Brooklyn Brewery and Four Roses Distillery announced the release of the 2025 edition of Brooklyn Black Ops (12% ABV) — the seventh annual release in their acclaimed collaboration.

Since 2019, each year the teams behind these brands come together to celebrate the shared craftsmanship of brewing and distilling. The 2025 vintage once again showcases a Russian Imperial Stout aged for three months in Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon barrels, hand-selected by Four Roses Master Distiller Brent Elliott. 

The result is a beer with extraordinary balance — bourbon warmth and depth layered into rich stout character, yielding a smooth, indulgent finish.

“I’m going to say that Black Ops 2025 might be our best Ops release yet,” Brooklyn Brewery James Beard Award-winning Brewmaster Garrett Oliver said in a news release. “All the flavors are punchy, sleek, racy and so well-integrated and smooth that the 12.4% ABV is a bit sneaky. This is a ‘stout-drinker’s stout’ full of clean roast flavor and beautiful bourbon notes – I’m loving it after dinner and with desserts.”

“It’s always a pleasure to revisit this collaboration and search for the exact Four Roses barrels that will best complement the incredible beer Brooklyn Brewery creates,” Brent Elliott, Four Roses Master

Distiller, said. “This partnership allows me to think a bit differently — to explore how our bourbon can take on a new life while still delivering the balance and nuance Four Roses fans expect. It hits all the right notes for our loyal bourbon drinkers, yet offers a flavor profile that’s entirely its own.”

The 2025 Brooklyn Black Ops will be available beginning late October in 16-ounce four-packs nationwide where Brooklyn Brewery products are sold, as well as at Brooklyn Brewery’s Tasting Room in Williamsburg, and the Four Roses Distillery Visitor Center in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky and Cox’s Creek, Kentucky.

For more information, visit brooklynbrewery.com/brooklyn-beers/limited/black-ops.

Read more: Four Roses Releases Annual Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon

ABOUT BROOKLYN BREWERY

Based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Brewery is a leading global independent craft brewer and a pioneer of the American craft beer revolution. Its products are distributed in 30 states and over 30 countries on 5 continents. Learn more at https://brooklynbrewery.com/.

ABOUT FOUR ROSES

Established in 1888, Four Roses combines two mashbills with five proprietary yeast strains to distill and age 10 distinct bourbon recipes, each with its own unique flavor profile. With distilling and warehousing operations in Lawrenceburg and Cox’s Creek, Kentucky, respectively, Four Roses is available in all 50 states. For more information, visit https://www.fourrosesbourbon.com.