BA Blackout

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Message Beerman6686 P beers 6607 º places 149 º 14:34 Mon 1/13/2014 On average, how long does this usually last past the release night?
Message jmikolich P beers 1486 º places 112 º 17:43 Mon 1/13/2014 Like 3 to 5 days avg. Depends on price point... But with the beer scene ever growing best to go ASAP
Message barak316 beers 107 º places 15 º 07:43 Tue 1/14/2014 Originally posted by Beerman6686 On average, how long does this usually last past the release night? Last year...4-6 weeks.
Message jampics beers 10 º places 2 º 09:08 Tue 1/14/2014 It was still in the gift shop cooler in May when they released the Deschutes collab IIRC.

Message barak316 beers 107 º places 15 º 09:20 Tue 1/14/2014 Originally posted by jampics It was still in the gift shop cooler in May when they released the Deschutes collab IIRC. whoops...should have said months...not weeks.
Message fiver29 beers 1112 º places 52 º 12:42 Tue 1/14/2014 I’m guessing this will be there for months this year like last.
Message User52877 places 3 º 12:57 Tue 1/14/2014 Originally posted by Beerman6686 On average, how long does this usually last past the release night? If you’re going up I’ll buy you a sixer if you bring me one back.
Message jmikolich P beers 1486 º places 112 º 13:44 Tue 1/14/2014 One would think they’d make less since it sat for so long.

Message BlowOffTube beers 501 º places 2 º 14:38 Tue 1/14/2014 Originally posted by jmikolich One would think they’d make less since it sat for so long. Or charge less. Much better barrel aged stouts on the market.
Message b33r beers 891 º places 12 º 18:23 Wed 1/15/2014 $30/4pk isn’t terrible compared to the few other BBA Imperial Stouts available in NE Ohio. Although I’d be more likely to buy two 4pks instead of one if it was priced at $20-24, which is closer to BA Siberian. BA Boris & Doris are $15-16/22oz, so that’s even more expensive per ounce. Then there’s BA Rasputin at $20/750... What else is available besides Dragons Milk and Kentucky Bourbon?
Message jampics beers 10 º places 2 º 05:55 Thu 1/16/2014 The issue isn’t price. The beer costs relatively the same per OZ today as it did in the 22oz days...it was $14/bottle and lasted maybe a day or two. If this beer tasted the same as earlier vintages, there wouldn’t be a problem. Instead, they ramped up production when the beer went to 12oz bottles, changed the process/base beer (used to be a small batch of Blackout brewed on the pub system, now production Blackout base), and started aging it in a "mix" of barrels instead of Beam/Buffalo Trace/4 Roses like past releases. The simple fact is the beer isn’t as good as it was in 2008/2009 and earlier.