Like many of us, this beer spent 2020 in self-isolation, namely in bourbon barrels. After more than twelve months of aging, we got a rich dark imperial stout with notes of sherry, vanilla, dried fruit and cocoa. Through the extremely dense black body, a dark brown luxurious foam slowly builds up on top. Matej Pelicon's brewing knowledge and masterful approach are shown when, at 13% alcohol, you almost don't feel it.

We recommend Pvio for: Marinated veal, a drizzle of vanilla ice cream, an accompaniment to a rich chocolate cake, instead of coffee in tiramisu

We recommend the following cheeses with this beer: Camembert, blue cheese, aged colby

The beer was awarded bronze in the barrel-aged beer category at Athens 2023.

What is the Time Beer Series?

Pelicon Time is a series of rich and powerful beer styles brewed between 2017 and 2020. These are strong brews that have been aged for a year in various distillate barrels. The beer waits and breathes with its environment, during this process interactions occur between the beer, wood and oxygen. What is created is a unique time capsule.

In Slovenia, we had the oldest sealed beer in the world for several years. Then, a beer discovered somewhere else in Europe took that honor from us. These record-breakers may not have been brewed with the intention of reaching a hundred years, but many beers were. Some of them are still brewed and drunk. Of course, we wanted to include Peliconi with the Time beer line, which we have been brewing since 2017.

Before the invention of stainless steel, brewers used wooden vessels to ferment, transport and serve beer. However, since the pores of wood were difficult to clean, all beers in the past were more or less “infected” with various roommates in the brewing equipment. Resourceful brewers made their beers with them in mind. English Stock Ale has always had the characteristic aroma of Brettanomyces yeast, and some brewers in Brussels still brew beers with a very low pH and are therefore quite acidic, but tasty.

HOW WE PASSED TIME INTO BEER:

In recent years, modern brewers have been rediscovering the technology of beer aging. In addition to classic lagering, the most popular is aging beer in wooden barrels. We are most interested in the "breathing" of wooden barrels. Barrels expand and contract with temperature fluctuations, and in the process they also suck and squeeze out liquid. This interaction, however, can result in new, more interesting aromas and flavors that would otherwise not be there. But all of this takes time. And time becomes an interesting component of this complex process.
To gather as much information as possible, our journey took us from northern Norway through the Netherlands to the USA. We spoke with many fellow brewers who shared their years of experience and advice with us.
To date, using all the information we have gathered, we have aged in barrels old ale (Time 2017) , wheat wine (Time 2018) , rye wine (Time 2019) and finally imperial stout (Time 2020) . We have let the beers lie in wooden barrels of three different distillates for a year each. When they were ready, we named them after the year in which they were brewed.
We don't know how many years Pelicon's time capsules will live. They were brewed with aging in mind. Perhaps one of the rare and precious bottles will age for over a hundred years, and maybe some lucky person will open it and say it's still magnificent.