After 28+ months maturing in bourbon barrels, we are excited to announce our first ever release of Barrel-aged Rescue Buoy Imperial Stout in 500ml bottles! Rescue Buoy is our flagship Russian Imperial Stout that has recently received several prestigious awards including Gold at the California Craft Brewers Cup and a Bronze at the Great American Beer Festival and US Beer Open Championships!

We took this award-winning elixir and patiently aged it in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels for over 28 months. This allows the rich chocolate, coffee, toffee, caramel and molasses flavors of the beer to meld with the vanillin, coconut notes imparted by the oak barrels. The residual bourbon notes round out the complex flavors offered by this 13.5% ABV masterpiece.

Starting Friday, October 9th at 10:00am PDT, you will be able to pre-purchase up to four 500ml (16.9oz) bottles of Barrel-aged Rescue Buoy for pickup at either our San Marcos brewery location or North Park tasting room. We suggest buying several bottles for your cellar and open one each of the next few years to appreciate how it evolves with time.

Please note that you will need to use your name to purchase each bottle. We want to make this as fair as possible, so any duplicate sales to the same name will be voided! Your name will be checked at bottle pick-up and must match your drivers license or other form of legal government issued identification. Proxies will NOT be allowed for this release. You will need to show your proof of purchase (printed or e-mail confirmation) and valid ID to retrieve your bottles. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. This means you will NOT be able to pick up anyone else's bottles, and we will not release the bottles to you without a confirmation and valid ID matching the name on the sale.

Bottles can be picked up starting Wednesday, October 21st at the Rip Current Brewing Tasting Room in SAN MARCOS unless you selected a NORTH PARK pickup. Bottles can be retrieved during tasting room hours from October 21st through January 1st 2020. For official tasting room hours, please see http://ripcurrentbrewing.com/contact. Any bottles not retrieved by January 2nd will be surrendered back to the brewery (no exceptions).Please do not purchase bottles until you've read the terms and conditions below, and can ensure you will be able to pick up your bottles by the cutoff date!

Rip Current Bottle Limitations

Maximum of 4 bottles per person. No exceptions and orders with additional bottles will be voided.

Shipping Policy

Rip Current Brewing Company does not ship beer directly to consumers. All beer purchases are only available for pickup in our tasting room selected below.

Returns & Refunds

We do not accept returns under any circumstances. No refunds or exchanges will be made. All sales are final.

Order Acceptance Policy

Your receipt of an electronic or other form of order confirmation does not signify our acceptance of your order, nor does it constitute confirmation of our offer to sell. Rip Current Brewing Company reserves the right at any time after receipt of your order to accept or decline your order for any reason or to supply less than the quantity you ordered of any item.