2015 Sierra Nevada Barrel-Aged Narwhal.

Chris Quinn mentioned this on the Beer Temple Round Table podcast and that the MSRP was $10.

 

Had it on draft over the weekend, it is fantastic, great notes of chocolate, bitter espresso, dark fruit, oak, bourbon, vanilla, I could go on and on. $7 / 10.5oz, have seen the bottles released as well $19.99 / 750ml just like last year, though the label is no longer printed on, it is just a standard glued on label. Oh well, still fantastic beer, I'll be grabbing a couple of bottles for sure.

 

It was $18+ last year in CT. $10 for a 750ml bottle of BA stout would be ridiculously low priced. Think you're thinking of regular narwhal which is ~$10 a 4 pack.

 

This would be impossible, I'm paying more than $10 a bottle from the distributor...unless your local bottle shop is in the business of losing money

 

Picked up 4 bottles at $19.49 each, passed on the BA Ovila next to it at the same price.

 

picked up mine in VA for 14.99, also saw it posted for 19.99 other places

 

I'm happy to see it wasn't just a one-off. If the price is the same as it was last year I may pass, especially given the label (not that the label is an issue, but you know the production cost is WAY down from last year if they didn't spring for the screen-printing). I had my '14 on New Year's Even and really enjoyed it. Great beer.

 

His point was comparing SN to Bourbon County prices. Maybe it's a Chicago thing.

 

I want to try it, but at $19/each I might have to pass. There's a lot of other good beers in the price range.

 

$17.99 at my local whole foods before it sold out

 

Sweet! Will pick up one of these plus a 4-pack of reg. Narwhal too. When they first released it last year, was able to pick up a few at $14.99 before they got wise and jacked up the price to $20...

 

When is the release date for the regular Narwhal?

 

Already dropped.

 

It's been on the shelf for over a month.

 

i'll definitely be grabbing the BA Narwhal this year..was a bit tough to come by on first go around, but after the initial hype, this became an easy score in the NYC area..picked up a bottle as recently as early august

 

Very coco powdery this year, totally drinkabke considering the abv

 

Grabbing one of these this week - curious everyone's thoughts about drinking fresh vs. aging. I tend to like BA stouts fresh until they get around Uncle Jacob's level ABV. Something as as high as BCBS at just under 14% is still something I like fresh but just wondering what everyone else thinks the sweet spot is for BA Narwhal. Cheers!

 

It has less alcohol heat compared to BCBS imo, I'd just drink it fresh tbh (which is what I did).