Bourbon County Tasting Planning Thread (Nov. 27-29)

I'm in. I have a 2018 BCBS I was planning on drinking tonight until @ChicagoJ mentioned this in the cellar forum. I have no idea what my usual bottle places will have on black friday so I'll participate at least once.

 

Definite "maybe." I have releases from several different years, no variants. If I can talk a couple of my BA buddies into splitting them with me, I'm in.

 

this is the problem for me with these beers especially since the new fancy bigger bottles. It’s a lot to put down in one sitting without some help.

I’ll try my best though to join.

 

500ml (or 16.9 oz for us 'Mer'cans) is too much for one sitting, but not too much for one day, and stoppering the bottle for a few hours doesn't lose anything perceptible, IMO.

I plan on 1 per day at most for the tasting. All will be from 2018-19 because, unless something falls in my lap (or on an online order inventory for a local store), I won't be getting any of this year's releases.

 

I won’t do anymore than one per day(still want to be lucid) but I’ve already locked in all the variants PA is receiving so I’ll be ready to go. Still have most of last year’s variants as well, so may break one or two of those out.

 

Have zero interest in buying any of this year's...but I may crack open a vintage one and participate.

 

Probably won’t be getting any 2020s until late Sunday, but I’ve been looking for a reason to open my 2019 Reserve Rye and this tasting fits the bill. I really wish I had last year’s prop but this should be a nice consolation.

 

Agreed. In fact, I have found a wine stopper does the trick for up to 48hrs without much dropoff. I have even had a few I thought improved overnight.

 

I've noticed that too..not with BCBS but with other stouts..after a day or 2 capped in the fridge

 

Fuck yeah I'm in

 

I drank1/2 bottle of a ‘19 BCBS last night, put a wine stopper in it and stuck it in the fridge overnight. It tasted fine this morning. I often will just drink 1/2, then finish it the next day. Looking forward to the tasting!

 

I agree with this, it’s what I do any time I open a 750 ml I can’t finish. Gotta say the same thing, there have been some that taste better the second day.

 

I have 2 bottles of the regular Stout from different dates in 2016, and a 2016 Barleywine I'm thinking about possibly drinking, since I have more than a few different Barleywines for a potential Barleywine Tasting in the future, and have been thinking about popping the BCBBW for some time. There is a store in my town that pretty much always has previous year BCBS in stock, and even still have some Café de Olla from last year but it's around $25 and I'm not super interested in the flavor combo so I never got it. Haven't even bought a new BCBS in years, I do like when I drink them though and BCBS was the first bourbon barrel aged stout I ever had actually, on tap at a restaurant back in 2014 or '15. I plan on having a couple of the aged bottles on hand and might see if I can get a variant or something newer around Black Friday and that weekend. Cheers @ChicagoJ for setting this up!

 

I doubt that I'll be getting any 2020 in time for the tasting, but that won't stop me. I've always got a few vintage bottles laying around, plus there are still 2019s to be had in the stores still. See you all then!

 

Aww yeah, I'm in. Like others, I have no plans to buy any of this year's releases, but I have '18 & '19 regular and '19 Reserve Rye to choose from. Will likely only drink 1or 2 of those over the weekend.

 

I have a 16-19 vertical, but I also have individuals of the 19 reserve rye, 18 orange, and 18 bcbs. I'll be making my run on black friday to 2 distro areas to see what variants I can grab. Last year, I was able to see which variants were going out to my area because I'm a contractor in AB, but I didn't get into the warehouse yet this year to see what was on pallets to go out. I'm sure it's gone by now, but I may still try to take a peek.