BA Bombers to smaller format (12 oz) questions

You pretty much nailed all the 12 oz. semi-easy to trade for barrel aged stouts except one of my absolute favorites which is central waters bourbon barrel stout. I too went down the path of trading big bombers for multiple small bottles so I could stretch out the drinking experience over the winter. Plus I hate committing to bombers let alone barrel aged stout bombers.

As for the "going rate" there really is nothing to go by other than rarity, bottle cost, and actual taste of the beer. It was nice to have a variety of small bottle barrel aged stouts to choose from. Now that I know which one I can't live without (bourbon county brand stout) I'm just going to stockpile a case each fall and ration them til spring.

The best way to try some heavy hitter barrel aged stouts in bomber format is through bottle shares. Otherwise prepare to be over weight and hammered. You have a good strategy, but once you try everything you listed you'll probably go back to bigger bottles. There are just so many more great options with larger bottle format beers.

Good luck & cheers!

 

Not really in the same echelon, but you could throw New Holland Dragon's Milk in there too for smaller format bottles. In a very similar boat, by the way, OP. It's just too much of a pain to find the right people/occasion to break out the large format bottles, and I've learned that one on my own is just too much (at least at that ABV). I'll splurge on something new every now and again, but the smaller formats are my bread and butter.

 

Uncle Jacobs, Legend of the Liquid Brain, and Brunch Weasel are all 12oz/375ml.

 

Technically not a stout, but you're leaving out one the best BA Framinghammer and its variants

 

basically just $4$ with all the bottles you mentioned

 

Work your way through the HOTD offerings. Not really stouts, but delicious just the same

 

Drink half, cap it, drink other half the next night? Also an option.

Legend of Liquid Brian was actually in 16.9 oz. bottles...and good luck finding any but if you can, worth it! An amazing beer.

 

Actually not a bad option -- done it more than once. The big boy stouts can definitely take it.

 

Just experiment with a nice cheap one to start. I did it semi-recently with a bottle of Stone IRS, and there was almost no difference 24 hours later. Maybe slight carb loss/oxidization, but really hard to discern.

 

You mentioned bruery, I swear by this gadget:
https://www.thebruerystore.com/p-91-bottle-stopper.aspx

Works on most bottle types as well. Lets ya stretch something across many days.

 

I use my home brewing recapper. Works perfect on most bottles

 

Arcadia makes some nice BA beers in small format