So this Christmas if you want to surprise your favorite stout lover what do you get them? We'll the list could be long and varied I suppose. In my case it's rather succinct.
So there it is, my list. Perusing the cellars of beer geeks online, these seem to be the brews that I am missing in the Russian Imperial Stout category (shipwreck is not technically a RIS, but it's close enough). Abyss was recently released, so we'll see if we can't trade up a bottle before too long.
So you ask what other beers might my stout (or barleywine) loving friend want, that I can actually purchase? Well here is an extended list, some are easier to find than others, some are not too difficult to obtain. In no particular order...
I hear rumors that Shipwreck Porter is going to be available only every other year, I guess we'll see. I learned a valuable lesson drinking my year old Abyss, don't. It was way too hot and needed a couple more years. Three or four years and I can imagine Abyss would be amazing. Dark Lord is awesome, I want another bottle, or two, or three. I have yet to sample anything from Firestone Walker, but their reputation proceeds them and their Brewmaster seems to be a very cool guy. So Parabola is a must try, wouldn't mind a bottle to cellar as well. Finally Avery - Mephistopheles, the Czar is amazing, so I can only imagine this must be a very awesome Imperial Stout.
- Arcadia - Shipwreck Porter
- Deschutes - Abyss
- Three Floyds - Dark Lord
- Firestone Walker - Parabola
- Avery - Mephistopheles
- Bell's Blacknote
So there it is, my list. Perusing the cellars of beer geeks online, these seem to be the brews that I am missing in the Russian Imperial Stout category (shipwreck is not technically a RIS, but it's close enough). Abyss was recently released, so we'll see if we can't trade up a bottle before too long.
So you ask what other beers might my stout (or barleywine) loving friend want, that I can actually purchase? Well here is an extended list, some are easier to find than others, some are not too difficult to obtain. In no particular order...
- Brooklyn - Black Chocolate Stout
- Brooklyn - Monster (Barleywine)
- Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (Barleywine)
- North Coast - Old Rasputin
- Founders - Breakfast Stout
- Dark Horse - Plead the 5th
- Founders - KBS
- Founders - CBS
- Great Lakes - Blackout
- Founders - Imperial Stout
- Brooklyn - Black Ops
- Goose Island - Bourbon County Stout
- Bell's - Expedition
- Jester King - Black Metal
- Founders - Nemesis (Barleywine)
- Bear Republic - Big Bear
- Stone - Russian Imperial Stout
- Lagunitas - Imperial Stout
- Great Divide - Yeti
