Review: COOP Ale Works Native Amber

Barrels and Mash Presents: The 2016 Oklahoma Craft Beer Festival Awards

Another Oklahoma Craft Beer Festival has come and gone, and it was a damn fun one! Since this is the first year of OCBF that Barrels and Mash has been a thing, we were trying to figure out how we should mark the occasion as the 3 of us were walking around drinking things all […]

Review: Elk Valley Le Ferme Apricot

My first beer review… Oh my God, brief panic has set in. Bourbon girl is taking a chance at writing a beer review, here we go…brace yourself. So, Elk Valley is run by this super awesome dude, John Elkins, and he’s been churning out stellar beers so far. That’s really all you need to know. […]

Review: COOP Ale Works F5 IPA

Here at Barrels and Mash we’ve decided to go back to some of our favorite Oklahoma brews that came out before we started this blog and give them a review. Our one-year anniversary has come and gone and perhaps it makes one think about old friends. Today we have one of my go-to beers, my favorite to drink at concerts at venues like the Opolis and a great choice for burgers, pizza or tacos. I found a fresh-ish 14 day-old can and got to reviewing.

OKC Craft Beer Week is upon us

Holy crap are you excited!? OKC Craft Beer Week kicks off Sunday, June 12th, and will culminate with the Oklahoma Craft Beer Festival the following weekend. Oak & Ore is doing this thing right and will be hosting fun local beer events pretty much every day next week. Below is their schedule for the week and […]

SB 424 and SB 383 Signed By Governor Fallin Today

Governor Mary Fallin signed into law today SB424 and SB383, marking a giant shake up in the Oklahoma craft beer scene. These bills have been in the works for years, passed in May by the Oklahoma House and Senate and signed by the Governor today. Barrels and Mash has not reported much on these bills, […]

Review: Prairie Artisan Ales Pirate Okie

I’ve made no secret on this blog that Pirate Bomb! is probably my favorite beer, so of course I was excited to try a new rum barrel aged Prairie offering. While not the biggest fan of Okie, I am always down to try something rum barrel aged. Company: Prairie Artisan Ales Location: Tulsa, OK ABV: […]

For the Love of Booze: The History of Barrels and Mash

Today is the anniversary of the first post here on Barrels and Mash, so I thought it would be nice to celebrate it by revisiting the history of why our little project here got started. Given that I love to ramble, this probably won’t be a short and sweet version of it either, so grab a nice […]

Review: 405 Grapefruit Sour Batch 4

It is amazing to me that 405 came out with a Grapefruit sour beer as one of its initial offerings, and it’s a testament to the refining palates of the Oklahoma craft beer enthusiast that it was so well received. The first couple of batches were small in production quantities and went quickly. That brew […]

Review: Roughtail Adaptation IPA (Batch #4, May 2016)

Rejoice, it’s time for a new version of Roughtail’s rotating Adaptation IPA series! Batch 4 was canned just a couple of days ago on May 17th and is another East Coast IPA. This time, however, it’s an East Coast IPA hopped with pure Southern Hemisphere hops which comes at a time where we are all […]