line of work, also spend their own hard-earned cash on more expensive and rarer bottles. It’s the best way to experience something award-winning and highly-crafted that you might not otherwise get a chance to sample from liquor vendors. So we asked a collective of bartenders and bar professionals to tell us their absolute favorite sips of bourbon from last year.
Knob Creek 12! Oh goodness. I had this right before a steak dinner, and it really changed how and what I thought about bourbon. It’s so smooth with fantastic chocolate notes and a little spicy on the first taste.
When I think back to the best sip of bourbon of 2021, the first bourbon that comes to mind is Bardstown Fusion Series #5. A solid 94.9 proof and a hearty blend of three different bourbons, you’ll find wonderful notes of orange, chocolate, and plantains, in this absolute beauty. Don’t let that higher proof intimidate you though, I’ve yet to find a smoother finish on any other bourbons on the market.
I’m always the most impressed by the team over at Willet Distillery when it comes to American whiskeys. Willet produces a skew dubbed the Willet Family Estate which varies in age statement and ABV, depending on the individual bottling. Most bottling’s feature a curated mix of corn, rye, and wheat and the fun lies in finding which one works best for you.
I picked up a bottle of Elijah Craig 23 for my birthday on a whim. It’s almost shocking how smooth it is, like drinking spicy brown butter. It’s definitely worth the price tag.
Old Rip Van Winkle 10
Buffalo Trace
Subhash Sankar, head mixologist at Alaia Belize in San Pedro Town, Belize
Old Rip Van Winkle 10 is known as one of the finest bourbons in the world. While most bourbon is made from a mash of corn, rye, and barley, the Van Winkle recipe calls for a sweeter mix of corn, wheat, and barley. It has a cherry, fruit punch, cinnamon, and buttery mouthfeel.
This is where the “Pappy” taste really shines. The finish is full of spice, vanilla, and oak with some dryness. It’s a satisfying finish.
Weller Full Proof was my best sip of 2021. It was filled with soft and delightful wheat notes and little to no heat considering the high alcohol content. It’s definitely a bottle to try if you get a chance.
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon
Old Forester
Christopher Devern, lead bartender at Red Owl Tavern in Philadelphia
I was fortunate enough to grab a bottle of this year’s Birthday Bourbon. It is as special as birthdays should be. From the smell to sip, this bourbon had tons of character and flavor. I enjoyed the warm oak and drier finish after the initial taste of toffee and burnt sugar.
If you find yourself in Philly, stop by the Red Owl Tavern. I still have a few pours left so you can see for yourself.
Thomas S. Moore Cabernet Cask
1792
Mark Phelan, beverage director of 16″ On Center in Chicago
I love what they’re doing at 1792 Distillery, with my favorite being the Thomas S. Moore Cabernet Cask Bourbon. The rich bourbon profile progresses seamlessly into the robust flavors of red wine, finishing soft and dry and begging for another sip.
My favorite from the Fall 2020 BTAC collection was William Larue Weller but I didn’t have the opportunity and pleasure to try it until spring this year. When I first tasted it, the intense flavor absolutely blew my socks off. It was a whopping 135.4 proof. This is the quintessential example of a superbly made whiskey; the higher proof amps up all the classic flavoring but doesn’t burn and offend the palate like some poorly made, higher proof whiskies might.
There is no better bourbon on the planet. Yeah, I said it.
Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 25
Orphan Barrel
Ally O’Keefe, bartender at The Bower in New Orleans
I had this bourbon as a nightcap on a chilly night in December, and it was exactly what I was looking for. Flavors of maple syrup, cherry cordial, walnut, and pecan made it the perfect winter sipper. Despite the age, it still had enough heat and spice to keep me warm, with enough soft, lightly sweet notes to make it the perfect after-dinner treat.
I was fortunate enough to sample this incredibly hard-to-find bottle earlier this year. At 58 percent ABV, this one has some heat on it and makes for a rich and complex sipping experience. There are notes of caramel, cherry, vanilla, and a hint of smoke. Each sip seems to bring out different flavors.
