Favorite BA Stout from Michigan

No one has the correct answer, which I will provide below.

Backwoods Bastard

 

WRONG!

(...while I agree a general BA thread would be fun, the prompt was for stouts.)

 

I agree, and on this Super Sunday, that should be a 10-yard penalty for being offside.

And since a Porter was permitted above without penalty, I'm going to add Arcadia's Shipwreck Porter to the list. That one is always very bourbon-forward, and I like that.

 

oh god, why did u mention that bbbw? im drooling and getting aroused

 

Black Note

 

KBS

 

Black Note is my numero uno

 

CBS fo sho

 

big tony's by 3.17 miles.

 

For regular bottled seasonal releases: I'm a Founder's homer but…
1. BBPt5
2. Black Note
3. KBS
4. Oddside Stouts

 

1. CBS
2. Black Note
3. BB Dragontrax Night Fury
4. BBPt5
5. Big Tony's/BB American Imperial Stout
6. KBS
7. Oddsides

I have a Solstice Stout waiting in the wings that has a good chance of breaking into the top few...

 

I know, I'm just being an ass.

 

I was about to say...according to this thread, BB should be much easier to find when it first hits shelves. Hipster Brunch was surprisingly great, but would like to see it without the bacon.

BA aside...Founder's Imperial, Bell's Expedition.

 

1. Kuhnhenn Solstice Stout
2. Bell's Bourbon Barrel Aged Expedition
3. Kuhnhenn Big Tony's
4. Witch's Hat Bourbon Barrel Dragontrax Night Fury
5. Bell's Black Note

 

Limiting this to only bottled barrel-aged stouts:

1. Kuhnhenn Solstice Stout
2. Black Note
3. CBS
4. Big Tony's
5. Kuhnhenn American Imperial

 

Sierra Nevada BA Narwhal. I picked up a bottle at a liquor store in Michigan when I was visiting a friend.

 

Perrin Kill em All. Doesn't get as much love as the widely distro'd stuff but I would put this stuff against anyone else in MI.

 

Below are the top rated beers in Michigan. No surprise that the top 4 are BBA Stouts

http://www.beeradvocate.com/lists/state/mi/

1 Founders CBS Imperial Stout
Founders Brewing Company
American Double / Imperial Stout / 10.60% ABV 4.64 2,786
2 Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)
Founders Brewing Company
American Double / Imperial Stout / 11.20% ABV 4.61 9,258
3 Bell's Black Note Stout
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
American Double / Imperial Stout / 11.40% ABV 4.54 3,427
4 Dark Horse Bourbon Barrel Aged Plead The 5th
Dark Horse Brewing Company
Russian Imperial Stout / 11.00% ABV 4.52 2,321

 

Really? Thought that stuff was a boozy, thin mess of a BA stout.

 

Black Note
BBPt5
Greenbush BA Dystopia
KBS
CBS