Roll out the party

It’s no secret that Twelve String ‘s Terry Hackler is hooked on barrels.

Since doing his first barrel-aged beer early last year – a blackberry stout in a Cab Franc barrel – Hackler has acquired close to 30 of them, wine and whiskey, tequila and cognac, most recently rum.

Now he’ll be highlighting at least a dozen large-cask creations – including some never before released – in the first BarrelFest, Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. at the Spokane Valley brewery.

“We’ve talked about it for a long time, but we’ve been so busy, it’s been hard to put something like this together,” Hackler says.

Look for the likes of:

– Whiskey barrel Electric Slide imperial IPA, in both regular and sour versions.

– A soured Double Barrel Don’t Fret porter that was aged in both wine and whiskey barrels.

– A pomegranate-infused porter from a merlot barrel.

– Two versions of a new imperial porter, done separately in whiskey and cabernet sauvignon barrels. (Stay tuned for a coconut rendition of that one in rum barrels down the road.)

– Four takes on the Drop D Stout, from whiskey, syrah, port and tequila barrels.

– The always-popular tequila barrel Imperial Mango Mambo hefeweizen.

– The last of the whiskey barrel Volume 1 Anniversary imperial IPA.

All will be served in 6-ounce samplers, individually or in flights of three (and you might want to bring a growler, just in case). The Thai Lunch Box food truck also will be on hand.

And if you can’t make it Sunday, Hackler hopes to have two or three barrel-aged beers on tap at all times from now on.