CO Barrel Aged Stouts

I'm just laughing because their vanilla BA stout is $20... where's the ++++$$$texas due to vanilla prices !?!?!

 

Deets on the imperial coffee stout?



That’s way more intriguing than the HBMonsters

 

Coming in at 10.5%, PEACE BE THE JOURNEY is an Imperial Coffee Stout that we brewed with our friends at Horus Aged Ales. It was conditioned on Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee that was custom roasted for this beer with Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans. $15/bottle limit 3 per person. You do not have to stand in line for this beer. This bottle can be purchased at the bar starting at noon - or it will be available with other bottles in line starting at 11am

 

Thanks @JakeT469 ... found some other info saying its going to be $1/oz. That’s insane for a coffee stout... I’m sure it has that solid gold vanilla beans in it, but still. Sante Fe Java Stout is a 0.13/oz... not a soul will convince me its 1/10 of the beer that Cerebrals is.

 

Eh, if you don't like it, don't buy it. But comparing it to SF Java stout isn't a great comparison. SF Java is 8%, this is 10.5%. It's well documented that real vanilla beans are extremely expensive right now ($300-400 /lb) and third- Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is some of the best stuff in the world, so it's not like they are using Folgers crystals. From what I can see, it's $40-50/lb. I am not upset about the price, it feels in-line with a lot of similar offerings. And if it's anything like some of the other imperial stouts that Cerebral has made, it'll be quite tasty.

 

Gonna be stopping by at some point so I’ll certainly grab a pour.. haven’t had any of they stouts so I clearly don’t know what I’m talking bout hahahah

 

20ish ppl in line at Cerebral fyi.

 

For anyone wondering, all the tix for Vanilla HBM have been handed out.

 

And for anyone wondering, Peace Be The Journey is sold out.

 

HBM and Vanilla HBM are both incredible! Great Bourbon presence without being overly boozy/hot. Little thin on the body but I can deal with that when the beer tastes that good. Vanilla was very prominent as was the Bourbon. Great release day all around by the staff at Cerebral and the patrons in attendance.

 

Good news/bad news.

Bad news first: Odd13 will not be releasing cans to go of either Saint Newcole variant on Black Friday. The beer tastes great, but our lab (thanks Amanda!) is suggesting that the beer has the potential to be less stable than we would like if it sits in someone's cellar for a while.

The good news is that the beer tastes great as it is, and we will be selling single cans for on-site consumption. We just want to be able to monitor the flavor profile daily and pull it if the flavor profile take a turn for the worse. This will also likely have the side effect of causing the beer to last beyond Black Friday. And last, I'm happy we caught this before allowing the beer to leave the premises.

One last note on this: this is not a "new" problem. As many of you probably know, we recalled quite a bit of beer over the summer because of the presence of wild yeast. Saint Newcole was brewed last winter, before we even knew about the wild yeast issues. This issue seems to be related, although it dates to a period when the wild yeast problem was not yet diagnosed. This beer is interesting because it doesn't exhibit the flavors we have seen in other beers when this particular wild yeast takes over - perhaps it is stunted by the presence of high alcohol. Regardless, we are taking no chances. We will sell the beer for consumption in the taproom as long as it tastes good, and we will stop if it ever doesn't.

 

Picked up a bottle of triple barrel baptist for the weekend. What are everyone's thoughts on it?

 

Triple baptist is a good beer ..good balance and mouthfeel ..way better than baptista

 

If you're a BBB fan already, I can't imagine you not really liking/loving the Triple BBB. I found it to have a little more body than the original with about the same amount of bourbon presence. The coconut is there but I wouldn't count on it still being there if aged for anything more than 6mo

 

Sweet. Because my brother just texted me that he grabbed a bottle of this today and is bringing it home for Christmas.

This and Baptista hit shelves by me in IL on 11/16. They were $15.99 and $18.99 respectively. Drank my Triple BBB last night. That is one hell of a beer! Saw it came from the Denver facility too. Very nicely done. Love the way the coconut and rum play together.

FWIW, drank my '16 Baptista last month with some friends. No issues at all. Still tons of cinnamon. Some of my friends mistook it for peppers at first.

 

Baptista and double barrel are truth, can't wait to try bbbbbb.

 

S26 BA Darkstar still on tap, no variants or guest beers.
I'm definitely all in on Dark Star. Though I'm riding the line on bottle cost, $23 for the 22oz, BUT I didn't have to wait in line

 

Loveland Ale Works has a keg of port barrel aged imperial stout. Very nice flavours, good body, good balance. I bought a crowler.

 

2017 Brain, ya'll. Get you some.

 

$20/500ml is that right?