Getting Tired of Bourbon Barrel Stouts?

I usually only drink half a bottle. I put a wine sealer in the bottle and it's fine the next night.

 

Maybe not tired of them, but no longer impressed by them might be accurate.

 

Ditto! Never been a Bourbon fan. Had a beer aged in a port wine barrel and it was amazing!

 

With the increasing flood of brewers on the craft market it seems like there are a lot of mediocre BA stouts out there now and its a bummer when something you hoped would be great is just OK. I can say I am done with chasing down the great ones. If fate presents them in my path so be it.

 

This has been my behavior from my first day joining the community, in general. I'm not Capt. Ahab, if the opportunity presents itself then sure, I just hope that I have educated myself to know the difference between a well crafted version of the style vs. one that isn't.

 

I think part of the OP's point was that (for him) BA stouts had become "omnipresent."

That certainly depends on your local market. I can get BCBS annually in small quantities and MAYBE get more than a small sample of a variant or two. Black Note, Uncle Jacob and KBS are handed out with eyedroppers. Furthermore, some of the most renowned BA stouts are completely unavailable to me locally. That said, it is hard to get tired of something you can't get in significant quantities.

There are some 2nd tier BA stouts that are more readily available but they are close to the price of BCBS (the gold standard to me) and not nearly as good. Usually, I walk by those selections at my local bottle shop.

 

This too

 

I'm definitely not getting tired of BA Stouts, by far one of my favorite styles, but my preferences change with the seasons. During the winter months nothing is better than a boozy stout, but during the summer I prefer IPA's, DIPA's, and Sours.

 

No offense, but you probably drink too much...

 

I like knowing I have a reserve of them when the mood strikes, but it is certainly not all the time. I think of the 9 bottles of BCBS I scored in November, I have opened 3 of them. I have quite a few BA bombers/750s stored, but I usually wait until I can share those with someone. I would like to see more variety of BA styles in general like Barleywines and Brown Ales. I LOVE imperial stouts, but lately I find myself often preferring a non BA version - which usually end up being lower in alcohol also. I'd like to see more BA experimentation with lower ABV beers too.

 

BA stouts are one of the few things that make Minnesota winters bearable.

 

I'm more of a Sour beer person, I tend to drink BA stouts only at tastings. Its def not my go-to beer.

 

When I get tired of breathing air, I will get tired of bourbon barrel aged stouts.

 

I'm currently restricting myself to beers aged only in quart-size Pappy Van Winkle barrels.

 

I never cared for them... I just don't find them special or that interesting. I would take a solid IPA, Stout or Porter over a world class BA option any day! I didn't even want to finish my Jackie O's BBA Dark Apparition when at the brewery, so I left half of it. Thankfully it was at the end of my tasting there.

Not a hater by any means, just can't get into them... I have a few cellaring (Big Bad Baptist, Abyss, among others...), but not really excited to crack those open.

 

you wouldn't necessarily think this, but I have nudged a couple of people to start looking at what craft beer has to offer based off of this type of beer. They were normally bourbon drinkers and liked the occasional bud lite/miller lite beer. I handed out some of the Abita Bourbon Barrel Aged stouts as Christmas gifts.

 

I'll send you my address....I have a large mailbox

 

I'm going with "no" here, but I don't consume them in such quantity that I'm getting burnt out. The good ones are not that readily available, so the dozen or so that I have each year are always appreciated.

 

I'm tired of crappy one's. Too many brewer's are capitalizing on a trend and a money maker. Half of the BBA stouts/porters, anything really, rated in the low 90's on here are not so good. I guess some people are really suckers for barrel aging.

 

Parabola and KBS coming any day, FUCK NO! Rarely swear on the site, but ask this question in July. Not with 2 of the 20 beers on earth coming soon.

 

I'd rather have the regular version of a stout than it's BA version. Too many times the barrel overpowers the rest of the beer.

 

I don't get bored with BA IS's because theres a lot of variability within the style, IMO. Some are very sweet, some are very roasty, some are barrel bombs, others have barely noticeable barrel characters, and the best are well balanced combinations of base beer and barrel notes. So I'm certainly not bored with them, but I will say I am fairly often let down by them. Not everything in a bourbon barrel is a worth while beer, and the more BA Stouts that come out, the more mediocre BA stouts there are.

 

---How do you drink your beer without your pinky that is clearly outstretched poking you in the eye???

 

I'm not tired of them, but my wallet is

 

yes one of the most overrated styles out there. Most are way overpriced *cough GI cough* Mostly a medicore stout masked by a heavy rew alcohol flavor I would rather have a well crafted stout for half the price

 

BBA beers are like Port. A little is great, but to me, as a regular beer choice my palate would be destroyed. I'll split one or two with my son and son in law occasionally, and that's plenty for me. I like them, but for beer DRINKING, they are generally too much. I have great access to many great BBA beers, but remain on the sidelines watching the fad move along.

 

i'm tired of paying for them.

 

OK i admit i was the guy that would always say stouts tasted the same all like coffee but now..... i just cant get enough

 

NEVER get tired of them! wish there were more!

 

Its not that I don't enjoy some its just the affect on the liver and the calorie intake I have to take into consideration.
I mean how many calories does a BCBS have? Or a bomber of a BA stout? I didn't look it up but I would be scared to see how many calories are in a 12 oz BCBS. 800 or more maybe?

 

No, so many different takes on the style.

 

I absolutely LOVE them! Plenty of crappy ones but when they are done right, I think they are amazing!

A good rule of thumb for 12oz beers is to multiple the abv by 30 to get a decent calorie estimate.

 

And the answer is???............

 

Open an FIS. It'll be okay.

 

430 calories. Very nice my friend!

 

So 800 plus in a bomber which was probably my thinking instead of a 12 oz. Hell that's huge....,.

 

I have custom-made beer goggles, but I've found that regular swimming goggles do just as well for a fraction of the cost

 

I'm in the minority that I usually just don't have a fixation for them. Have had great ones. Have had some that are overpowering with booze and taste syrupy. Would rather just drink bourbon at that point. But to each their own. If you like them drink em. Me. I'll find something else if needed

 

Not tired of bourbon barrel, but I've been loving the stouts aged in other barrels that I've had recently

 

No. But I am am getting tired of poorly crafted (D)IPA's.