Love that glass!!! Where did you get it.
Huge fan of Long Trail. Wife and I spent Christmas 2001 in VT (just finished PhD and was working on east coast and went to VT for the holidays). Spent X-Mas eve at Long Trail and they had a huge celebration for employees and invited us as we were there right before they closed for the holiday. Big fun. Side note: had X-mas dinner at hotel and they informed us that Charles Bronson’s family was also having dinner there the same time. Every member male or female, looked like Charles Bronson.
IMHO, WW definitely changed when they got bought. Pernicious was always a more of a "traditional" IPA and never a NEIPA. Had solid flavor overall. Their "standard" beers they sell in grocery IMO got a little "thinner". However, their specialty beers you can only get around the brewery are still pretty solid. Funkatorium is totally bitchin too. So it seems there was a take off with being bought. They have more money to get creative with specialty beers, but at same time I think there were some minor modifications perhaps to some of their standard core lineups to maximize profits and sell a crap ton of.
This is truly my all time favorite BBA stout, better than any other Ive had and its a blend! lol Got 4 2017 bottles left myself and a few other years. Noticed it wasn't released this year (or at least available to me in NC lol). Perfect blend of bourbon but the bourbon doesn't overpower the beer.
Yup haven't seen it in a couple years. Last it was released here in 2019? The bells representative told us the expedition and double cream stout were independently aged in bourbon barrels for about 18months and then blended BUT given that bourbon barrels vary in their character from year to year, if the end product doesn't live up to their standards then black note isn't released that year. Never had BA expedition on its own but LOVE that stout in its own right. My experience is 3-4yrs of aging regular expedition is the sweet spot.
