42 North Brewing will host the 6th annual Barrel Jam Festival on Saturday, Jan. 24. The unique beer festival celebrates the art of barrel-aging beers with beer samplings, live music, and winter sports activities, all spread around the brewery’s East Aurora campus.

In addition to 42 North, this year’s line-up includes numerous breweries in New York state and beyond, such as Brooklyn’s Wild East, Batavia’s Eli Fish, Auburn’s Prison City, Cazenovia’s Meier’s Creek, Jack’s Abby, Brewery Ardennes, Ellicottville Brewing, Strangebird, 1911 Cider, Hudson Valley’s Drowned Lands, and Cooperstown’s Brewery Ommegang.

Barrel Jam beer list (subject to change):

42 North Brewing

  • Barrel Aged Baltic Asylum Porter- 6% ABV
  • Barrel Aged Blonde Ale – 5% ABV

Brewery Ardennes

  • Rum Barrel-Aged Quadrupel
  • Bourbon Barrel-Aged Belgian Stout
  • Cranberry Sour (non barrel-aged)

Drowned Lands

  • Volume 9 – Double Barrel Aged Imperial Stout aged for 18 months in bourbon barrels and finished in a Ruby Port Barrel for 8 months – 10.5% ABV
  • BA Amai – Belgian Dark Strong Ale aged in a single Blanton’s Gold barrel for 18 months – 12% ABV
  • BA Cabin Fever / Barleywine aged in a single Stagg Jr barrel for 28 months – 15% ABV
  • Find Time – Helles Lager – 4.8% ABV

Eli Fish Brewing

  • Madam Edna w/ Peaches – Brett Saison aged in Chardonnay barrels with Peaches – 6% ABV
  • Madam Edna w/ Cherries – Brett Saison aged in Chardonnay barrels with Cherries – 6% ABV
  • Octodecim – Barrel Aged Stout. 18 month, 18 plato – 18% ABV

Ellicottville Brewing

  • Barrel Aged Blueberry Maple Pancake – 7.5 ABV
  • 2025 Barrel Aged Doppelbock – 8.5% ABV
  • Barrel Aged Raspberry Beret – 7% ABV
  • The Charge Lager- 5.6% ABV

1911 Cider

  • Cider Donut Bourbon- 6.9% ABV
  • Bourbon cream whiskey- 15% ABV
  • Maple Bourbon – 6.9% ABV

Jack’s Abby

  • 2022 BA Coconut Rum Framinghammer – 8.2% ABV
  • 2023 BA Peanut Butter Framinghammer – 10% ABV

Ommegang

  • Manhattan Shine- 12% ABV
  • Oak Aged Watermelon Kolsch – 6% ABV

Lexington Brewing

  • Bourbon Barrel Ale – 8.2% ABV

Middle Ages

  • Barrel Aged Dragonslayer – 11.7% ABV

Strangebird

  • Cathedral Windows – Barrel Lagered Czech Pale Lager
  • Rode Kriek – Oud Bruin aged on cherries

Wild East

  • Gilded Petal Wood Aged Saison (Collab with Strangebird) – 6.9% ABV
  • Mummy Dust West Coast IPA – 7% ABV

In addition to barrel-aged beer, the event features a Rail Jam ski/snowboard competition hosted by Holiday Valley with a ramp and rail set up in the alley behind the brewery. The Funk Knights will hit the stage at 5 pm.

“This is one of our favorite events of the winter,” states 42 North founder John Cimperman. “It’s a great opportunity for beer lovers to stretch their boundaries with some of the most unique barrel-aged beers in the country.”

Tickets start at $40 and include three hours of beer tasting, live music, and a complimentary tasting glass. A limited number of VIP tickets are available, which include an additional hour of tasting. Tickets are on sale at https://bit.ly/BarrelJam26 or at 42 North Brewing.