Persona - CK + Duality

Persona - CK

Blend of Triple Barrel Aged MJK Finished in Mizunara Barrels and Barrel Aged Imperial Stout finished in Orange Curacao Barrels

I love Mizunara. Thank you to my friend Drew Kulsveen of Willett, this exotic oak was put on my radar several years ago when we finished one of my favorite Double Barrel Derivations in a Willett Mizunara oak barrel. 

For my Persona, I wanted to focus on the freshest Mizunara barrels we had in our warehouse and also my love for the new challenges we find in our brewing and aging of Barleywines, most specifically, the M.J.K. recipe. 

M.J.K. is by far the "biggest" beer we brew and ferment and Mizunara is our most exotic and lovely barrel, so for the next release of M.J.K., I wanted to showcase these two characteristics in one beer. When it came time to blend my personality into a beer and name it Persona, I felt like pulling some of these barrels now, fine tuning them with a small back blend, and they sharing them with you, would best represent what I want to drink, what I want to share, and what represents Side Project in 2026. 

Persona CK is the M.J.K. recipe which was Triple Barrel Aged - the final barrel being Mizunara after 2 residencies in Willett Bourbon Barrels. After selecting these barrels, I wanted to not just share a version of M.J.K. with you, I wanted to use this as a base for some subtle blending to further create something truly one-off. We blended in a very small percentage of a huge, very bourbon forward version of O.W.K. which has been resting in a Grand Marnier barrel. You have seen very small pieces of this beer show up in blends, its impact and intensity are absolutely beautiful and it is a great piece to these puzzles which have no initial boundaries. 

The final beer is one which shows off 2 recipes which were written for my boys, finished in my favorite oak, and meld together in a way to create a beer I am very happy to share with my name on it. 

Cheers,
Cory
ABV:  18%  |  375ml

Duality - a Collaboration with Crooked Stave

Blend of Colorado Spontaneous Beer with Missouri Wild Ale
ABV:  6%  |  375ml

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