Imperial Stout Appreciation Thread (2022)

Unfortunately, no. Lived in PHX for many years where it was distributed but was always gone when searching for it. Live in Western NC and from what i understand it is not available here or in SC. Other than a trade not sure how i could get it
Cheers!
Tom

 

@micada Yes the aging theme was going thru my head as i was sipping this. Looked back at my three WWS samples over the years and was finding it hot even with 6-7 years of aging. Thanks for the advice, thinking i should be able to find some with my next trip back to PHX at some point in the next year or so.
Cheers!
Tom

 

I will if I see it, but I haven't seen De Stuise in PA for some time. In Maine I found Pannepot and Reserva, Clash of the Titans both Grand and Special Reserva, plus Cuvee Delphine. Cheaper than Struise used to be in PA too, I'm pretty stoked to bring some home.

 

Good on them. I had a brewery in OH get right back, ask what beer I wanted as a replacer and now months later I have no beer and contact has been stopped. I mentioned it to my brother in law and he says he knows the guy. Will see how that goes. Hope you get some cool stuff.

Enjoy

 

I think my oldest on the shelf right now is 2016, so still some waiting to do. I had a 64 oz growler of a 10 year old keg and it really was the most delicious non-adjuncted, non-barreled stout I’ve had. PM me in three or four years. I bought sooooo many of them. LOL!

 

I got you brother! If you’re going to start drinking adjuncted stouts, we have ourselves a whole new trading avenue. I’m tempted to make the drive again for more Mortalis Hazel. It’s basic stout with hazelnut. Prison City BA wham whams. BBA Coconut and vanilla but very subtle.

 

$25 for a 1oz pour…it’s really a different brew. More spirit than beer, IMO, but I’m tempted to try a bigger taste to get a better flavor profile. We have lots around here now. Used to be a desert, but even Wegman’s had it at one point.

 

I hear you. I might toss in a surprise here or there…excavator guy supposedly going to “really” show up tmrw AM. Maybe once that’s done I can get the box out to you.

 

8oz format should be the norm for pastry stouts. This is pretty good but much more would be too much

 

Mortalis is up and coming as a contender. You’ll see. Tavour is doing a lot of their sours, which are killer fruited monsters, but their BA stouts are no slouches either.

 

For the record, this is a s’mores stout. Forgot to put that in

 

Yeah, we finally got a break from the oppressive heat, so a beer at least stands a chance of making it cross-country w/o exploding!

 

A 2016 bottle. Kept in my cellar all this time and still drinking fabulous. Not a lot of RIS available in my neck of the woods, I had the chance to order a case from Ontario in 2017 and have mostly been hoarding them since then. Time to drink up and finish the last few bottles.