Epic Big Bad Baptist & Barrel Aged Barley Wine

When is bbb not available?

 

What I mean is that bbb is not a yearly or seasonal release, it's constant as I understand it much like Dragons milk.

Irregardless and despite not loving the regular, I'll definitely pick up the tripple barrel to try if I see it.

 

Big Bad Baptist is indeed a once a year release, not sure where you got your info. It just sits on the shelves in some markets, so maybe you see it more than others

 

BBB is certainly on the shelves in Massachusetts pretty much year round, but according to their website (assuming it's up to date), it hasn't been released in 2017 yet. That said, they don't just have just a single release of BBB each year. Last year, there were 15 distinct releases of BBB. The first was on 8/15/2016 and the last was on 12/6/2016. Across those 15 distinct releases, there were 6 distinct versions of BBB (i.e., 6 different coffees used). Seems like they're getting a late start this year.

Interested in Triple Barrel BBB for sure, although their barrel counting continues to perplex me. I always thought they were over-counting with Double Barrel BBB since one of the barrels was just the barrel-aged coffee beans (the beer itself was only aged in one kind of barrel). Now with Triple Barrel BBB it seems like they are under-counting, based on their definition of a barrel (not mine though, lol). Given that the coffee beans are barrel-aged, the coconut is barrel-aged, and the beer is aged in two kinds of barrels, shouldn't it be Quadruple Barrel BBB?

 

Small correction: the first 2016 release was on 8/6/2016 (not 8/15/2016).

 

This is not accurate at all; BBB is not a year-round, but there are several batches released every year - their website has details for each release up to #83.

 

That triple sounds amazing! BBB is usually so roasty that some rum and coconut could really balance that out perfectly!

 

YES Please.

 

Yea, Big Bad Baptist is a weird, yet delicious beer! Weird as in the releases. In the past, the various BBB batch numbers/releases would sit on shelves throughout Seattle and the surrounding community's. Lately, this stuff has been harder to come by. Either less has been released into certain markets, or more people are buying them up.

Looking forward to the new releases.

 

I lived in Utah for a couple years just recently. Really bummed I'm missing out on this. Always went out to Epic for bottles since the state stores sucked. Hopefully it reaches Wisconsin!

 

Bourbon and Rum BA - hell yeah! Gonna have to travel to get this....

 

Few months ago I had the Double Barrel BBB from 2016 and I was instantly hooked. Loved how the barrel aged the coffee beans, such a great idea. I hope they do that one again this year so I can get a few.

Since I had such a good experience with that Double Barrel, I am quite interested in this one as well.

 

Can't wait to add these to my cellar

 

Can't wait to actually drink these.

 

Does anyone know the new batch numbers for the latest release?

 

Roasted