Favorite Bourbon Barrel Stout?

Central Waters 1414 (on tap at the party)
BCBS '08 drank recently is a close second

 

There's just so many damn good bourbon barrel stouts out there. However, last week I had BB Plead the 5th for the first time on tap, and it's an amazing brew. It's definitely in the top tier!

 

Having tried all of these in the past two months, I'd rank them:
Bramble Rye BCBS -- LOVE the berry addition
Rare BCBS or 2011 BCBS -- both amazing, but not a huge difference to me
Parabola
Coffee BCBS
Vanilla BCBS
BA Plead the 5th
CW BBS
Would gladly have any of these again, any day of the week. I had a small sample of KBS and wasn't wowed, but will have a bottle before passing judgment.

 

According to my reviews it's CBS.

 

I haven't had many BBA stouts so I'm just going to list them all here in order from most enjoyed down to the least:

BT '11 (aged 5 months)
Silva Stout '11 (tapped fresh)
Ballast Point BBA Sea Monster '09 (tapped; aged 2 years)
BT '11 (tapped fresh)
Abyss '10 (tapped fresh)
Abyss '09 (tapped; aged 1 year)

had to put a gap here...
Moylans BBA Ryan Sullivan's (tapped fresh)

Looking forward to the BA BORIS and the Eclipses from my cellar.

 

Eclipse, Silva, Older Viz, Parabola, BA Blackout.
But overall, 50/50 puts out the best BA Impy stouts around.

 

2009 BCS is drinking AMAZING right now.... I hear 4 years is the max on BCS before its just drops off. I had BA Plead the Option and it was awesome but the one that stands out most is BCS RARE!

 

I recently had a vertical of BCS going back to 2003, which was barely recognizable as BCS. But 2005, in comparison, was very good. So somewhere between 6-8 years it faded pretty badly.

 

I learned last night that Dogfather BBA Stout should be renamed Dogfarter or Dogwater....

 

Now now, it wasn't that bad. All I tasted from the barrels was the oak.

 

Parabola and most of the 5050 Eclipses.

 

Lost Abbey Deliverance

 

Spot on, totally agree

 

Woah.. almost a 4 year resurrection. Can't believe how young I was in the craft beer world I was back then. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Btw, happen to be drinking a BA Bomb right now and it's fantastic.

 

I have only been doing this for about 8 months, however my favorites...

Founders CBS '15 (on tap)
Perennial Abraxas '15 (on tap)
ET BB Biscotti '15 (btl)
Finback BB BQE '15 (btl)
AleSmith BB Speedway (btl)
BCBS '13 (btl)
De Struisse Cuvee Delphine (btl)

 

06 Abyss, 15 Parabola, 14 BCBS in that order.

 

The best I've had so far is BA Dinosmores. I haven't had the opportunity to try many of the "big boys".

 

BCBS and KBS are about equal, imo. However, I have yet to try Parabola.

 

BA Nikolai Vorlauf was the only one I've had and it was pretty good.

 

Favorite? BA Blackout

Best? ORF, BA Dark Apparition, BASC