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Sierra Nevada Imperial Smoked Porter
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D, you get all the good SN stuff!
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Drank a bottle of the King Henry last night. I'll be honest, I didn't care for that one as much. Great quality it just didn't appeal to my palate as much.
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:-)

Maybe if I was able to get more special release SN I'd enjoy them more. The regular lineup is not bad by any means though.
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English Style barleywines are hard to get into Týr. I didn't enjoy them at first, but now I love them. They are very sweet and malty, tons of caramel notes, toffee, chocolate, leather, ect.
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Yup I felt the same and though I'd drink it again in the right mood, I wouldn't make any trade's for it.

Also agree with CWS and would add if your just trying the style to try one that is not barrel aged. English style Barleywine, like a vintage Brooklyn's Monster Ale, provide great complexity that is not obscured by the barrel aging contribution. Also, maybe try and American style, some incredible one's out there as well; again maybe not barrel aged. It's funny to me as I love barrel aged beers in general; and while I have enjoyed some barrel aged Barleywine's I mostly prefer them to not have been. But that may be just me.
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Yeah I agree on the Barrel Aged aspect. That adds another level of flavor, some people don't like it. I think the bar is set with JW Lees Harvest Ale as far as non-barrel aged english barleywines are concerned. Had an 2002 Lees recently, drank much like a port. Maybe a little too sweet for my taste. Would have been great with a cigar..
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Anchorage/Dogfish Collab. Brewed with Sorachi Ace and Styrian Golding Hops. Aged in French Oak Chardonnay barrels with brettanomyces.

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Nice!

If you still have a Wake n Bake, mix the two for what they call a Wake n Moo...very tasty
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got one left, so I will give it a try. :-)
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I almost grabbed the Double Bastard but they wanted almost $80.00 for a case of 12 bottles.
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You planning to throw a sixer of Bigfoot in the cellar? I still need to get this vintage. What's nice about Bigfoot is how good it is fresh, how well it can age, and the price is awesome.
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Yep, definitely. I'll probably grab another sixer to throw down there too. I have two from last year, and I plan on grabbing a couple every year.
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Needed some rum, too. :-)
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Sweet!!!:-)
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full case of the newest batch of Hopslam
2 bombers of the new release of Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout

I passed on the Bourbon County Bramble. Doesn't sound appealing at all to me.
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:-):-):-):-):-)
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I don't like fruit added to my stouts. I had some blueberry stout from Dark Horse I think, didn't like it at all.
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