Blanton’s Single Barrel
Blanton
Alejandro Mendoza, restaurant and bar manager at Hotel SLO in San Luis Obispo, California
Although in recent months it’s getting harder and harder to come by, this Buffalo Trace bourbon is a long-standing favorite of mine. Originally made for Colonel Blanton’s family, this bourbon comes in at 46.5 percent ABV, and has a sweet enmesh of citrus oak and baking spices.
Fontaines DC had a big 2020 thanks to A Hero’s Death, the album that competed with Taylor Swift on the UK charts and got them on The Tonight Show. It’s been about a year-and-a-half since they dropped that album, so it’s somewhat old news at this point. Now, though, they’ve announced that they have a new one, Skinty Fia, on the way on April 22. They also marked the announcement with a new single and video, “Jackie Down The Line.”
Skinty Fia is named after an Irish phrase that translates to “the damnation of the deer.” Press materials note, “The Irish giant deer is an extinct species and the band’s thoughts on Irish identity are central to Skinty Fia.” They also say, “On Skinty Fia, Fontaines DC are addressing their Irishness from afar as they recreate new lives for themselves elsewhere. For a band whose hometown courses through their veins — ‘DC’ stands for ‘Dublin City’ — the album finds them trying to resolve the need to broaden their horizons with the affection they still feel for the land and people they’ve left behind.”
The group also announced some North American tour dates, their first since 2019, today. Those go down in April and May.
Watch the “Jackie Down The Line” video above and find the Skinty Fia art and tracklist below, as well as Fontaines DC’s upcoming tour dates.
Partisan Records
1. “In ár gCroíthe go deo”
2. “Big Shot”
3. “How Cold Love Is”
4. “Jackie Down The Line”
5. “Bloomsday”
6. “Roman Holiday”
7. “The Couple Across The Way”
8. “Skinty Fia”
9. “I Love You”
10. “Nabokov”
03/20 — Madrid, Spain @ La Riviera
03/21 — Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz 3
03/23 — Milan, Italy @ Magazzini Generali
03/24 — Zürich, Switzerland @ Dynamo
03/25 — Munich, Germany @ Neue Theaterfabrik
03/27 — Prague, Czech Republic @ Roxy
03/28 — Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus
03/29 — Hamburg, Germany @ Gruenspan
03/31 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser
04/01 — Oslo, Norway @ Vulkan Arena
04/02 — Denmark, Copenhagen @ VEGA
04/04 — Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof
04/05 — Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall
04/06 — Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg
04/08 — Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix
04/09 — Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Den Atelier
04/10 — Lille, France @ L’Aéronef
04/11 — Paris, France @ Olympia
04/21 — Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
04/22 — Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
04/23 — Asbury Park, NJ @ Wonder Bar
04/25 — Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
04/26 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
04/29 — Columbus, OH @ The A&R Music Bar
04/30 — Cleveland, OH @ The Beachland Ballroom
05/02 — Montreal, Quebec @ Corona Theatre
05/03 — Toronto, Ontario @ The Phoenix
05/05 — Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
05/06 — Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
05/07 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
05/09 — Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
05/10 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
05/12 — Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
05/13 — Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rickshaw Theatre
05/14 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
05/16 — San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
05/18 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater
07/14-17 — Carhaix, France @ Vieilles Charrues
08/12-14 — Helsinki, Finland @ Flow Festival
08/19-20 — Creuse, France @ Check In Party
09/16 — Los Angeles, CA @ Primavera Sound
Skinty Fia is out 4/22 via Partisan. Pre-order it here.
New Holland/Goose Island/Russian River/Firestone Walker/istock/Uproxx
If you’re a fan of craft beer, you’re probably fairly acquainted with barrel-aged brews. For the uninitiated, barrel-aged beer is aged in wooden barrels for months (or years) to impart various flavors. Due to the residual flavors in the barrel and the sugars in the wood, the flavors that might emerge include vanilla, caramel, and charred oak notes from a whiskey barrel; tannins from a wine barrel; or even funky-yeasty, tart flavors from the addition of yeast like Brettanomyces in the aging process (while the beer is in the barrel).
