Prairie Christmas Bomb

It will hit this week in Austin. Considering Favorite usually delivers on Tuesdays and Fridays in Austin, then I am guessing it will show on Friday.

 

Since label approved I'm guessing everywhere by Friday

 

My brother brought me a bottle from the OKC area on Thanksgiving week. I haven't popped it yet, but the regular Bomb! was the only one I've had from them remotely worth the price (I think it was $7 for the bottle up there). I was underwhelmed with Vanilla and Coffee Noir.

 

Yeah I was told we should see it this Friday.

 

Growlers Montrose tweeted that they have it.

 

Whole foods post oak has it.

 

Specs Midtown had it yesterday.

 

Austin is confirmed as Friday

 

This beer is so good. It all melds really well. Prairie does a great job with their stouts.

 

Tried it tonight at the Flying Saucer's Prairie event, and was disappointed. Very thin in comparison to the other Bomb variants, and the Xmas spices did linger a bit, but it didn't impress me as much as regular, BA, or Pirate tasted to me. I had the Xmas Bomb first, so it wasn't like I was already wrecked.

Obviously, to each their own, but I'm not going to go chase this one.

 

You won't have to nearly as much. It seems like places that were getting one case of BA Bomb are getting a lot more of this.

 

Yeah, no need to chase around. I'm comfortable with the two bottles I have left. I enjoyed it. Yes, thinner and less complex. But what I loved was the very subtle cinnamon/nutmeg Christmas spice to it. Cheers!

 

This!

Chase is a cool guy. Glad I had the chance to meet him last night.

 

This is all over WF Post Oak for the Houston folks

I passed, can't stomach the pricing of Prairie

 

$7.99 at Fort Worth Central Market

 

Yep! Just picked some up on my lunch hour. Can't wait to try it tonight.

 

Same ABV as Brimstone -- 11.5%...wonder if future Bombs will be at this lowerABV as well moving forward.

All prior Bombs/Freds/Pirate were at 13+%.

Just something I noticed, not sure if others picked up on it as well.

 

Does anyone know the bottle count of Christmas Bomb?
What about other Prairies? I don't think I ever saw a bottle count for any Prairies except for Bomb! batch 1.

 

Couldn't agree with you more. Not much I love more than a good imperial stout, but something was a bit off with the aftertaste. I hoped it would get better as it warmed, but that wasn't the case. It wasn't a new style for me. I've had similar coffee/cocoa/pepper/spiced stouts before, but this one I simply didn't like (definitely not for $7.99 for a 12 oz bottle). IMO there are much better imperial stouts available for better prices.

If you were a big fan of it, we'll agree to disagree. We all have our own tastes and preferences.

 

I'm a huge fan of Bomb! personally, but definitely felt this wasn't on par with previous Bomb! variant releases. It's different, but there's definitely something lost with this one.

Don't get me wrong, it's a solid & delicious imperial stout, but it's just not on that same level as Bomb! is. However, still happy with the few bottles I picked up.