Innis & Gunn Brewing Company Ltd :
Blood Red Sky - Red Beer
So, according to the folks over at the Innis & Gunn brewery, Blood Red Sky is a Scottish red beer that has be aged for a time using a rather unique process which they call “Barrel into Beer.” Rather than putting the beer into barrel to mature, the Barrel into Beer method actually calls for putting pieces of the barrel into the beer. Basically, they disassemble old barrels - in this case barrels that used to contain Jamaican rum (nice!) - and toss the barrel staves into the vat of beer. The brewers claim that this process is faster, uses fewer barrels and can result in some unique tastes. It also allows for more control over the amount of rum woodiness imparted to the beer. Well, I think it works quite well myself - it’s a darn tasty beer.