Brooklyn Black Ops for trade.

[mikeysab]

Got one bottle to trade for something interesting i can't get in NY. Lemme know what ya got.

 

[NIZZLE]

I would love to have this but I don't have a lot of crazy stuff best I have is KBS.

 

[tflew]

If your still interested I have access to Pliny and other so cal beers for black ops or other east coast beers I can't get here.

 

[mikeysab]

Yeah I'm still interested. I just gotta check the bottle shop tonight to see if i can still get the black ops. Its starting to thin out by me. What else would you be interested in from the east? Not interested in Pliny, but looking for some RR sours.

 

[tflew]

I should be able to get supplication and temptation but I won't know for sure for a couple days. Ill let you know when I get them.

 

[Durne13]

Nizzle, I consider KBS to be "crazy stuff". Let me know if you would ever like to trade some for Black Ops. Same goes for The Pliny offer.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Just did 07-13 on new years. 13 is by far the best batch.
Employee only (not for sale) 07 came in second, completely different beer 08-13

 

[bigmike99]

Just did 07-13 on new years. 13 is by far the best batch.
Employee only (not for sale) 07 came in second, completely different beer 08-13

We talking about the black ops???

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

We talking about the black ops???

Yep

 

[bigmike99]

Wow. That's a crazy vertical. I really liked last years so I'm pumped for this years now if its getting some good reviews.

 

[mikeysab]

Just picked up 4 '13's. I need an 11 for my 10-13 vertical. Hoping to find some more around so I can start drinking some.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

 

[mikeysab]

Haha, nice pic. Looks like mine from last year. 6 is a good amount.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Yea, problem i exerience with BO is that they bottle condition with a champagne yeast.
The 08 had decent carb and absolutley no body, and you can tell how the body has dimineshed thru each year 12-08 also
13 was great, but i stand by my earlier statement. I wish they still brewed the recipe from 07. Decent body but tons of dry bakers chocolate creamyiness, like a chocolate shake. 07 wouldnt hold its weight to any big stout, (i dont think any black ops would) its still a well made beer but IMO bottled wrong

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Yea, problem i exerience with BO is that they bottle condition with a champagne yeast. The 08 had decent carb and absolutley no body, and you can tell how the body has dimineshed thru each year 12-08 also 13 was great, but i stand by my earlier statement. I wish they still brewed the recipe from 07. Decent body but tons of dry bakers chocolate creamyiness, like a chocolate shake. 07 wouldnt hold its weight to any big stout, (i dont think any black ops would) its still a well made beer but IMO bottled wrong

Champagne yeast won't dry it out/cause it to lose body.... It won't ferment any sugars the beer yeast didn't, unless the beer yeast crapped out from too high of alcohol %.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Champagne yeast won't dry it out/cause it to lose body.... It won't ferment any sugars the beer yeast didn't, unless the beer yeast crapped out from too high of alcohol %.

Champagne/Wine yeast eat different sugars than ale yeast.

Regardless, different yeast strains can ferment different sugars.
After years and autolysis flavor compounds and dextrins will change.
Im sorry but for the amount of carb that 08 had, that yeast was not done working.

 

[skeezerpleezer]

Source?

I have bottled a lot of beers with them with normal amounts of priming sugar without over carbonation. If 08 was over carbed, they either bottles early, primed too much, the primary yeast petered out, or it was infected. Now if you primary with it, that is a different story.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

Source?

I have bottled a lot of beers with them with normal amounts of priming sugar without over carbonation.

Not overcarbed, but theres no way with being corked that it would pour a finger head after 5 years.

Its just my opinion but it was clear between the group that the body gained as you went fresher or how it thinned if you went older. Only thing i can relate that to is the bottle conditioning...or they literally raised mash temps 1 degree a year.

Who knows...

 

[Indytruks138]

I had '09 recently at a pub, it was tasty.



That is all.

 

[bigmike99]

So you still have a 12 around or what? Lol

 

[mikeysab]

I do, but its for personal consumption. Wish i woulda saved more of them

 

[bigmike99]

It's so good. There's a local bbq place that still has some for on site consumption for $30 a bottle. Good deal IMO.

 

[JohnGonk]

Is the new black ops sought after? I have access to a lot of the newly bottled black ops if anyone is interested.

 

[bigmike99]

Is the new black ops sought after? I have access to a lot of the newly bottled black ops if anyone is interested.

Black ops is weird. IMO its underrated in the BA world but will sit on the shelves at some places and at others has a 1pp bottle limit. It could be the price but for a big bottled big beer that aged in pretty high quality bourbon barrels it's reasonable.

Either way I've got to get out and stock up. It's at the top of my list of big beers and I don't feel that bad drinking it instead of keeping it in the cellar.

 

[JohnGonk]

Bigmike, ive actually never tried it lol. And ive always had access to it. Maybe ill have to grab one and try it one day. Thanks for the info!

If anyone is in need let me know, i think my local shop had several cases sitting around untouched.

 

[nunyafnb]

Is the new black ops sought after? I have access to a lot of the newly bottled black ops if anyone is interested.

I'd be willing to give it a shot. Interested in any Surly stuff? Furious, Bender, Coffee Bender, Cynic etc.?

 

[mikeysab]

I'd be willing to give it a shot. Interested in any Surly stuff? Furious, Bender, Coffee Bender, Cynic etc.?

Darkness?

 

[nunyafnb]

Sorry, I didn't mean to thread-jack, I thought you might have gotten rid of yours. When I replied to JohnGonk, he made it sound like Black Ops was a little more widely available, rather than a brewery only release.

I like to reserve the Darkness that I have for more hard to obtain beers. Waiting in line out overnight in November in Minnesota to only be able to buy 6 bottles makes Darkness a little more valuable in a trade to me.

 

[JohnGonk]

Sorry, I didn't mean to thread-jack, I thought you might have gotten rid of yours. When I replied to JohnGonk, he made it sound like Black Ops was a little more widely available, rather than a brewery only release.

I like to reserve the Darkness that I have for more hard to obtain beers. Waiting in line out overnight in November in Minnesota to only be able to buy 6 bottles makes Darkness a little more valuable in a trade to me.

Yeah, for me the black ops is available. Im not sure who gets it so i was only offering it up to anyone who doesnt get it.

 

[Johnnyhitch1]

I like to reserve the Darkness that I have for more hard to obtain beers. Waiting in line out overnight in November in Minnesota to only be able to buy 6 bottles makes Darkness a little more valuable in a trade to me.

Yes but were people able to drive in after the line cleared and still get bottles?