As you know, nobody really knows. BOTS is pretty damn amazing. Let's look at Murda'd Out Stout. $50 and everyone bitched and moaned about the price. Took forever to sell out at FFF. Then people started to open them. Realized it was amazing. Everyone wished they bought more. Now it goes 1:1 with Rare. BOTS doesn't have Murda'd status. Probably won't ever have it. But once people actually start opening them and realizing it's pretty unique and actually good, it will draw more attention. Only 522 bottles. A lot less than Murda'd. Don't be in a rush to trade it. It's a solid brew that might get better after several months. I say comparable rarity and quality if you do trade it or decent quantity of something you really want. Hopefully you bought a couple bottles.
It's pretty awesome. i can't elaborate, because i was hammered when i tried it at FOBAB, but I made a note that it was awesome. Which is good, because I managed to get a bottle; so, I guess that makes me biased. Or incredibly happy.
Finally threw down a rating. This beer is weird but pretty damn good. It's very complex, the elements between the very different highly hopped stout/Imperial Black IPA base vs. a white wine dessert barrel are really odd, but work.. I know some people that found it messy and not good.. but I thought it was pretty neat. That said, it pulled a gold in a barrel aged category at GABF and a silver in it's category at FoBAB (Beat only by Cthulhu). People clearly like it.
I think the key here is "Are you looking for a typical barrel aged Imperial Stout".. because generally, I'd say you aren't looking for this. It's much different than you'd expect from many of the more girthy, less hop focused stouts out there.. muchless the ones Three Floyds puts out. It's complex and works well in it's own right as something else though, in my opinion
