Your go to Winter Stout

And here I thought we had three seasons.. Hot, Hotter, and Cool

 

I divide the year into "sweaty" and "not sweaty." The majority of the year seems to fall into the first, with a short burst of the second.

 

Storm King is excellent if you leave it in your hot garage for 2-3 years. Nasty hot cooler water is optional. I'm being serious.
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Ended up doing a Ten FIDY weekend of sorts -- had a fresh can, a 2012 can from the cellar, and a snifter of the Maker's Mark BA FIDY at the Downtown Saucer. I like it fresh, love it with at least a year on it, and the Maker's one was divine.

 

I'm a year round stout drinker as well.

Prairie Bomb would be my year round stout if I could get it on a regular basis. But others I stick to are FBS, Ten Fidy, BCS, Buried Hatchet, and Narwhal.

 

I wish the stuff I had yesterday could be go to stouts...

BVDL
BCBS Rare
Bo & Luke
Eclipse 2008 Pappy
FW PNC
BA Speedway

Best day of Stouts I've ever had!

 

ten fidy!

 

I thought you said "hot garbage". Would have been a nice experiment...

 

If I'm at a bar with a NITRO selection Old Rasputin, LH Milk Stout, and Deschutes Obsidian are all gotos. Velvet Merlin is always great too. Ten Fidy and Blvd Dark Truth are nice 4 pack options for home.

 

Ten Fidy! Ten Fidy on nitro...OmG!

 

Ranger Creek Small Batch 4.

 

Sam Adams Merry Mischief seems to have mellowed out well. Just opened a 2012 bottle and the spices have mellowed nicely into the Belgian dark base. Recommended that you pop one open if you've got it.

 

Last time I was at East 1st I believe Sam had some 2012 bottles of this.

 

The name has changed this year. It called Merry Maker

 

Ivan. The. Terrible.

 

That is a tasty beer... too bad not easy to grab.

 

Only bought 3 out of the 6 on the shelf last year and have been bummed about it since...

 

THIS DUDE picked up the last 2 of the 2012 merry mischief i had :-)

 

My wife picked them off like a hawk.