Imperial Stout Appreciation Thread (2023)

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  1. Beersnake

    Beersnake Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,884) Aug 17, 2013 California
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    2020 Paisley Cave Complex from Bottle Logic. An imperial stout brewed with marshmallows, aged in bourbon barrels & finished with cacao nibs, blueberries and natural flavors. I have never really been a fan of fruit in an imperial stout, but this might be the one exception. It's there, but not dominant. Notes of vanilla, chocolate, caramel, and blueberry mingle nicely. This is pretty much as good as it was fresh, which is VERY good.

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    #2161 Beersnake, Aug 18, 2023
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  2. ChicagoJ

    ChicagoJ Grand Pooh-Bah (5,247) Feb 2, 2015 Illinois
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    Nice cool overnight here to enjoy this baby.

    Didn't like the first smell and sip were a bit cardboardy, but it's warming up with patience and hitting the right notes. Roast malt, bitterness, dark chocolate. hops still kicking ass. My kind of Russian Imperial Stout!

    Bell's Expedition Stout

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    Hope I come across these down the road (picked up a few six packs of these in Michigan in Winter 2021). Have a great stout day or weekend fellow stout lovers.
     
    #2162 ChicagoJ, Aug 18, 2023
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  3. Braunmeister_1943

    Braunmeister_1943 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,965) Nov 22, 2020 Pennsylvania
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    [​IMG] Some “Hippy Sippy “ from Fat Head’s!
     
    #2163 Braunmeister_1943, Aug 19, 2023
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  4. Resistance88

    Resistance88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,462) Apr 9, 2015 California
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    well god damnit!!!!
    I've had a Schwarzbier, IPA, pilsner, nuremburg Red Ale, Japanese dark lager and Kolsch today but no Imperial Stout!

    and here you are....living it up!

    cheers
     
    #2164 Resistance88, Aug 19, 2023
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  5. Braunmeister_1943

    Braunmeister_1943 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,965) Nov 22, 2020 Pennsylvania
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    I’d say that you have done alright today! It’s still early in CA!:grimacing::sunglasses:
     
    #2165 Braunmeister_1943, Aug 19, 2023
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  6. Resistance88

    Resistance88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,462) Apr 9, 2015 California
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    im heading to a photo gallery with open bar in a bit so i have been "pacing" myself today :joy:
     
    #2166 Resistance88, Aug 19, 2023
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  7. Braunmeister_1943

    Braunmeister_1943 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,965) Nov 22, 2020 Pennsylvania
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    You could head to that bar in Pasadena that has Stone Imperial Stout on tap!:stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #2167 Braunmeister_1943, Aug 19, 2023
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  8. Beersnake

    Beersnake Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,884) Aug 17, 2013 California
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    Parabajava - this imperial coffee stout is up there with the best. Perfect integration of bourbon, chocolate, coffee, and roasted malts. Cheers!

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    #2168 Beersnake, Aug 19, 2023
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  9. Resistance88

    Resistance88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,462) Apr 9, 2015 California
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    #2169 Resistance88, Aug 19, 2023
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  10. Beersnake

    Beersnake Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,884) Aug 17, 2013 California
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    Nice! Enjoy the trip to the gallery!
     
    #2170 Beersnake, Aug 19, 2023
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  11. Blogjackets

    Blogjackets Grand Pooh-Bah (4,816) Nov 22, 2017 Ohio
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    Speedway Stout with my peaberry. Cheers.

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    #2171 Blogjackets, Aug 19, 2023
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  12. Resistance88

    Resistance88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,462) Apr 9, 2015 California
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    those kegs kicked about a month ago :confused:

    Now that i am sober, i am trying this again. Last night i just chugged it cuz i hadn't had a Stout all day and i don't remember much
    Courtesy of @micada who ALWAYS sends me great stuff i can't get out here.
    Grande Cuvée Déjeuner Impérial from Les Trois Mousquetaires
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    The weather is already starting to get weird and i cant wait for some rain tomorrow , but hope everyone will be ok!
     
    #2172 Resistance88, Aug 19, 2023
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  13. SABERG

    SABERG Grand Pooh-Bah (5,001) Sep 16, 2007 Massachusetts
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    Enjoying this cellar reach
    Purchased at the Montpelier farmers market
    Circa 2011
    Lots still going on
    Bittersweet chocolate, a bit of cola, black pepper
    Cheers all
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    #2173 SABERG, Aug 20, 2023
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  14. Resistance88

    Resistance88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,462) Apr 9, 2015 California
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    I have a friend who brings me fresh tree tapped syrup from his familys farm in VT and this makes me want some of whats in yer glass
    Vermont Syrup hits different
     
    #2174 Resistance88, Aug 20, 2023
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  15. Braunmeister_1943

    Braunmeister_1943 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,965) Nov 22, 2020 Pennsylvania
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    [​IMG] Picked this up today after we dropped our eldest daughter off at college! Noble Stein, “Cut & Pastry “ Double Chocolate Pastry Stout. Reminds me of a “poor-man’s “ Speedway Stout “!
     
    #2175 Braunmeister_1943, Aug 20, 2023
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  16. Resistance88

    Resistance88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,462) Apr 9, 2015 California
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    2016 Vindictive - Black Tuesday BBA Imperial Stout with Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre grapes aged in New American Oak Puncheons

    Sessionable ABV at 14.9%
    where ya at @Beersnake1

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    #2176 Resistance88, Aug 20, 2023
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  17. SLeffler27

    SLeffler27 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,906) Feb 24, 2008 New York
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    Ok, surely one doesn’t have to be sessioning a 14.9% beer to be curious about that clay mask. Seriously, I hope the story is as cool as the pot. I keep thinking the next picture will have a plant growing through its eyes.

    Just imagine what a high octane beer session would do to my brain. HA!
     
    #2177 SLeffler27, Aug 20, 2023
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  18. Resistance88

    Resistance88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,462) Apr 9, 2015 California
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    all that happened so far was similar to this atter a few "sessionable" stouts....
     
    #2178 Resistance88, Aug 20, 2023
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  19. Beersnake

    Beersnake Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,884) Aug 17, 2013 California
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    I will be joining you soon. Heading out to lunch to celebrate our daughter’s birthday first.
     
    #2179 Beersnake, Aug 20, 2023
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  20. Resistance88

    Resistance88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,462) Apr 9, 2015 California
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    @SLeffler27

    story behind it is this one of my lifelong friends started making clay stuff. on my last visit to oakland i spent a few days with him at his studio and i saw a few pieces around . I asked and he said hes been doing A month and i offered to buy it. He saidhe doesn't wanna sell any until he gets better and this was the first piece he'd ever completed in the right way.

    Fin .
     
    #2180 Resistance88, Aug 20, 2023
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