The most well-known American version of the barrel-aged bunch is Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (and all of its offshoots). But barrel aging has a long history in Belgium, England, and Germany before even hitting the U.S. Also, we’re not just talking bourbon barrel-aged (like Goose Island). Aging in wine, various other whiskey styles, port barrels, or even sherry casks are all increasing in popularity.
Bourbon is the most common choice in the U.S. and it’s mostly used to mature port and stout beers. For this blind test, I decided to pick six popular bourbon barrel-aged stouts, one wine barrel-aged brown ale, and one barrel-aged stout that has Champagne yeast added to it. I blindly tasted and then ranked each according to its flavor.
Our lineup today is:
Russian River Supplication
Firestone Walker Parabola
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Great Divide Barrel-Aged Yeti
Brooklyn Black Ops
New Holland Dragon’s Milk
Founders KBS
Guinness Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout
Let’s barrel on!
Part 1: The Taste
Taste 1
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
The nose is filled with scents of raisins, dark chocolate, toasted malts, and sweet, rich bourbon. On the palate, I found dried cherries, figs, wood char, buttery caramel, and warming, bold, whiskey that tempers everything together well.
From my notes: “A truly remarkable brew.”
Taste 2
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
This is a very chocolate-centric beer. This is completely evident in the nose. There are also hints of vanilla and espresso. The palate swirl with more coffee beans, vanilla cream, dark chocolate, wood char, and sweet bourbon. Slight dried cherry tannins at the finish add to a unique, exciting flavor.
Taste 3
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
This beer’s nose is extremely potent in the best possible way. I noticed chocolate fudge, bold oak, and sweet vanilla beans. Once I drank it, I found hints of warming whiskey, rich butterscotch, dried cherries, cocoa, and a gentle nutty flavor.
It’s all held together with a nice oaky, vanilla backbone.
Taste 4
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
Taking a moment to breathe in the aromas, I found scents of freshly brewed coffee and chocolate. I didn’t find anything else, but there are worse smells to be met with. One sip revealed flavors of toasted vanilla beans, bold oak, more vanilla, butterscotch, and slight salinity.
From my notes: “This is definitely a memorable beer but could use more sweet bourbon flavor.”
Taste 5
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, I find notable dark chocolate, sweet bourbon, and oak wood aromas. They’re followed by flavors of milk chocolate, roasted malts, vanilla beans, toffee, and warming, sweet whiskey throughout. This beer has more bourbon warmth than many of the other options on the market and I’m a big fan.
Taste 6
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
A lot is going on with this beer’s nose. There are notes of bitter chocolate, coffee, rich oak, vanilla, and slight bourbon sweetness. Taking a sip only emphasizes the aromas. On top of chocolate, oak, toasted vanilla, and more bourbon, there’s a nice jolt of freshly brewed coffee to tie everything together.
Taste 7
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
The nose is roasted malts and coffee with a slight hint of whiskey, but that’s about it. Sipping it, revealed a bit of woody oak, some dark chocolate, slight vanilla, and sweet corny bourbon. The finish was a mix of bourbon and vanilla.
Overall, not the most exciting barrel-aged beer, but not bad either.
Taste 8
Christopher Osburn
Tasting Notes:
One of these things is not like the other. This beer is visibly different from the others in appearance and the nose shows it even more. There are notes of ripe berries, sour cherries, and slight yeast and malts. The flavor is tart and loaded with hints of sour cherries, slight citrus, and wine-like tannins that make this a truly unique flavor experience.
Part 2: The Ranking
Well, the winding road of beer sampling has finally reached its pinnacle. Keep scrolling to reveal the final rankings.
In the last few decades, Guinness has branched out with new craft breweries in Dublin, Ireland, and Baltimore, Maryland. And, with the help of the latter brewery, Guinness joined the world of barrel-aged beers. This stout was created specifically to be matured in bourbon barrels. One version was aged in Bulleit barrels, but the more recent offering doesn’t tell which distillery the barrels come from.
Bottom Line:
As barrel-aged beers go, this one had a fairly generic, mass-produced flavor. It’s not bad. It’s just not particularly great.
