Most Important BA Program (stouts)

I love BBS and I don’t recognize half the names here. Why does just one have to be the best? Even an average BBS I think is great!

 

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Yeah too many to list all, some might add fifty fifty eclipse. I havent tried most on the list so i dont want to vote. But i like Firestone's stuff.

 

I'm trying to figure this one out. You consider Black Tuesday thin?

 

Black Tuesday may not be as "full" in the mouth the last few years, but "thin?" And lumping so many distinctly different breweries into one category, I guess I'll vote here.

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Basically, there's no "King" we're in an era of glorious chaos. Goose Island (OG), yes. But no one rooster rules the roost. So much good BA stouts nowadays.

 

BCBS is my favorite beer and the only beer I will pay 12 dollars for.

 

Gotta love those Drie Fonteinen BA stouts. My favorite is Zenne Y Thicc-tera

 

OP, these are all important BA programs....important to the respective brewery's bottom line. <rimshot>

 

Fremont has taken barrel aging to another level. I think Avery and Epic both deserve a nod as well.

 

BCBS is the most "corporate" option you list, not Founder's, Alesmith, Bell's, The Bruery, etc. Who owns who? In fact, even the corporate folks at Goose Island have failed to deliver consistency out of the barrel the past few years, and while they may have contributed to an up-rising in BA beers initially, I'd consider them far and wide from the leaders at this point. Consistency over the past few years playing a large part in their failure to maintain their lead, or even a meaningful presence in the front pack.

Semantics aside, I'd consider Prairie a leader in the barrel aging side of beer, and a bit surprised Avery hasn't been mentioned. They consistently produce Tweak and Uncle Jacob's Stout with a precision worthy of a NASA approval.

 

Avery is one of the few breweries putting out BA beers that are undoubtedly consistent. No hype, just damn good quality control and attention to detail.

I have one Fremont beer in my cellar, and for better or worse, it's one of my prizes. I look forward to seeing how it drinks, as I've heard nothing bu

 

Founders - KBS, Backwoods Bastard, Backstage Series, BA Series, and a whole new BA facility.

 

Too many to list and some BA stouts are difficult to obtain. I'm surprised you didn't list Avery.

 

I really wish more people could have easier access to Jackie O’s. There’s some intangible, extremely gratifying element to many of their BA offerings (kinda like umami is to food), but it’s an explosive depth, almost a textural taste, and always just straight up delicious. Very, very consistently great stuff from a small little college town in an underrated state.

 

I feel like the poll is somewhat flawed, not by who it includes but who it doesn't. Before looking I was gonna say FW or Eclipse off the top of my head

 

I are confuse, so very confuse. Thread title is, ahem, "Most Important". Yeah, good luck defining that Brofessor. Yet, the poll is "King Of"? Even better luck with that Sir Gawain. Fight for your Fair Maiden.

 

SHUSH now! Nothing to see 'round these parts. Obviously the Inbev brews will always be king of the hill.

 

Oh, BTW, I voted for the only brewery on the list I've never heard of. Don;t understand why there wasn't a NOTA choice.