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Originally Posted by Bearcat
I like BBQ, but I wouldn't call it a great bourbon barrel beer (or maybe it is for a quad)... and IMO it doesn't get much better with age like most bourbon stouts.
- BCS - Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, released on Black Friday (  ).. it used to border on too boozy to drink right away (compared to how much better it was 6-8 months later), but in the past couple years it seems like they've been aging it longer before release. Either way, buy two... drink one soon, forget about the other for 8+ months.
- ODell Jolly Russian.... rum barrels, actually, but is right up there with BCS, and I've found it in Phoenix on multiple occasions.
- Any bourbon barrel aged stout from Ballast Point
- Modern Times Monsters' Park Aged In Bourbon Barrels... I haven't had the bourbon variety, but Monster's Park is amazing (and $33)
- KBS - Founders Kentucky Bourbon Stout.... I don't go out of my way to buy it, but it's really popular and I found it in Phoenix several months ago.
- New Holland Dragon’s Milk.... not sure if they distribute in AZ... some years are significantly better than others, but when it's good, it's really ****ing good. And their reserve stuff is expensive, but even better.
- Epic Big Bad Baptist.... I've only had it once in LA and haven't seen it in Phoenix, but it was pretty great. Apparently a place called Magnum's Speakeasy in Phoenix has it, but a name like that scares me a little.
- Evil Twin Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Biscotti Break... another rarity, saw it once in KC. Think I've seen Evil Twin around here, but not that one. |
Some good recommendations here. One note: KBS is Kentucky Breakfast Stout (not to be confused with Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Stout), which has coffee, as well. BCBS is a gold standard for BBA stouts, at least to my palate, but a ton of great options out there.
Some of my favorites, not mentioned above (non-stouts noted):
Firestone Walker Parabola
Firestone Walker Sucaba (BA Barleywine)
Firestone Walker Helldorado (BA Blonde Barleywine)
Liftbridge BA Silhouette
Epic Big Bad Baptista
Founders Backwoods Bastard (BA Scotch Ale)
Oskar Blues BA Ten Fidy
Prairie Artisan Ales BA Bomb!
Lagunitas High West-ified
Dark Horse BBA Plead the 5th
Freemont Dark Star
Freemont Abominable
Hoppin Frog BA BORIS/DORIS
Perennial BA Sump
There are a bunch I'm forgetting, but there's a start.