Saint Archer Tusk & Grain Brandy Barrel Aged Coffee Porter
Saint Archer Tusk & Grain Brandy Barrel Aged Coffee Porter is a 500mL porter at 12.85% ABV from Saint Archer Brewing Co.'s Tusk & Grain barrel programme in San Diego, California — a porter aged in brandy barrels with Kenyan Karagoto coffee from Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, released in limited quantities at the brewery's tasting room and select retailers. Tusk & Grain was the brewery's cellar series for barrel-aged experiments, and this brandy-barrel coffee porter is one of its darkest: rich porter depth worked over by brandy-barrel time and coffee. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 12.85%
- Size: 500mL
- Style: Porter, barrel-aged
- Barrels: Brandy barrels
- Addition: Kenyan Karagoto coffee (Bird Rock Coffee Roasters)
- Series: Tusk & Grain, Saint Archer's barrel-aged programme
- Origin: San Diego, California
- Release: Limited quantities, tasting room and select retailers
A Brandy Barrel Porter From San Diego's Barrel Room
Saint Archer built Tusk & Grain as the home for everything its barrel cellar produced — sours, blends and big dark beers rested in spirit barrels. This bottling takes a porter into brandy barrels with coffee: the brandy casks bring a fruity, warming register to the roasted base, and the coffee deepens it. Saint Archer has since closed, and its Tusk & Grain bottles survive as limited survivors of San Diego's 2010s barrel-ageing wave. Explore the brewery on the Saint Archer vendor page, or see its sibling, the Tusk & Grain Pinot Noir Barrel Aged Gose.
Tasting Notes
A dark, barrel-aged porter profile: roasted malt and coffee depth from the base beer, with the warming, fruity cast that brandy-barrel ageing brings to a porter. (No official tasting table is printed for this bottling — see the applier flags: the surviving official notes belong to a same-named 2016 release whose identity against this bottle is unconfirmed.)
How to Enjoy
Serve lightly chilled and let it warm in the glass; a nightcap pour, built for slow drinking after dinner.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Tusk & Grain series?
Saint Archer Brewing Co.'s barrel-aged programme from San Diego — a cellar series of limited beers aged in spirit and wine barrels, released in small quantities.
What barrels was this porter aged in?
Brandy barrels, with Kenyan Karagoto coffee from Bird Rock Coffee Roasters. No ageing duration was published for this bottling.
Is Saint Archer still brewing?
No — the San Diego brewery closed in 2022, so Tusk & Grain bottles are finite survivors of its barrel programme.
Brandy barrels, coffee and a closed brewery's cellar — order the Tusk & Grain Brandy Barrel Aged Coffee Porter online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.