What is a Merkin beer?
What is a Merkin beer? Velvet Merkin has signature barrel-aged stout aromas, with rich flavors of dark chocolate, vanilla, bourbon and espresso. Each vintage expresses its own unique nuances owing to slight bourbon barrel variations from one year to the next. Why is it called a Merkin? The merkin, as an object, has been dated back to the 1450s, by women to cover genitals that had been shaved to get rid of lice. One possible origin of the word merkin is malkin, an insult dating back to the 1200s for lower-class women (which may ultimately originate from a pet form...