Imperial Stout Appreciation Thread (2022)

GABF Gold Medal winner!

Plus, makes one wish there was some actual snow around right about this time, eh?

 

Porters, too, eh? We have a bunch of those around here.

 

In PA, I couldn’t carry all the beer I bought, so the clerk was “required” to walk the rest out with me. I think they might have some whacky beer rules.

 

Eli Fish Brewing here made a pistachio stout…haven’t tried it. I like pistachios. I like stouts…

 

Nah, I’m good for now. Thanks though! There’s still a sh!t ton of things to send. Ima need a bigger box.

 

PA has some oddball beer laws. I believe it still has a limit of 192 ounces per visit in grocery stores and bottle shops, but not at the distributors. When the lady at Giant Eagle explained this law to me I just stared blankly for ten or fifteen seconds. I didn’t want to unload on a clerk, but I was having trouble formulating a reply that wasn’t expletive filled. I ended up saying, “OK.”

 

Worked all day outside pulling weeds and clearing some patches of land, nothing huge but ivy and crazy shit. It’s hot out. I harvested more cukes to make pickles. I have three quarts of dill chillin and going to make some spicy Thai and some mustard seed style.

Last of these for now till I can find more. I grabbed a bunch at well under $4 a bottle. Just a great beer and the bottle is quite heavy too.

Watching the all star game. First time in a bunch of years I’m not working when it’s on.


Enjoy

 

This was pretty tasty

 

This is a good Russian Imperial Stout from Talking Cursive, BA Baracus.

 

Peanut butter beers always smell SO good. I'm usually let down by the flavor.

 

What are your thoughts about Eli Fish in general? I keep missing them and then forgetting when time allows. Maybe it’s worth a special trip. Thanks.

 

Sadly true.

 

revisiting one i haven’t had in a few years. rich, thick, fairly sweet. overly, very nice. glad i picked up 2. cheers!

 

I haven’t had anything from them yet! I keep meaning to get a handful of their BA things, yet have found every reason not to make the trip yet. Some day…

 

Before, During & After Dinner Blend by Evil Twin Cheers!

 

When I finally make the trip, I will send you a note.

 

Three Floyds Cocomungo

 

barrel-forward delight here. no adjuncts; just barrel and beer and i’m digging it. cheers!

 

Barrel aged Café Boris from Hoppin’ Frog. At 9.4%, this coffee stout is like a session beer for them Cheers!



Cross posted to WBAYDN

 

Free Will Brewing (Perkasie, PA) - In the Current Fashion. Another great beer from their stout barrel aging program that they've broken out separate from the annual Ralphius release. Imperial Stout aged in Apple Brandy Barrels with Vanilla, Cinnamon, Graham Cracker, and Sea Salt. I wasn't sure how well the brandy barrel would work, but it does. The other components are mild. Drinks extremely smooth for a 14% abv beer. 500 ml bottle.

 

Every Summer this is a must have

 

Valhalla from 8one8 Brewing. Thanks to @Resistance88 for this bourbon barrel aged stout. Cheers!

 

I like the bridge. It has a modern twist on the old design. Besides it is better than the song it inspired. Yikes! I wish I had never found THIS.

 

Lost power for a while so opened some stout to cope

Pretty good stuff. Cherry is subtle. Can’t go wrong with Fremont

 

Canned Oct 14, 2020. This aged really well.
Cheers all!

 

Hubbard's Cave's Imperial Stouts are top notch! Pastry Stouts done right!

 

No, but I know the bridge, from film and the controversy over how poorly it was maintained. I have also worked with both the design team HNTB and the for the contractor Skanska. So it’s the kinda thing that hits my radar.

 

Glad to hear it. I find too much tart fruit to be off putting in stout

 

Yesterday I spotted 12-ounce bottles of AleSmith 2022 Barrel-Aged Speedway Stout in a good beer shop near me in a suburb of Portland, OR.

As a former SoCal resident and long-time fan of AleSmith and BA Speedway, I happily snapped up a bottle for what seemed to be an agreeable price. Tonight I opened the bottle, expecting a tasty nightcap.

I'm not sure what was in that bottle, but it sure as hell wasn't the glorious BA Speedway Stout I remember. Too sweet, no coffee, no depth. A hot, harsh mess.

Regular Speedway is still delicious. What's going on? Has it been too long since I've had the BA version? Have my tastes changed that much? Has AleSmith lost the plot? I'm hoping somebody will tell me this was an anomaly...

 

Good to know. Cost overruns and delays are always annoying (and often avoidable. I’m to ignorant of the details to comment more.) The closures, seem to be due to the people doing questionable things (i’m Curious just what, and should look for better reporting.) And hopefully the park will come, but you are right, time will tell. Good luck.

 

Bourbon Barrel Aged Pallbearer (Batch 1 | 2018)

Drank this one last night after the kiddo went to bed. At just a little over four years old, it's rather impressive how this has held up. In my opinion it hasn't lost a single step. Pours jet black with a mocha head and light carb. Nose is full of chocolate, roasted malt and bourbon. Big, rich Herseys chocolate covered corner piece brownies soaked in bourbon. Slowly drank over the course of about 3 hours and it just got better and better. Cheers everyone!

 

Did AleSmith bottle this themselves or was it maybe contract brewed, like BA Narwhal? (IIRC) I see it in cans but have never seen the BA version in bottles. Of course, I live in Michigan, so maybe they keep the bottles local and ship the cans out.

 

Nice staging too!