Imperial Stout Appreciation Thread (2022)

Bourbon County's are usually $15 for regular and $25+ for the rarer variety right? priced me out.

 

Yup, $20/single in Minneapolis. Average at best; & I only picked one up at that rapacious price because TG stouts have historically been some of the best stouts I've ever had. This one? Not in the top 200.

 

Same. $23 per can plus big letters about artificial flavors. I appreciate natural flavors in my expensive craft beers!

 

Thats funny. I thought that was a case price as it says 6/cs. Artificial flavored s’mores. Guess that it’s actual flavor then.

I will buy 2 tanks of gas for that price.

Enjoy

 

$3.29 is not that high.

I honestly don't know the cost. I don’t look anymore. I had a Prius up until a month ago but it had no A/C, multiple warning lights came on if I went over 62, rear hatch handle was cracked off, my CAT was stolen and that was almost 2G to replace so I traded it in, got stupid $. I miss my 46 MPG and no car payment the last 16 years. It was $48 last fill up.

I miss those .79 cent gas days getting under 10 MPG in my old Camaro.

Enjoy

 

$83 4 pack?
Holy fuck.
I bet some idiot happily bought multiple packs of it, too.

 

I only go for the base so I can’t confirm the others, but yeah, about 15$

 

A new one for me from a local brewer, Holzlager. According to them, it's a great big BBA RIS that clocks in at 13.8%. Can art is nice, beer's better. A nice thick'n chewy pour, not much in the foam department, wasn't expecting much. Nose gets roasted malts, some chocolate, candy, cinnamon and maple syrup. It drinks easily but has a bit of "burn" at the end. I'm sitting outside, it's 61° and a bead of sweat is starting to form.
I'm a big fan of Imperial Stouts, especially Russian and this one's really tasty.

 

For people would line up for BCBS on Black Friday, locally, it's become a "shelf turd" here. I saw it on sale today for $10.99.

 

DMS can come across as vegetal, but usually it's more of a creamed corn type flavor. If the beer you're drinking has DMS it won't go away. I suspect that what you've got is an infection of some sort.
http://scottjanish.com/how-to-prevent-dms-in-beer/#:~:text=What is DMS?,embryo of barley during germination.

Also TG stouts are the most over rated stouts I've tried.

 

Like anyone would bury you.

 

Ahhh, now I’m in my comfort zone. Barrel-Aged stouts have been my chase for the last couple of years, and I’ve had the privilege of trying some truly special beers. While Side Project has taken up much of this list, others have crept in as well! Here are my tops that I’ve tried from the last year or so:

Side Project - Derivation Blend 12
3 Sons - Three³
Monkish - TXXTH
Side Project - Rye BBT (probably my favorite stout of all time)
Side Project / Weldwerks - DM
Angry Chair / Prairie - BA Adjunct Trail
Toppling Goliath - KBBS
Side Project - BBT 2019 & 2020
Aslin - Harrisonburg
Side Project / Cycle - BVC
Modern Times - Monster Tones
Side Project - Derivation 9 (okay this might be my favorite of all time …)
Side Project - OWK

The chase continues; can’t wait to see what this year has in store for big acquisitions! Pic for relevance; the mind behind so many of my favorite Barrel Aged stouts.

 

I post beers that aren’t whales all the time! But hey, with the amount of time and effort spent trying to find and land these big beers, I’ll take the opportunity to flex where applicable lol. Plus, if you don’t know what any of them are how do you know if they’re whales or not?? These are just my personal favorites in the category. [insert shrug here]