Darkness Day 2015

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  1. shawnp

    shawnp Initiate (0) Jan 15, 2010 Minnesota

    Checking in on the possible date. I'd think 10/24/15 but with the new brewery, location still up in the air...? Anyone have any idea?
     
    #1 shawnp, May 29, 2015
  2. mothman

    mothman Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,016) Jun 21, 2007 Minnesota
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    I heard they are making DB Darkness this year.
     
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  3. cmannes

    cmannes Pundit (967) Mar 15, 2009 Minnesota

    Previously I had heard it has to remain in the old location due to fun municipal laws. Brooklyn Center has municipal liquor stores, so on Darkness day the city sets up a liquor store at Surly and sells the beer for Surly. Minneapolis doesn't do that.
     
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  4. HoudiniRN

    HoudiniRN Initiate (0) Feb 28, 2014 Minnesota

    Could it be that the stars have aligned and it'll fall right on halloween?
     
    #4 HoudiniRN, May 29, 2015
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  5. elliott1184

    elliott1184 Maven (1,320) Mar 31, 2011 Minnesota
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  6. DBijnagte

    DBijnagte Initiate (0) Dec 7, 2012 Minnesota

    Last time darkness would've fallen on Halloween, 2009, it was instead on the 24th
     
    #6 DBijnagte, May 29, 2015
  7. TboneRN

    TboneRN Initiate (0) Mar 30, 2014 Minnesota

    Darkness is one of the rare beers that suffers when it is aged
     
    #7 TboneRN, May 29, 2015
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  8. Junkfish

    Junkfish Initiate (0) Oct 28, 2012 Minnesota

    I completely disagree. Are we allowed to do that?
     
    #8 Junkfish, May 29, 2015
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  9. nograz

    nograz Maven (1,424) Oct 30, 2013 Minnesota
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    Aged or barrel aged?

    I think you have to purchase credits to disagree. Kind of like an in app purchase.
     
    #9 nograz, May 29, 2015
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  10. cmannes

    cmannes Pundit (967) Mar 15, 2009 Minnesota

    Did a 5 year vertical of Darkness a few weeks back. The '10 and the '14 were voted the favorites among me and my friends. *shrug*
     
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  11. TboneRN

    TboneRN Initiate (0) Mar 30, 2014 Minnesota

    I think people are allowed to disagree...
     
    #11 TboneRN, May 29, 2015
  12. TboneRN

    TboneRN Initiate (0) Mar 30, 2014 Minnesota

    I just haven't had a great barrel aged beer from surly
    8 was good but not great and I think their best work they have done so far with a barrel
     
    #12 TboneRN, May 29, 2015
  13. Douggo

    Douggo Initiate (0) Oct 24, 2009 Minnesota

    As long as you have the decency to be insulted by it, yes.
     
    #13 Douggo, May 29, 2015
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  14. THANAT0PSIS

    THANAT0PSIS Pooh-Bah (2,275) Aug 3, 2010 Wisconsin
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    I also thought BA Darkness was inferior to regular Darkness by a fairly wide margin.
     
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  15. maximum12

    maximum12 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,686) Jan 21, 2008 Minnesota
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    I would say that despite Surly being around for quite a while as 'newer' breweries go, their barrel program is still in its infancy. By my count (other than one barrel/one keg here or there) all they've released that's been barrel-aged are:

    - Five (which is still getting better as it ages)
    - Eight (soooo dull)
    - Pentagram
    - 2014 Darkness

    So that makes for four widely released barrel-aged beers since 2006 when they opened? Chances are you haven't had much in the way of barrel-aged beers from Surly, & I think it's fair to say they're still learning. Though to judge 2014 Darkness by my taste buds, they're close to mastering it.
     
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  16. SipIt

    SipIt Pundit (752) Jul 18, 2013 Minnesota
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    I agree. I love Regular Darkness and prefer it to just about any other non barrel aged imperial stout. I really like BA Darkness but in comparison to other BA beers out there, I prefer a lot of the others (CW anny brews, BA Silhouette, even the regular bcbs).
     
    #16 SipIt, May 29, 2015
  17. mnbearsfan

    mnbearsfan Initiate (0) Dec 25, 2009 Minnesota
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    Wasn't Syx Aged somehow. Thought there was wood in it. Maybe aged on Oak. That is getting better too I thought.
     
    #17 mnbearsfan, May 29, 2015
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  18. Jack_Deichert

    Jack_Deichert Initiate (0) May 20, 2014 Minnesota

    They put Syx in white wine barrels but was very limited on tap.
     
    #18 Jack_Deichert, May 29, 2015
  19. ramay86

    ramay86 Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2014 Minnesota

    Syx was aged on "honeycombs" of various types of virgin wood.
     
    #19 ramay86, May 29, 2015
  20. shadetree67

    shadetree67 Savant (1,072) Sep 11, 2013 Minnesota
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    What about mithanthrope? They need to bottle that asap
     
    #20 shadetree67, May 30, 2015
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