Bourbon County 2018

This is exactly why I was not impressed with vanilla at all despite loving the previous vanilla releases. It was just an amateur-ish version of it, not integrated with the rest of the beer at all.

You nailed it.

 

To be honest, while I have more "respect" for better integrated vanilla beers (Vanilla Deth, for example), generally when I look for a BA vanilla stout, I want to be punched in the face. You hear a lot about how much breweries spent on vanilla beans, how painstaking the process is to use them, etc., so I want to take a sip and say "oh yeah, you can definitely see they used a metric ton of this shit."

I think Goose did a good job with the variety of variants (awkward phrase) this year (Prop and MO were nicely balanced, Bramble is a different take than usual on their fruited stouts and Wheatwine is an excellent barleywine-adjacent), so maybe they just explicitly wanted a vanilla bomb. After all, they already did both a Vanilla and a Vanilla Rye, so maybe they wanted to approach this one differently.

 

I thought it was only Kentucky and illinois. I've heard several stores in New York had it at 3pp.

 

Yeah that was acknowledged and ignored. You must have missed my correction on the following post. I just wanted to get back to the subject.

 

Anyone know if vanilla or other variants on tap anywhere in Loop area at decent price?

 

park tavern (by United Center) had vanilla, bramble, orange as of last night.

$15 for 10oz (that includes tax, I think)

 

Finally had BCBS '18 last night; I was skeptical that I'd find it any different than other years (barring tiny variations, of course), but I actually thought it was a little more tart and fruity than usual like some others have said. I liked it, but it definitely isn't one of my favorite years fresh.

 

Yep. I've had 3-4 of them now, and in my initial assessment I said I didn't like it due to the tartness/fruit-forward taste. I was sick and had a shitty palate, so I wanted to try some more. After that first one, it has grown on me a little bit, and is a good beer, but I still prefer numerous other years ahead of it as far as regular goes. I had a 17 a week ago, and that was far superior, for me, at least. Have a 16 in the fridge that I'll likely do a vertical of 16-17-18 at some point here to see what I think, and which of the 3 I prefer. Maybe Christmas.

 

Reserve on tap last night at Kaiser Tiger. I’d guess it’s still on today, as not many other people seemed to be drinking it last night.

 

bud lime > bud choc orange

 

Bottle shop keeping it real.

 

New member here but have been lurking for awhile; I’m heading to 3F’s Friday; would anyone know of somewhere within 30 minutes of there to grab some regular BCBS or MO/Vanilla? I know peeps are protective of their hidey holes....thx

 

Just spend your money on FFF's BA beers. They have a ton to go right now.