AleSmith Barrel Aged Speedway Stout
This is a barrel aged edition of the Speedway Stout that clocks in at a hefty 12.2% ABV. With mixtures of cofffee, chocolate, caramel, and malt this brew is sure to please any stout lovers. From the commercial description:
Our HUGE Imperial Stout that weighs in at an impressive 12% ABV! As if that’s not enough, we added pounds of coffee for a little extra kick, then aged it for a year in bourbon barrels. This beer has been rated the #1 BEST BEER IN THE WORLD at ratebeer.com. It was also featured on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” in a segment on the best dark beers in America.
Three Floyd’s Dark Lord
Dark Lord imperial stout is one of the most sought after beers that’s only occasionally available. Each year on "Dark Lord Day" only a limited number of bottles are sold at the brewery. If you can get your hands on some, you’ll be in the lucky minority. Sales are limited to 2 per person and 4 per household. From the brewers description:
A demonic Russian Style Imperial Stout, brewed with Intelligensia coffee Mexican vanilla, and Indian sugar this beer defies description, available one day a year in April at the brewery, Dark Lord Day.
Lost Abbey Yellow Bus
Lost Abbey Yellow Bus in extremely rare, highly sought after sour. It’s so rare you can barely find any information about it on the Lost Abbey web site. It’s one of their "vintage bottles" which is generally not widely publicly released and can in some cases only be available at the tasting bar. If you come across one, pick it up! It’s worth its weight in gold.
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Victory Storm King Stout
Victory Brewing’s Storm King imperial stout weighs in at an impressive 9.1% with the hop content you’d expect from Victory Brewing. Serve in a snifter and enjoy!
With a huge, Pacific Northwest hop aroma & character upfront, Storm King subsides into massive, roast malt complexity. More flavor than mere words can adequately describe. Rich and substantial, it will warm your heart.
Pliny The Elder
Pliny the Elder is widely regarded as one of the best examples of a double IPA. It’s comparable to Hopslam or Little Sumpin Sumpin. Named after Pliney the Elder, a roman Naturalist who invented hops, the beer clocks in at 8.0% ABV.
Pliny the Elder was a Roman naturalist, scholar, historian, traveler, officer, and writer. Although not considered his most important work, Pliny and his contemporaries created the botanical name for hops, “Lupus salictarius”, meaning wolf among scrubs.” Hops at that time grew wild among willows, much like a wolf in the forest. Later the current botanical name, Humulus lupulus, was adopted. Pliny died in 79 AD while observing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He was immortalized by his nephew, Pliny the Younger, who continued his uncle’s legacy by documenting much of what he observed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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