Brown Sugar Rum Barrel-Aged Coffee Beans (8oz Bag)

We've been working with our friends at Joe Van Gogh for a little while on a project where we age raw, green coffee beans in different oak barrels, which started as an idea we had for a barrel-aged coffee IPA a few years ago (also called Uncommon Grind as a means to "kick things off", available as a December release this year). The inaugural run a few years ago saw us aging organic Colombian beans in fresh-emptied Peach Brandy barrels, and our customers can't seem to get enough of these releases when we drop them toward the holidays each year.

Since that first year, we've turned Uncommon Grind into an ongoing project we revisit each holiday season, working with Joe Van Gogh to age coffee beans in new barrels we get our hands on that we think might work nicely.

For 2022, we've worked with Joe Van Gogh to help age over 100 pounds of green coffee beans sourced from almost 2000 meters above sea level in the beautiful hills of San Juan Sacatepéquez region of the Sierra Madres on the farm Concepción Pixcayá in a couple of freshly-emptied Brown Sugar Rum oak barrels, and then selected & roasted in a tiny batch just for Haw River Farmhouse Ales' customers. Look for notes of deep caramel, almond & toasted brown sugar, and a buttery, boozy backbone balanced with roasted, bright cocoa beans.

These batches usually sell out fast, so don't wait too long to get these brown sugar rum barrel-aged coffee beans in your hands and into your favorite coffee cup soon!