Difference in the Bomb releases

Batches are as follows:

1. Gold wax
2. Red wax
3. Blue wax
4. Pink wax
5. Orange wax

They're all the same beer though.

 

You forgot "no wax"

 

Red and Blue were both batch 2 although untapped classifies them as different batches.

No wax was part of Batch 2. I'm not sure if any of the other batches have had no wax.

 

Takes time to get down here. If it just hit stores in OK last week then it won't be here for another week or two.

 

Not in DFW yet. My guess is next week.

 

Assuming the "orange wax" batch might have no wax bottles as well, since Chase said Arkansas is seeing distribution along with OK, TX, and CA. Bomb is sold in 4-packs in AR due to their liquor laws and previous four packs were not waxed.

 

Not that it matters all that much, but are we sure that Red and Blue are the same batch?

Red was release in early/mid August and the Blue was released in late September. Oklahoma has seen every other batch thus far - Gold, Blue, and Orange...so has me thinking Red and Blue are in fact separate batches.

Only reason to keep track is so you know how much the coffee and chilis may have faded when you drink it, as everyone has mentioned...

 

I heard they ran out of red and continued with blue wax.

I've found every batch to be different. Not just fading reasons.

 

i've found batch to batch variability, bottle to bottle in the same batch variability, and draft/bottle in the same batch variability.

beer is neat like that.

(craft beer at least)

(or it could be other environmental factors)

(i like parenthesis)

 

I'm not an expert , but I feel like chiles alone could have pretty significant variability

 

Pink wax has more vanilla than others I've tasted.

 

That's why I love discussion.

I found it to be all chocolate all the time. Slight hint of coffee, but nothing like in the past. Little to no vanilla or chilies in there.

 

I definitely got a very, very reasonable combination of all of the flavors on my last bottle (pink wax; two weeks ago). The vanilla was a little light, but I was very happy with the levels of coffee and pepper. Just enough chocolate to go well with those flavors, too.

In any case, way, way better than on draught. All coffee there, until it gets to around room temperature--even then, it's still mostly coffee, and a bit of chocolate and pepper. Don't recall much vanilla, but maybe I'm off.

EDIT: I don't mean to complain about the draught version--it was still very good, and I still drank something like half a gallon of it over winter break.

 

Any idea of when the new batch will be available in Houston?

 

A few weeks.

 

I'm hoping this week but I've learned that patience is a key when a beer lover lives in Houston.

 

Chase mentioned it could be in Texas this week.. if I read correctly.

 

According to the Favorite Brands rep that I talked to, it'll be here this week.