Central Waters BBS

I wish the opposite were true, that is the only thing missing from that rather fine brew...

 

Until this year, I they only aged it for around 6 months. This year's BBS is aged a full year.

 

Mmmm... smooth as silk.... i could drink this every day. that's something i definitely cannot say about BCBS.

love. this. beer. cheers to CW!

 

According to @wisconsuds it's out.

 

I was just scrolling down to see if anyone had mentioned that this years batch has been in the barrels for a full year as opposed to previous batches. Should be interesting to see how much difference it makes. Now, I'm glad I cellared a couple bottles from last year.

 

Drinking one now, I feel the bourbon is better integrated than last year. It's been too long since my last 2011 to make a fair, objective comparison though.

 

Anyone else notice the price increase? Looks like it went up about $10 a case at wholesale.

 

Its because theyre aging it an extra 6 months now

 

How much was a 4pk? It was 10.99 everywhere i saw it in MN last year. Was 8.99-9.99 in 08-'09

 

Just had my first one tonight. My opinion:

GREAT! Especially for price point. The only things I think could be improved are the mouthfeel - it's just not full enough, not like drinking thick, silky oaky chocolate like BCBS - and I think a little more chocolate could compliment the bourbon taste better. It didn't burn or anything - it's just I didn't get as many chocolate notes as I wanted. But I am definitely getting more soon.

 

Did you let it sit out for an hour before opening/pouring/drinking? If not, give that a shot.

 

CW BBS is a fine beer. But no amount of sitting out is going to turn it into BCS. IMHO.

I got a metallic flavor out of last year's. Hoping this year's doesn't exhibit the same property for me.

 

Just tried last years Peruvian after reading this thread. Sour spoiled and awful. A real shame.

 

$12 at Woodman's this year for the BB Stout, they didn't have Y2K in yet. I can't say I noticed a huge difference in flavor compared to last year but my memory is horrible; I might've had overly high expectations given the fact that it was aged for twice as long. For whatever reason I've always enjoyed it a lot more on tap.

Peruvian Morning last year was tragic, I only drank 1 delicious bottle before it went bad. I'm still waiting to hear back on the recall as well.

 

Please tell me this year's CW BBA Stout is and last year's Peruvian Morning is like apples to sour oranges. *Fingers crossed that lessons were leaned by CW.

 

So any in Milwaukee? I will be there tomorrow.

 

Pretty sure it's not here yet. Milwaukee tends to lag a week behind Madison on central waters releases.

 

I hope you do too.

 

I've got a spot that's got plenty of delicious Y2K.