ITT: Barrel-Aged Stouts (No Adjuncts Allowed)

[ripps1]

I almost don’t want to say anything so that I can hoard for myself, but Finkle and Garf in Boulder cans a phenomenal straight BB Stout that tastes almost exactly like pre-format change BCBS.

Actually, never mind it sucks. No one needs to find it.

 

[capnmike]

So, about this (hypothetical) Boulder Beer, is it year-round, or do I need to ISO shortly after this deep freeze?

Or could I find it on a potential July work trip?

 

[user 308679]

So, about this (hypothetical) Boulder Beer, is it year-round, or do I need to ISO shortly after this deep freeze?

Or could I find it on a potential July work trip?

IF such a beer existed (and I'm quite certain thebandit1 is making all this up) it would definitely NOT be year round, but only a late fall/early winter release.

Then again, I'm just speculating, because this entire brewery is a figment of a certain TB'ers imagination.

More than likely he was smoked out when he made that post. I wouldn't trust him.

 

[KevSal]

back in may i remember having this super solid ba stout!

super tasty, vanilla and barrel. my notes state it’s a winner

if only this place existed i’d get more

 

[jmgrub]

back in may i remember having this super solid ba stout!

super tasty, vanilla and barrel. my notes state it’s a winner

if only this place existed i’d get more

Where is that from?

Vanilla notes or actual vanilla (because the latter would be a violation of thread rules )?

 

[KevSal]

Where is that from?

Vanilla notes or actual vanilla (because the latter would be a violation of thread rules )?

it’s from some brewery in boulder, vanilla all barrel

 

[jmgrub]

it’s from some brewery in boulder, vanilla all barrel

Oh **** bummer that it doesn't exist.

 

[oldp0rt]

Anyone remember this blast from the past? (sorry about the old photo downloaded from Untappd, best I've got):

Olde Hickory Event Horizon was one of the few early BA stouts coming out of the Carolinas, although the early NC/SC shitlords never managed to hype it to the same level as early BA Sexual Chocolate or Blackbeerd vintages, and so it never caught quite the same backlash for not being as good or as rare as the hype tried to suggest. Which is probably a good thing, because it's soldiered along as a nice regional seasonal release that has never required *too* much effort to track down. And it's always been solid.

Well, after a label change in 2014, and now a recipe change that has cranked the ABV up from ~8.5% to almost 12%, it's in 12oz bottles at the quite reasonable price of $18 for a 4-pack:

It's a very nice beer, with lots of chocolate and bourbon notes, and will definitely satisfy your BA stout cravings at a reasonable price for something so accessible. I can't get more BA Expedition locally, but this is a solid regional substitute.

love the event horizon. Happy it never caught on. Just that much easier to get.

 

[thebandit1]

back in may i remember having this super solid ba stout!

super tasty, vanilla and barrel. my notes state it’s a winner

if only this place existed i’d get more

Nice photoshop.

 

[jammery]

Both of these were excellent. Appervation being a big better.

 

[JulianB1]

Appervation was so good. Haven't had the new port barrel version, but that original bourbon one was just about perfect.

 

[jammery]

Appervation was so good. Haven't had the new port barrel version, but that original bourbon one was just about perfect.

the appervation i posted was the 2nd batch. never had the first. i've got the port barrel version as well. probably let it sit for a bit in case there's a lot of port, which is not always to my liking.

 

[JulianB1]

the appervation i posted was the 2nd batch. never had the first. i've got the port barrel version as well. probably let it sit for a bit in case there's a lot of port, which is not always to my liking.

Ahh, didn't realize there were two batches of bourbon, thought "batch 2" was all port with the purplish logo.

 

[jammery]

Ahh, didn't realize there were two batches of bourbon, thought "batch 2" was all port with the purplish logo.

It was my understanding that they released a new batch of the bourbon with the port version.

 

[KevSal]

It was my understanding that they released a new batch of the bourbon with the port version.

IG tells alllll


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batch 1


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i like this beer a lot, but i think i enjoy its parts more

 

[JulianB1]

Besides being a great beer, it's one of the nicer bottles that's been put out recently.

 

[liquiddegenerate]

This is very, very good. Great blend of different barrel aged stouts.

 

[jmgrub]

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This is very, very good. Great blend of different barrel aged stouts.

I remember being ISO the 12 oz. of Capricho Oscuro like 7 years ago.

 

[FTowne1]

One of my favorites, just don’t like the price tag.

And I’ll add that I really, really miss Mephistopheles stout.

 

[capnmike]

Bought a single of this....may have to go back for the 4-pack, it’s good!

 

[JulianB1]

One of my favorites, just don’t like the price tag.

And I’ll add that I really, really miss Mephistopheles stout.

Straight Mephistopheles was better than Tweak, Uncle Jacobs, or any other stout that Avery puts out/has put out, at least among anything I've had. Really outstanding with a few years on it to mellow a bit.

The draft only coffee version of it they used to serve at festivals (Meph Addict, later renamed Tweak before they used that name for the BA version) was pretty crazy. Had enough coffee in it to give you the shakes.

 

[jammery]

Straight Mephistopheles was better than Tweak, Uncle Jacobs, or any other stout that Avery puts out/has put out, at least among anything I've had. Really outstanding with a few years on it to mellow a bit.

The draft only coffee version of it they used to serve at festivals (Meph Addict, later renamed Tweak before they used that name for the BA version) was pretty crazy. Had enough coffee in it to give you the shakes.

B1 Uncle Jacobs stands alone in the Avery canon to me. Was a little higher abv at 17% compared to subsequent versions.

 

[Dbijnagte]

I remember being ISO the 12 oz. of Capricho Oscuro like 7 years ago.

I got sent one in a BIF. They sent it as a joke because they had heard it was infected. The joke was on them because it was delicious.

 

[thebandit1]

One of my favorites, just don’t like the price tag.

And I’ll add that I really, really miss Mephistopheles stout.

Probably need to stop by Avery in a few weeks when I go to a brewery around the corner that doesn’t exist to pick up a beer that has never been made.

 

[ripps1]

Probably need to stop by Avery in a few weeks when I go to a brewery around the corner that doesn’t exist to pick up a beer that has never been made.

Didn’t realize that non-existence brewery was close to Avery.

 

[thebandit1]

Didn’t realize that non-existence brewery was close to Avery.

It would have to exist first

 

[jammery]

Non adjunct stout (unless some of that jamon falls into my glass).

 

[JonathanAmes]

I really dig this thread. Well done jmgrub.

 

[Fingolfin]

I really, really miss Mephistopheles stout

Oh yeah?

 

[sacrelicio]

Straight Mephistopheles was better than Tweak, Uncle Jacobs, or any other stout that Avery puts out/has put out, at least among anything I've had. Really outstanding with a few years on it to mellow a bit.

The draft only coffee version of it they used to serve at festivals (Meph Addict, later renamed Tweak before they used that name for the BA version) was pretty crazy. Had enough coffee in it to give you the shakes.

Would inject this into my veins