Bourbon county tasting 06-12 plus all variants Anyone else try this?

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  1. mhksuccess

    mhksuccess Pooh-Bah (1,586) Jul 7, 2012 California
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    Well this was a hell of a tasting hard to comprehend was done between 5 people so got good amount of each well we started with the vertical and I list:
    06 great smell not as much heat as 07 but think this was my favorite
    07 still had some heat and great flavor
    12 this ranked in third to me was awesome glad i have a lot of bottles
    08 was good than 09 and last was 10 which seemed to have fallen off
    King Henry was simply the best hands down
    Rare was a close second and was also amazing
    Coffee is just fantastic one of my all time favorites
    Vanillla was pedestrian in comparison don't understand all the hype and what it takes to get a bottle just not worth it
    Cherry Rye was pretty good but at this time palate is fatigued
    Big John was undrinkable had to drain pour
    Night Stalker was very average i find the best Nightstalker I had recently was an aged from 2011
    Had some Hoppy Birthday on growler between to break up the barage of bcbs
    Pre-game was Hill Farmstead/Grassroots Brother Soigne excellent lime blood orange crisp slight tart
    Lawsons Maple Nipple which is nice easy drink
    FAVORITE of the tasting is KING HENRY just cant beat
     
    #1 mhksuccess, Jun 17, 2013
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  2. Stevedore

    Stevedore Grand Pooh-Bah (5,096) Nov 16, 2012 Oregon
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    How are you still alive? :wink:
     
    #2 Stevedore, Jun 17, 2013
  3. mhksuccess

    mhksuccess Pooh-Bah (1,586) Jul 7, 2012 California
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    damn dude was tough to get up for work today
     
    #3 mhksuccess, Jun 17, 2013
  4. Benny3000

    Benny3000 Initiate (0) Apr 4, 2012 Michigan

    No Bramble?
     
    #4 Benny3000, Jun 17, 2013
  5. GimmeGumballHead

    GimmeGumballHead Initiate (0) Dec 4, 2010 Illinois

    I do this tasting, or something similar depending on what bottles we have around, about once a year, if not more...

    ...and it's always fun as well as scary for my health.
     
    #5 GimmeGumballHead, Jun 17, 2013
  6. KevSal

    KevSal Pooh-Bah (2,940) Oct 17, 2010 California
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    theres also 3 releases of coffee bcs all which are surprsingly. 2010 being my favorite, thats still tasting great
     
    #6 KevSal, Jun 17, 2013
  7. phooky

    phooky Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2010 New York

    Holy shit dude, I felt myself getting drunk just reading that post.
     
    #7 phooky, Jun 17, 2013
  8. mhksuccess

    mhksuccess Pooh-Bah (1,586) Jul 7, 2012 California
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    We had a bramble think we just forgot to get to it
     
    #8 mhksuccess, Jun 17, 2013
  9. bramsdell

    bramsdell Initiate (0) May 27, 2011 North Carolina

    There's a button below and to the right of the L-key. You should consider using it. Once you become comfortable with that, the key to the left of that one is for more advanced (decent) English speakers.

    Seriously, how were your palates not obliterated after the first couple? I would have broken that shit up if you were only tasting between 5 people. Also, splitting a 15% bomber five ways is still the equivalent of two, 12oz 5% beers.
     
    #9 bramsdell, Jun 17, 2013
  10. Benny3000

    Benny3000 Initiate (0) Apr 4, 2012 Michigan

    The grammar police has arrived. Pull out your LISENCE and REGESTRASHUN.
     
    #10 Benny3000, Jun 17, 2013
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  11. Eriktheipaman

    Eriktheipaman Pooh-Bah (2,303) Sep 4, 2010 California
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    I recently did an 09-12 plus Bramble. It was very tasty but was too much for the palate.

    I could only imagine all you did. Also cleaning glasses after wasn't very fun.
     
    #11 Eriktheipaman, Jun 17, 2013
  12. kdb150

    kdb150 Initiate (0) Mar 8, 2012 Pennsylvania

    This has the feeling of a humblebragfail. Any information that could have been gleaned from a side-by-side tasting of those beers would be completely lost after the third or fourth pour. I don't know how you could properly enjoy King Henry after 6 pours of BCBS.
     
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  13. mhksuccess

    mhksuccess Pooh-Bah (1,586) Jul 7, 2012 California
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  14. cookiequiz

    cookiequiz Savant (1,119) Apr 15, 2013 California

    copy-edited:

    What happened to '11?
     
    #14 cookiequiz, Jun 17, 2013
  15. mhksuccess

    mhksuccess Pooh-Bah (1,586) Jul 7, 2012 California
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    left off the 11 and yes we did try it
    11 was probably too buzzed to remember this one I guess it must not have been the most memorable
    really was surprised that the 10 had fallen off so much but the 06 and 07 still had a little heat and was holding up so well possible could have been due to the way they had been stored as I did not bring so could not verify the storing procedure
     
    #15 mhksuccess, Jun 17, 2013
  16. westcoastbeerlvr

    westcoastbeerlvr Grand Pooh-Bah (4,115) Oct 19, 2010 California
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    Gotta track down a keg of the wonderful Raspberry Bourbon County Stout for next time.
     
    #16 westcoastbeerlvr, Jun 17, 2013
  17. surlytheduff

    surlytheduff Initiate (0) Jul 22, 2010 Tajikistan

    The last two bottles of 06 I've tried were straight up unpleasant.
     
    #17 surlytheduff, Jun 17, 2013
  18. Beerisheaven

    Beerisheaven Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2007 Pennsylvania

    I agree with what some have said. Tastings like this make me shake my head. More a waste of good beer when you become fatigued after the first couple of heavy hitters. Epic fail.
     
    #18 Beerisheaven, Jun 17, 2013
  19. Duff27

    Duff27 Pooh-Bah (2,552) Feb 10, 2010 Illinois
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    Next time you do this, you should reach out to BAs that you don't know that live decently close to you to help out. Too much ABV to enjoy everything.
     
    #19 Duff27, Jun 18, 2013
  20. mhksuccess

    mhksuccess Pooh-Bah (1,586) Jul 7, 2012 California
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    Good idea duff but we actually had 2 or 3 more people invite and they had to cancel at the last moment
    I am lining up a Firestone Anniversary tasting later in the year after the new one come out and doing the 13-17
    should be awesome
     
    #20 mhksuccess, Jun 18, 2013
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