Imperial Stout Appreciation Thread (2023)

What does it mean that they're the same brewery? It's just two different brands brewed by the same people in the same place?

 

Those look like potato chips floating on top.

Yes, shared is a separate brand brewed by Side Project. Never had a beer from them. Perhaps I’ll hit their taproom at some point but they don’t distribute, at least here.

 

Shared Brewing allows the other brewers at SP to create their own recipes and also have final say in blending of barrel-aged beers. they make some good stuff. Coffee Shop Vibes is one of the best if not the best non-BA coffee stouts i’ve ever had, Coconut Vibes is hands down the best non-BA coconut stout i’ve ever had, Content Moderator (and it’s younger sibling Adjudicator) are amazing lagers. there’s also been some other one-offs. as far as blending barrel-aged beer, they pull from the same stock as SP (Derivation, BBT, etc). but again, it gives someone besides CK a chance to create a recipe or have final say in blending, and they also share some of the profits with the employees. it’s also my understanding the recipe they come up with is always theirs, even if they leave and work for another brewery or start their own brewery.

 

Unsweetened coconut chips.

 

New Holland Brewing Dragon's Milk Reserve Coffee Chocolate. This is good, but more expensive than better recent BA coffee stout releases.

 

This is a cloying sugar water mess for my taste. I sometimes like flavored stouts because they have a flavor while being sweet. This is like coffee with wayyyy to much sugar in it. I’m near ready to dump it. Cheers.

 

Update: dumped probably 8 or 9 ounces of it. One of those beers I go “how the hell did anyone like this?”

 

Burial Because You Can See What I Cannot - 14.5% ABV Imperial Stout with toasted coconut, orange peel, Onyx coffee, orange blossom honey, cinnamon, toasted oats, Madagascar, Tahitian and Congo vanilla beans.


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Good stuff as always!

Cheers!

 

This stout is made with honey, waffles, cinnamon, vanilla & hazelnuts aged in rye whiskey barrels. Very tasty for a 12.08 % stout.

 

You should definitely branch out a little more.

 

This is an imperial stout brewed with honey aged in Colorado whiskey barrels with maple syrup crystals.
A little lighter at 10.2 % ABV.

 

Imperial stout conditioned on chocolate and coffee

 

I’m not sure what that means.

 

There are a lot of very well-made Imperial Stout that are 14-17% ABV.

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Cheers!

 

Cheers!

 

first time having anything from this brewery. this is insane. an absolute beast of a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout.

cheers!!

 

Enjoying my first Willetized this evening!

 

My first Willetized! I’ve been searching high and low locally for this CA gem! Finally found it today and loving it! Sending this out to CA BA’ers @Resistance88 and @RaulMondesi ! Cheers!

 

Wham Whams - Prison City



Dark charred malt, almost burnt. Nice bitterness, with very slight sweetness. Brownie crust and espresso. The coconut is an accent, which is a welcome change, that elevates the malt. It has an chipotle flavor and bite that carries through a long finish. Dense body and oily texture, with fine fizzy carbonation. Alcohol punches above weight with mild heat. Very well done, oh and I also learned what a Wham Wham is. Imagine my surprise!

oh, and then there is this…

Ha! @BMBCLT ha!