Everyday Bourbon Barrel Stout?

Dragons Milk here. Tastes better than the half dozen or so new bourbon barrel aged beers I've had this year (which is a lot of new BBA beers for me, indicating that the market is expanding), and it's always available for around 15 dollars a 4-pack.

 

isnt the point of these beers to be special occasion beers? "every day bourbon barrel aged stout" seems somewhat oxymoronic to me.

 

Honestly the point is that they taste good. The special occasion part comes from the difficulty of producing one regularly.

 

No. The point of these beers is to drink them.

 

Uinta Labrynth. Easy to find year round in these parts and pretty underrated. I haven't tried it yet, but I've also been seeing Anderson Valley's Bourbon Barrel Stout everywhere, and its a cheaper more sessionable option.

 

lots of breweries, even european breweries that make one beer 364 days/year do special seasonal beers that they could make year round if they wanted to. i think a lot of breweries are aware of the fact that if you make a beer all the time, it starts to lose value. now that BCBS is more readily available, it's sitting on shelves near me. however, something that was only made once a year (or once ever) in small quantities has more importance. it's now something you'd want to save for a celebration or share with a lot of friends.

right. on special occasions.

to the OP: if you must have bourbony, stouty goodness all the time because you absolutely love that style, taking a dash of bourbon to your favorite stout will get you most of the way there. you wont get any oak flavor for obvious reasons but the result is usually pretty tasty. if you must have BBA stouts because your palette doesn't care for anything else, try giving it a rest and learning to appreciate lighter styles. it'll make the bigger ones more enjoyable in the long run.

 

+1 on Uinta Labrynth. Sits on shelves anywhere from grocery stores to crappy liquor stores and is a great BA stout

 

Why? Who says? I've opened a Parabola on my birthday and on a Tuesday, and I swear to God it tasted exactly the same.

I say drink whatever beer you want, whenever you want, for whatever reason you want. This whole idea that certain beers should be kept for special occasions is, as the kids say, whack.

 

you got me there. i just think it's more fun.

 

Try doing it my way. You might find out that you're wrong.

 

I don't consider them special occasion beers because in all honesty I'm not the biggest fan of the style. I love a good Bourbon beer but it is no longer a must buy when I see one. Plus, the argument about limiting certain styles to certain seasons for arbitrary reasons is dying a quick death. Drink what you want when you want to, if it's there when you don't want to drink it than don't drink it. I've turned down several barrel aged stouts this year for hefewiezens or APAs, or even regular stouts. I'm honestly not that into bourbon barrel aged flavors anymore.

 

Repeating something does not make it true

Right, which is why they don't make their flagship beers (their most valuable beers) year-round. Oh..wait...

 

Lose value to who? That is absurd. So is the idea of limiting a brewing process that has no reliance on seasons to certain seasons.

 

DOMINION has a great oak barrel stout

 

not sure if its available around you, but porcine unidragon is one of my favorites and I can get it anytime where I am. Also, I usually have no trouble finding one of the yetis

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22951/85872

 

It's a known fact (in my brain anyway) that a beer with a limited release footprint, small time window, and low bottle count sells faster and at a higher price per ounce than a widely distributed, year-round beer that tastes exactly the same or even better. See: Dark Lord

 

i have. personally, i found it exhausting but whatever floats your broat...

 

How long is too long for Black Xantus?

 

I can't speak from experience, but i reckon you'd be safe for at least 2 or 3 years...

 

Older Viscosity is available pretty much year round online. Otherwise Dragon's Milk obviously.