Favorite Bourbon Barrel Stout?

I have to admit that my favorite is Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout- reasonable price, don't have to stand in line for 2 days to get it, and ages like the best of them. Cheers!

 

BCBS Rare and had an 08 BCBS with my tasting group that was phenominal!

 

Central Waters Fourteen Fourteen
Bourbon County 08
Bourbon County Rare
Bourbon County Vanilla
Bourbon County Bramble
Parabola
Black Xantus
Black Note Stout
Barrel Aged BORRIS
Barrel Aged Blackout Stout
Barrel Aged Oso Night Train
Peruvian Morning

 

So true!

 

You have to get around to drinking a 1414? Well, get to it!

 

Either. The '10 was definitely more coffee forward but the '11 didn't have the touch of alcohol on the finish.

 

Black Tuesday!

End of thread

 

I've got to go with Central Waters Peruvian Morning. It may not have the body of some BA stouts, but I love the flavor and its high drinkability.

 

FW Parabola
Dark Horse Bourbon Barrel Plead the 5th
Deschutes The Abyss

 

I wish they weren't so hard to find/expensive, but for now it's KBS with my very limited experience. Really would love to get my hands on some BCBS (and/or variants of it) to try it out. If I make some money maybe I'll pick up some Eclipse at $29 a bottle at my shop, or some barrel aged BORIS. Really the only examples I can get right now that I haven't had. Also hoping to get my hands on a Parabola this year.

 

There are so many great Bourbon Barrel Stouts, that I can't pick just one. Among my favorites are CBS, KBS, Rare, Parabola, '09 Black Tuesday, and the Abyss. I'm sure I accidentally forgot to mention a few.

 

Double black....
I give a nod to Allagash black (the barrel aged version draft only) and I enjoyed KBS and

 

So far I have to go with Abyss with BA Old Raspy a close second. I've never had any of the Founders or GI's but from what I've had...these two always make me happy.

 

So says the label, yes, but once you're over 10% anything black and barrel-aged might as well be the same style. It certainly tasted a lot more like the other beers I listed than any non-barrel-aged RIS.

 

maybe so but I'll take Shaun's word on it being a porter still.

 

That's your prerogative; I'll just be thankful he brewed such an amazing beer and not worry about how to pigeonhole it.

 

KBS easily. It was one of my first and is still my favorite. Very few others come close, most being either bourbon/booze bombs with no stout characteristics left or have barely any barrel characteristics. KBS has the best balance of any barrel aged beer I've had.

 

Wait...I'm confused at what "favorite" means, because people are picking CW BBS & Peruvian Morning.

 

True dat! Its awesome cold, I now pour into a small sniftered and put bottle back in fridge. Its definitely awesome BA Stout

 

Rare of course...If your talking about an annual release easier to obtain, it's a toss up between Parabola and BCBS...