Bottle Logic (2021)

BL usually has more barrel aged stouts on tap than some breweries pour hazies. Fundamental Observation and FOMO (Fundamental Observation with coffee) were still available in the tasting room when I was there recently - a no brain buster if there ever was one. Their BA beers generally run about 14% ABV so I usually order the short 4 oz pours.

 

BA stouts are generally not an entry (or even intermediate) level craft beer drinker's cup of tea, which is why I suggested dabbling around the menu to start. Granted I'm making a big assumption about OP here, but I don't think it's a stretch to assume that about someone who consciously drives by a highly regarded craft brewery for the better part of a decade on a daily basis and never stops by once.

Far be it from you to make that small extra effort, instead assuming it's the job of someone else as long as you've pointed it out first. I admit, I rarely look at user start dates, but now that I look at his post history, it seems he's an experienced homebrewer, which only perplexes the mind further.

@Ruderalis welcome to the platform, although my curiosity remains the same, and maybe even intensifies. BA is typically on the more intentionally geekier and deliberative end of the spectrum of options, especially in this day and age of social media being right at your thumb pads. But if your homebrewing explorations were the catalyst, that makes total sense. Sometimes they seem like an entirely separate community over there, so it's nice to see you to start in with some cross pollination.

 

Newest batch of FO is a definite improvement over last year's disappointment, but still not as good as it used to be.

The double-mash does nothing for me. Makes it thick and chewy which isn't necessarily what I'm after. Why they chose to do this after so many iterations of this amazing beer, I have no idea. Why mess with a good thing? Does double-mash cover up flaws? Or did they really think they needed to thicken FO up after all these years? They could have just released a double-mash variant and sold a ton more bottles on top of the regular.

The vanilla wasn't on the level I was hoping for, either. Not sure if the double-mash has something to do with the lack of vanilla or what.

Don't get me wrong, it's still a fine beer, but just not on the level it used to be. FO has always been my favorite beer from them since B1, but I'm worried its glory days might be past.

 

Because ever since the lactose revolution, thicc is all the rage! At least BL is trying to do it without the milk sugar. But I am intrigued by your findings.

 

I repair things for Bottle Logic, and drinking during the day at work isn't really acceptable, so...

There are like twenty breweries within two miles of BL, and most of them are clients of mine. Phantom, Broken Timbers, Juniper & Morgan, Brewery X, Bruery, Chapman Crafted, Green Cheek, and Golden Road come immediately to mind. I've had drinks at like two of them in the last few years I think?

I'm more of a homebrewer, tbh. Tonight I'm bottling an IPA and drinking an irish dry stout. Both of those styles are usually really disappointing from craft breweries, and many of my favorites aren't popular enough to be represented on their taps either.

 

I think i should also point put that most of their Barrel Aged stouts are usually on the SWEET side of the spectrum.
Their IPAs are good but every brewery you fix stuff at makes those .
If you like sweet dessert stuffs give their stuff a try

 

Thanks for this as I have yet to break into any of both b1 & 2 now looking forward to it even more. Cheers.

 

Sounds like it will be good. Excited to try this one as well.

 

It’s fire.

Reminds me of old school BL but with thicker mouthfeel. So damn good. Wish limits were higher.

 

Deprecophobia 2021: Bottle Release

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deprec...ase-tickets-174884543377?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Imperial Double Mash Stout collaboration with VooDoo Brewing aged for two years in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels.

• Sale Opens: Sunday, 9/26 at 12:00pm, limit one per person.

• Deprecophobia 2021 • 500mL bottle: $32.95 + tax and Eventbrite fees.

 

What do you think of PCC relative to More Time to Explain?

 

Stopped by tasting room after a concert a few days ago hoping to try some of the Deprecophobia, but was bummed to find out the keg kicked a few days before.

There's still a market out there for non-adjunct thicc stouts! Reject modernity! Embrace tradition!

I did try the Appied Science and enjoyed it, however. Strong berry flavors and the cinnamon gives it a nice spice kick on the finish. But I'm just jonesing for a non-adjunct stout, man. JONESING.

 

I got a bottle of Deprecophobia i am considering trading...but only for KBBS
In all seriousness
I got one but i ordered with intention of trading it to someone out east for something else becuase i doubt I'll like this based off everything else I've had from BL.
After reading here about it though i may keep it

 

They did a great job with Deprecophobia. It's not like drinking high fructose corn syrup laced with cocoa powder, at least in my opinion. Barrel forward but enough sweetness to round things out, plus dat thicc mouf feel.

 

For $40, I consider a bottle of Mrs Butterworth + Hershey's cocoa a particularly low bar to cross.

 

If that's what you guys think their other beers taste like, I feel bad for you.