Value Barrel Aged Stouts

Not local to me, but Central Waters BA stouts and barleywines are top notch and usually around $17 a 4pack.

 

Dragon's Milk

 

They also have a A Scotch Ale, BBQ, BA Porters, etc. Lots of variants in rotation too. My favorite was their Bourbon Pecan Kringle Stout, hopefully not a one-off.

 

Dragon's Milk (New Holland)
KBS (Founders)
Wizard Burial Ground (Vivant) - this is a BBA Belgian Quad but IMO it's tastier than their BBA Stout
BA Narwhal (North Coast)
BA Ten Fidy (Oskar Blues)
BA Expedition (Bell's)
Just off the top of my head, and ones I try to keep a few of in the cellar at all time.

 

A minor correction: Narwhal is a Sierra Nevada beer. Or did you mean North Coast Old Rasputin? Or both, lol. Either way, both are good beers.

On a side note, as great a deal is as Lagunitas Willettized is, remember when it first came out as High West-ified and in 6 packs for about the same price as they get for a 4 pack now? What an insanely good deal that was. Wish I had bought cases of it at that price.

 

Thanks, that's what I get for not looking.
I do have some Old Rasputin BBA but as it's in bombers only (to my knowledge) I wasn't sure whether to include it. Darn tasty, all of them. If I could get Lagunitas Willetized around here, I'm sure I would try it. Cheers!

 

I was also going to mention Dragon's Milk, but also Founders Backwoods Bastard. Both are typically in the $13-$15 price range per 4-pack.

 

I suppose it's a porter but this thread screams Barrel-Aged Victory at Sea. Such a good one at an always fair price. I miss it.

 

Boulevard Whiskey Barrel Stout. Every bit as good as it needs to be.

 

Lagunitas Willetized is a nice choice. Another option might be High West Victory at Sea but I’m not sure if it’s still produced regularly (and it’s also an imperial porter rather than a stout ). I’m guessing the Constellation sale will impact use of HW barrels/name. In any case, I found it to be a step up from Dragon’s Milk at a similar price.

 

A brewery from Canton OH called Royal Docks had a very interesting BA version of their Vlad the Impaler stout aged in 3 different barrels. It was 10.99 a 4pk I believe. And something like 14.5%

 

The PM Dawn series of stouts from Trillium are usually pretty affordable

 

Anything from Founders, Bell's and Central Waters. Not just Stouts, but other dark, high ABV beers.

 

Santiam Pirate
Breakside Oligarch
Boneyard Suge Knite

 

I had a similar revelation myself the last few weeks. I passed on my local brewery’s barrel aged offerings at $30 per 500mL bottle as well as BCBS this year. I grabbed a pack of KBS mackinac and the lagunitas willetized, for a few bucks more than 1 local banana, coconut, marshmallow blah blah blah stout. Really enjoyed the Lagunitas, and the KBS was great too.

 

Abyss (now in 4 packs) is a good option.

 

Did not know this. Very cool