Imperial Stout Appreciation Thread (2022)

Just damn happy to see BA Speedway on shelves in MN. We've come a long way since the isolated days of 2009!

And $6/bottle where I picked it up. Still a damn good beer to my unrefined palate.

 

What to do about a high rated barrel aged stout that had no barrel character? Simple. Pour 2 ounces of bourbon along side of it. Glad this is my last Modern Times disappointment. Another soy sauce, vinegar, Hershey bar. Cheers, Tomas. Thanks for facilitating another avenue for me to complain. Cheers.

 

As I drink my BA Speedway Stout... and am too lazy to learn how to post beer pics to BA

 

Shout out to Goose Island. While a majority of their beer may be mediocre in 2022, Bourbon County typically delivers for the price point and availability.

Recent standouts have been BBt 2021, Truth, Nascent Truth, Votive b3, Madness and Civilization blend 15, and Damon dandelion

 

Wow. Talk about some heavy hitters. Probably 3/4 of us or more will never be able to try those beers, so I suppose we live vicariously through you. Side note: If you were born in 2001, that’s a hell of a list of beer to try in your 21st year. Cheers.

 

Maybe just dial it back to regular Speedway? Last I checked was $7-8 per 16oz can, super solid value. Not to mention it travels really well.

 

One great thing about living in Western Mass is the beer. The only one of those beers I didn’t personally buy was bbt, which I traded for Samuel.

cheers!

 

Lolololol I’ve never heard of them either. BBT probably stands for; Butt, Balls, Taint. I can only assume. Probably tastes awful… Cheers.

 

The Abyss, and probably earlier, Courage Russian Imperial Stout. I still seek out various years of it.

 

If I lived across the coast, I probably wouldn’t know either. Seeing that HF is a day trip including an hour in the tasting room, it’s more in my wheelhouse. Also, ba stouts are my thing, so I’ll go out of my way to acquire regional ba stouts.

 

I am a big fan of Imperial Stouts and particularly Russian Imperial Stouts. Tributary Brewing of Maine recently released their 2022 Mott the Lesser. I picked up two. One to have right away and it was awesome. One to have a year from now. This is partly why I like Impy Stouts because they can age fairly well. Something to have for a special occasion in the future. I have a some various 2018/2019/2020 Impy stouts in my cellar.