Best beer >15% ABV

Black Market's Black Hole Sun is a non-BA stout right at 15% and it is velvet brownie dough awesome. Also, it convincingly hides the booze and is way too easy to drink.

 

Have not had too many that high, but 120 minute is my favorite.

 

Grey monday, amazing. the bruery in general does some excellent high abv beers

 

5 monks. I really like the spice high alcohol beers have for some reason.

 

Utopia being the highest abv beer I've had...still cherishing the last few ounces left in the bottle. After that I would vote tweak. Need to crack open Black Tuesday because I'm sure it's up there in my personal ratings.

 

Fruet is so good. For some reason I'm sure Bois and Sucre are mimicked recipes but Fruet is just way smoother and complex.

 

The only one I've had is 120 Minute. Even if I had regular access to it, I'm not sure I'd have it in my beverage fridge, except for very special occasions.

 

Another vote for Tweak here. Couldn't believe that beer was over 17%, very smooth for that high of abv. I also loved Prairie Pirate Bomb even though I think it may have been just a tad under 15%.

 

Bois, Black Tuesday, Grey Monday, Sucre. All Bruery Damn this Place make the Grade and More.

 

I'd have to go with Tweak. I had Black Tuesday and Chocolate Rain for the first time recently. Both were tasty, but there is something about them that prevents them from being as good as i thought they would be. They both have the same profile as WWS to me, which is not a bad thing. I thought maybe it was the super high ABV and all the barley that goes into them that gives them that profile. They were also not truly opaque and had almost a brownish hue to them. Then, I had Tweak. To me, Tweak has the classic stout profile. It is rich and has some creaminess to it and is completely black. I guess I was expecting something more along those lines from the Bruery's beers. Can someone enlighten me as to what makes Black Tuesday that way? I assume barley, as stated before, only because it reminds me so much of WWS (a beer that brags about excessive barley use).

 

DFH 120 minute

 

I think black damnation v double black is up there for me. Such a easy drinker for 26%.

 

I've only had 120 and world wide stout. they're alright. It's just not my cup of tea to have such high ABV. i just don't like anything really over 15%, that's as high as i go.

 

I drank a DFH Fort (2009) in January, and it was fantastic.

Good to know that A Deal with the Devil is solid...I have one sitting that I think I'll open soon.

 

Drink it now, the coffee forward blend makes this brew!

 

Just had a relatively fresh (10-28-14 bottle date) Tweak today and given my limited experience in this genre it is tops in my rating book! The coffee forward blend with the barrel was well played! I enjoyed a 7 year old 120 minute IPA which was wonderful and enjoyed an aged Mephistopheles Stout that were runner-ups to Tweak. Raison D'Extra aged was much better than the fresh. DFH Olde School fresh was not great by any stretch. Will need to buy another to age for 5 years or so. Fort was a struggle from what I remember given the 750 ml format and will not purchase again. I do have a 2008 and 2013 WWS that I need to try soon! Cheers! Tommy Mac.

 

Seriously are you really going to reconsider moving just because you can't get a 15% pus ABV beer?
Personally if that's true I think you have major issues. I have family in NC and there are many fantastic brews you can get there on a regular basis we can't get up here in New England. Get real my brother.

 

Utopia

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World Wide Stout and Avery Tweak followed closely by 120 Minute.

 

I too am in love with most of the ones you mentioned...particularly the Black Tuesday variants.

As for American Barleywines, Founder's Bolt Cutter. English Style Barleywine, Mother of All Storms and BCBBW.

If you haven't had the pleasure, I recommend seeking out any variant of Alesmith's Speedway Stout (all of the BA coffee variants are stellar).

 

Was Tweak over 15%? That was damn good.

 

The DFH stuff 120 minute, world wide stout, olde school Barleywine. I'm a big fan of Fort, a 18% quad with raspberries from DFH. Also, the Mikkeller Foret series is very good at 19.3%. Don't know why it isn't rated much higher than it is.

 

1) Bruery Black Tuesday, 2) DFH 120 Minute

 

2003 Sam Adams Utopias

 

Wouldn't mind trying Utopias(as to what 2 mentioned above), but I've heard those are super expensive, if you even see one store selling it. Guess I'd have to go to something like a bottle share event, to EVER have a chance of trying it.

I've had several of the Bourbon County beers, and while they are a hair short of 15% ABV, they were all awesome. I badly want to try the 19% Not Your Father's Root Beer(from Small Town Brewery based in Wauconda, IL), but only something like less than a dozen bars and restaurants in the Chicago area serve that on draft. There's also 5 and 10% versions of it, that are much more common.

 

Make that two

 

I can't choose between a couple different locations so it's coming down to little things like that. I've got the whole country to choose from when it comes to location, why not move to a place that had everything I want? High ABV beers included.

 

Please do me a favor though you don't know me from a hole in the wall. Don't base your decision on this....

 

Forgot about Bozo Beer! Amazing Brew. Definitely up there with Tweak

 

I had WWS and KBS on tap side by side last year and picked WWS for the second serving.....

 

Mikkeller French Oak Series 19.3% Barleywine

 

Horizon Tokyo Black was very good.

 

DFH Fort.

 

Ortmans Red Iron Tavern in Woodstock, IL has 19.5% NYFRB on tap every Tuesday!

 

Tweak...and the last time I had 120, I really enjoyed it. Man...Tweak!

 

Black Tuesday, Uncle Jacobs Stout (blew Tweak away IMO), and ADWTD (batch 1)

 

Thus Far

North Coast Cellar's Reserve 2011
Bruery Melange #3
Bruery Mocha Wednesday
Hand roll #3 PC
Bruery Sucre
Bruery Bois

Just off the top of my head from the beers
i've drank over the last month.
I did not like a single Avery beer I've tried yet.

 

My highest rated over 15% ABV is Black Tuesday.

 

Really nice job on that one.