Big Bad Baptist batches

Studio 35. I gotta get down there more often. I've never heard of Kenny Market though. Maybe I'm just bad at Columbusing.

 

Guys and gals, am loving the BBB love here, it is truly a fantastic and incredibly underrated beer!

Thanks @Dan_K I am not an expert, YET......have in my cellar or have tried 6-7 different releases and have said "WOW" on almost every single one of them, the only one that I have not enjoyed was #49 which I had last night, it was thinner and with a less coffee-chocolate presence than the others I've enjoyed.

If anyone would like to try #51 (12.7), shoot me a message and we can work something out, I'm always looking to try other releases as well:-)

 

During GABF week the had on a BBB vertical that included Son of A Baptist. It was cool to try them side by side, interesting that there were big variances in flavor from batch/year to year

 

not sure your state's law but its on craft beer kings dot com

 

got a couple #37, #39, #49 and #50 now, after searching high and low and trading for all different barrel aged coffee stouts I can get it's my favorite beer and is hoarded anytime it is stumbled upon

 

I've had multiple bottles of different releases and noticed a couple not quite as good, maybe it was just a 'bad' bottle, no pun intended

 

thank goodness I'm still able to hoard it

 

The local shop has batch/release #51 which is tremendous. A definite coffee and chocolate bomb. The Bourbon barrel isn't as noticeable as other barrel aged beers but it's there. It's my first time trying BBB and I can't wait to try the others

 

I have also noticed on the website that it varies from 10.2% to 12.2% ABV depending on batch. And some are aged for 7 months and others 3. It is very cool that Epic actually releases this info to the Public though. I love their taproom, they have 25 taps of Epic beers on .... tap.

 

Haven't posted in recent hauls yet, but here's a pick of the twelve BBB release #51 bottles that came in this week. Was supposed to be six of #50 and six #51, but oh well! (kind of helps that there is almost no difference between the two batches)

 

Absolutely YES to Epic releasing BBB info to the public, has been extremely helpful! No other brewery who releases this type of specialty brew goes through that kind of detail bottle in and bottle out.

 

Interested to hear what you think of it. I'm drinking a 59 right now and the aroma is just completely off, not at all what I'd expect.

 

Recently enjoyed the Blue Copper Coffee version. Spot on Epic!

 

I had a batch 40 last week and it tasted like sour coffee and not much else. I have had this batch before earlier this year and loved it. I have had several bottles of 39, 40, and 41 and they were all great. I am worried my palate when crazy over the summer and I am afraid to pick up another bottle.

 

Each of our breweries had a few different coffees we used. We even did some special things, like use a Texas roaster for a special Texas only batch. I believe in total we used 4 different coffees this year.

That seems really odd. When I blended the batches this year, I specifically blended barrels in order to get the ABV slightly lower. I focused on more vanilla and chocolate notes rather than bourbon. It came out to 11.9% and we only shipped that batch to Ohio. Do you have the release number to the 12.2% bottle?

You cannot have any bottle with a label over 12.0%. Really, what you are saying about 12.3% beer is possible, but risky. Ours came out at 11.9%

We just got a Ohio rep, so I wouldn't be surprised if that changes very soon.

Correct, after the first few batches this year, we tried to print the coffee roaster on the label next to the release number. We thought it would be easier to compare the different coffees.

We're doing an even bigger vertical in January with every coffee release from this year, probably something from last year, and special bottles. I don't have the info on when it is exactly, but I know that I went though what we had and saved the kegs already.

Sour coffee? Like in stale/old coffee? Or as in sour beer? I'll look through my library and see if I have one to taste.

 

@Anthony1 I'd like to personally thank you for such a wonderful brew

 

Recently had my first bottle, a "shelf-aged" #37 (didn't realize how old it was when I bought it, and then it took 3 months or so for me to get around to drinking it). Unfortunately I wasn't a huge fan. Cheap booze on the nose, under carbonated and over coffee-d. A strong lingering bitterness from the coffee. Interested to know if certain batches are more well-regarded than others...

 

12.7% is the highest I've seen.