Suggestions for a bourbon barrel stout tasting....

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  1. bsuedekum

    bsuedekum Maven (1,420) Aug 13, 2010 Missouri
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    A group of us are putting together a bourbon barrel stout tasting and I'm trying to put some of our favorites side by side. Looking for suggestions as I'm quite sure we're not the first to do such a tasting. What were some of your winners? So far we've collected:

    Parabola
    Black Note
    Rare
    Czar Jack
    Double Black
    Event Horizon
    CBS
    Black Tuesday
    BA Edmund Fitzgerald
    BA Plead the 5th

    We have the BA Hunah's and Dark Lords set aside for their own tasting so they unfortunately won't be a part of this one. BA Speedway is one I think would gain respect in this line-up, any others we're forgetting?
     
    #1 bsuedekum, Jul 22, 2012
  2. cfrances33

    cfrances33 Pooh-Bah (1,641) Jun 12, 2012 Illinois
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    No KBS? Would be a pretty standard contender in that lineup
     
    #2 cfrances33, Jul 22, 2012
  3. weaksauce

    weaksauce Zealot (675) Sep 2, 2010 Ohio

    BA Blackout (I would get a bomber of '10 or older if you can)
    Some type of Eclipse
    other BCBS
    Abyss (I guess you could debate this one)

    For some baseline less hyped but still good beers:
    BA Rasputin
    BA Boris
     
    #3 weaksauce, Jul 22, 2012
  4. VncentLIFE

    VncentLIFE Initiate (0) Feb 16, 2011 North Carolina

    Wait, where the fuck did you get BA Edmund Fitzgerald?!?! Ive been telling them to do that, and they keep telling me no.

    edit-I thought you meant the porter from Great Lakes. Apparently theres another Eddy Fitz...
     
    #4 VncentLIFE, Jul 22, 2012
  5. alexipa

    alexipa Initiate (0) Oct 7, 2011 Colorado

    Uncle Jacob's is still fairly easy to find in CO. I would try to get your hands on one, it's great.
     
    #5 alexipa, Jul 22, 2012
  6. davey101

    davey101 Pooh-Bah (2,360) Apr 14, 2009 Connecticut
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    Maybe a Cuvee Delphine to try something Belgian
     
    #6 davey101, Jul 22, 2012
  7. bsuedekum

    bsuedekum Maven (1,420) Aug 13, 2010 Missouri
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    Thanks guys, I appreciate the suggestions. I originally thought to keep which I thought was the best from each brewery (thus the CBS over KBS and the Double Black over Cuvée Delphine) but I might rethink that. Uncle Jacob's, BA Boris, BA Rasputin, and BA Blackout's are all good calls. BA Yeti is another one that just came to mind too.
     
    #7 bsuedekum, Jul 22, 2012
  8. Pete27lax

    Pete27lax Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2011 New York

    From the list you have already I assume that Ivan the Terrible is definitely within your reach and that is a GREAT barrel aged stout!
     
    #8 Pete27lax, Jul 22, 2012
  9. birchstick

    birchstick Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2007 Colorado

    I literally just drank my Ivan. What about BASC, 1414, or some 50/50 varients?
     
    #9 birchstick, Jul 22, 2012
  10. bsuedekum

    bsuedekum Maven (1,420) Aug 13, 2010 Missouri
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    You're hooefully going to be at the tasting Jonathan so anything you want to bring is for sure welcomed. 1414 was solid and do you still have a BASC? So we need to make an ISO for

    BA Speedway
    1414
    BA Yeti

    And then potentially add a KBS, Delphine, Jacobs, BA Boris, BA Blackout, and BA Rasputin. I think our group has these somewhere in their cellars.
     
    #10 bsuedekum, Jul 22, 2012
  11. birchstick

    birchstick Initiate (0) Sep 2, 2007 Colorado

    Yeah, I have a '10 and '11 BASC and some KBS.
     
    #11 birchstick, Jul 22, 2012
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