2011 Rogue XS Stout opinions

Discussion in 'Cellaring / Aging Beer' started by braugon, Jul 25, 2013.

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  1. braugon

    braugon Initiate (0) Mar 14, 2013 Connecticut

    It was the grayish-black, opaque style bottle, not the one pictured on the review page here at BA.

    Saw a bottle on the shelf for $19, wondering how this is/if I should snag it? Never had it in 2011, let alone aged...

    thanks in advance!
     
    #1 braugon, Jul 25, 2013
  2. phooky

    phooky Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2010 New York

    Bomber price, puny bottle, decent brew(not excellent imo).
    I'd pass.
     
    #2 phooky, Jul 25, 2013
  3. TheNightwatchman

    TheNightwatchman Initiate (0) Mar 28, 2009 Pennsylvania

    I think the beer itself is decent. That said, I wouldn't buy a bottle that's been sitting in a store for 2 years. You don't know under what conditions it was stored. More than likely it's been at room temperature, on a shelf, in some amount of sunlight for that time period. Those aren't ideal storage and aging conditions.
     
    #3 TheNightwatchman, Jul 25, 2013
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  4. braugon

    braugon Initiate (0) Mar 14, 2013 Connecticut

    yeah i'm thinking that, cause this place is great for finding stuff that wont stay on shelfs elsewhere. not sure i trust it. it is a bomber, sorry i wasnt clear....i know it's cool to hate rogue, but hey, they been around so long i gotta respect it. i'm a touch bias as i think i first had Rogue around 2004, just a wee lad...plus thier restaurant/brewery has some tasty stuff i was lucky enough to try, right before catching crab off the pier, good times...
     
    #4 braugon, Jul 25, 2013
  5. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    I would pass it up.
     
    #5 UCLABrewN84, Jul 25, 2013
  6. braugon

    braugon Initiate (0) Mar 14, 2013 Connecticut

    yeah, looking that way, ah well :flushed:
     
    #6 braugon, Jul 25, 2013
  7. Gotti311

    Gotti311 Initiate (0) Mar 22, 2009 Wisconsin
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    So I ran into a store in East St Loius that had 2010 bottles of XS Stout and XS Old Crustacean. I thought I bought 2 of the stouts but one turned out to be an imperial red, that didnt hold up that well over time. When I drank the stout my mind was completely blown. I would have guessed that the beer was barrel aged because of the oaky,smokey flavor it had. It was truly an amazing drinking experience.

    Count me as the only one for BUY IT!

    I drank my last Old Crustacean last night and that beer was also amazing with 3 years on it. Very sad to see that beer gone
     
    #7 Gotti311, Aug 1, 2013
  8. braugon

    braugon Initiate (0) Mar 14, 2013 Connecticut

    sold, im sure it's still there...
     
    #8 braugon, Aug 1, 2013
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