This aptly named, increasingly popular eleven percent ABV stout was aged for three months in specifically selected bourbon barrels. This highly regarded beer is one of the best-selling barrel-aged beers in the country for good reason. It’s known for its mix of oak, toasted malts, and chocolate.
Bottom Line:
I enjoyed this beer. I would have enjoyed a little more whiskey sweetness and warmth though. Overall, a decent take on the style that I’d drink again.
For year’s, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (and its Canadian iteration) was one of the most eagerly-awaited beers when it was released in limited quantities. It’s much easier to get now, but that hasn’t taken away from its quality. This 12 percent ABV barrel-aged imperial stout gets added flavor from the addition of coffee and chocolate.
Bottom Line:
This is a fairly intense barrel-aged beer. It has more chocolate and coffee flavors than some of the other beers on this list and that might be a little too bold for some palates.
Brooklyn is a big name in the brewing world. Brewmaster Garret Oliver is known for his exciting, pioneering beers. Brooklyn Black Ops carries on that tradition. This 12.4 percent ABV imperial stout is barrel-aged in barrels that formerly held Four Roses bourbon and refermented with Champagne yeast. The result is a bold, rich, memorable beer.
Bottom Line:
This is a very complicated beer. While it’s obviously whiskey aged, this stout has some subtle wine-like flavors to leave me deeply intrigued.
This 12.5 percent ABV, seasonal imperial stout is aged for a full year (or more) in barrels that formerly held whiskey. This results in a vanilla-forward, warming, rich, winter beer that Great Divide drinkers eagerly await each winter.
Bottom Line:
While all barrel-aged stouts are designed for fans of both stouts and whiskey, this one goes above and beyond with bold, rich whiskey flavor. It’s not to be missed if you want to understand this style.
Firestone Walker is well-known for its IPAs and its iconic Pivo Pils. But the California brand also makes a handful of notable barrel-aged beers. One of its best is Parabola. This 13.6 percent ABV imperial stout is aged for at least a year in bourbon barrels. This results in a flavorful, bold beer that has countless fans.
Bottom Line:
This is a highly complex, well-balanced, flavorful barrel-aged beer that has so many various flavors and I’ll definitely need multiple samples to unlock them all.
The only non-stout on this list, Russian River Supplication is a sour brown ale that’s aged in pinot noir barrels for 12 months along with sour cherries, brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pediococcus. It’s known for its funky, oaky, tart flavor.
Bottom Line:
This beer is funky, tart, and highly complex. It’s obviously not a stout like many of the other beers on this list but it’s a great example of how breweries are crafting and aging different styles.
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout is the OG bourbon barrel-aged stout and still one of the most awarded and eagerly awaited. This year’s main expression is a barrel-aged (between eight and 14 months) imperial stout brewed with Millennium hops as well as 2-row, Black Caramel, Chocolate, and Munich malts as well as roasted barley.
Bottom Line:
You’ll have a hard time finding a better example of the style than this offering. I know that’s semi-predictable but… it’s also true. It’s bold, robust, sweet, and warming — ticks all of the barrel-aged boxes.
With Scream hitting theaters this week and I Know What You Did Last Summer being turned into a TV show (which was, uh, canceled after one season), ’90s and 2000s horror movies are all the rage right now. The only supernatural force more powerful than Death itself? Nostalgia. The next horror franchise that started during the Clinton administration to get revived: Final Destination, in which frequently horny teenagers get murdered in increasingly over-the-top fashion. It’s great.
A Final Destination reboot was announced back in 2019, eight years after Final Destination 5. On Tuesday, Deadline reported that the film will be produced by Jon Watts, who directed 2021’s highest-grossing movie (and one of the highest-grossing movies ever), Spider-Man: No Way Home. He also provided the treatment for the script, which is being written by Lori Evans Taylor (Wicked Wicked Games) and Guy Busick (Ready or Not).
“Both [producing partner and wife Dianne McGunigle] and I have been massive fans of Final Destination from the very beginning,” Watts said in a statement. “So to be able to have a hand in crafting a new story with the original team and New Line is going to be both fun and exciting.”
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