The Winter Beard says up to 2 years. I'll try one of them after a year and see how it is. That'll affect my decision on how long to keep the second bottle.

I had the Propeller Revolution recently. I gave it a pretty decent review on here, but I've had it since and I'm not sure if I share the same opinion as before. Tasted kind lake-water'ish. Let me know if you find the same thing. .. please?

The Founders Imperial Stout was unlike any beer that I had ever had. It pours like motor oil, but goes down like liquid silk. It’s a perfectly balanced stout flavor wise, and the only thing close to bad that I can say about it is that I probably couldn’t drink more than two in one sitting. I highly recommend this one to anybody that can get a hold of it.

I have one at home. It's an Eggenberg. I didn't like the one they released here last year very much, but i had to buy this one at 14% for a dopplebock. At least the Mikeller Frelser (which i still haven't opened yet) from last year had the decency to call itself a 'triplebock'. I'd say you can age it for sure at that strength. I've aged the Mikeller, and will probably open it in a month or two so it will have been aged a year.

Finally got to crack this open from the mix-pack (4).

Funny actually. I poured the first glass. Did an entire review on the whole glass. There was zero bitterness, which had a hugei mpact on what I had to say about it in the review. I turn off the camera, pour the rest of the bottle into the glass and BAAAAM! I got hit with all of that 9.9% abv and the ridonculous bitterness that I didn't find in the first glass. Too bad. I mean, I just moved and I didn't have a glass big enough as of yet. . . darn. Was great though!

Almost bought the Pothole Filler the other day. But I haven't heard very glowing things about it and at that price, well, it's Canada fucking us in the ass with beer brewed in own country yet again.

I'm quite curious how beer like the Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw at 11% ABV from Belgium, a truly world class beer, is 3 dollars less that something like Unibroue Le Terrible, and 5 dollars less than the fucking Pothole Filler. Everything here is so fucking backwards.

I can understand the price of the BNL chocolate stout, sort of, because it's limited and the presentation is great, and it's a solid, solid fucking interesting beer, but some of these others from Canada are so overpriced it's sickening.

The Nickel Brook Cuvee is worth it's $10 though.

In further regards to the Pothole Filler... how can you justify the price tag of $12 for 1000ml compared to yet another world class beer, the Brooklyn Black Chocolate Imperial Stout, at $2.65 for 341ml? Do the math. Brooklyn = great deal form a superb brew. Pothole = assraping for no better than average. I will not be buying the pothole filler.

The Nickel Brook Cuvee and the Gouden Carolus Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw are both my top two favorite beers for 2012.

I agree with you on prices. They have been fucking us for a long time and they will continue to do so. Especially with having in mind that there's a high demand for craft brews now. 4 years ago they wouldn't even sell it.

I think you got something I don't even have. Mine is an ale and the title starts with an M. I'll get back to you.

Finally picked up the Nogne O collection.

I was pretty excited for it, but this one was a very strange beer and I'm not sure i liked it all that much. It seemed like there was a little too much going on. Decent, but not even close to the level of the following...



This one is was a complete surprise to me. I wasn't sure what to expect from a Norwegian IPA. It says double, but as the label says, it really isn't a double. It was an exceptional take on the style, and a bottle I will buy again a few times over to enjoy. Everything you could possibly want in an IPA, with a higher ABV. Fantastic.

It's funny because I remember hearing so much about Howe Sound's "Pumpkineater" and was dissapointed after drinking it that I figured maybe it was a one-off. So I bought the Pothole Filler based on the reviews being pretty good that I read. After drinking it, while it was good, I can't see myself trying any more of their brews without a serious price reduction. You're right dude, it's fucking highway robbery, and I think people will start to revolt. However the Shipyard Imperial Porter I feel is worth the 7.95 it costs, so I have no problem paying for that.

You need to do another NY beer run. We have Founders here now, and unless I missed it I don't think that you have had any of them yet.

Your wife must be pretty ugly if you need to hammer down a 12ver before she gets home.

Your wife must be pretty ugly if you need to hammer down a 12ver before she gets home.

I was kinda sauced when I drank it, but it was really tasty I remember. Too bad I can't have it again for like another year at this rate.

Then again, Red Racer IPA is from B.C. and it's only 3 bucks, and it's fucking world-class, so that's a small victory I guess.

It was this one:

Schloss Eggenberg Samichlaus Bier
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/schloss-eg ... bier/6245/

If there is another one out there that is 14% let me know what it is! I'm curious!