Brooklyn Brewery x Four Roses Distillery Debut 2025 Vintage Black Ops
Brooklyn Brewery and Four Roses Distillery reunite to introduce the 2025 edition of Brooklyn Black Ops (12% ABV) — the seventh annual release in their collaboration.
Since 2019, each year the teams behind these brands come together. The 2025 vintage once again showcases a Russian Imperial Stout aged for three months in Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon barrels, according to the brewery, hand-selected by Four Roses master distiller Brent Elliott. The result is a beer featuring bourbon notes layered with a stout character.
“I’m going to say that Black Ops 2025 might be our best Ops release yet,” said Brooklyn Brewery’s James Beard award-winning brewmaster, Garrett Oliver, in a news release. “All the flavors are punchy, sleek, racy and so well-integrated and smooth that the 12.4% ABV is a bit sneaky. This is a ‘stout-drinker’s stout’ full of clean roast flavor and beautiful bourbon notes – I’m loving it after dinner and with desserts.”
The 2025 release offers a flavor profile of dark cocoa nibs, milk chocolate and vanilla-forward oak, according to the brewery, accented by notes of caramelized sugar and bourbon.
“It’s always a pleasure to revisit this collaboration and search for the exact Four Roses barrels that will best complement the incredible beer Brooklyn Brewery creates,” said Brent Elliott, Four Roses master distiller, in the release. “This partnership allows me to think a bit differently — to explore how our bourbon can take on a new life while still delivering the balance and nuance Four Roses fans expect. It hits all the right notes for our loyal bourbon drinkers, yet offers a flavor profile that’s entirely its own.”
The 2025 Brooklyn Black Ops is now available in 16-ounce four-packs nationwide where Brooklyn Brewery products are sold, according to the brewery, as well as at Brooklyn Brewery’s Tasting Room in Williamsburg and the Four Roses Distillery Visitor Centers in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky and Cox’s Creek, Kentucky.
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