Black Friday at HBS. Holding up great.

Tasting more chocolate than I remember, along with the coconut and pineapple.

Still love this year’s Prop. The coconut blended with the pineapple just works and neither is overbearing. Plenty of dark chocolate comes shining through and the finish brings back the coconut and pineapple.

So yummy when it warms up a bit, when the coconut comes out. The pineapple is subtle, as is the lime. At Prop Day, I tasted banana, but not getting much of that from the bottle.

Bourbon County Vertical 2023

Still really great. Lots of rich, dark chocolate with a hint of booziness and sweetness.

Bourbon County Vertical 2022

Bourbon County Vertical 2021

Super smooth, complex, boozy, chocolatey, and delicious. Left it a bit warmer than usual and that allows the flavors I love to shine right away.

Vertical 2020

Very dark, lots of dark chocolate and sweetness. I think this one was best fresh.

8 year vertical

Mmmm. Welcome back my old friend. This is the BC I fell in love with but haven’t had since 2014. Dark, malty, bourbony booziness. Yum

Thin, very dark, slight bitter finish. Subtle booziness on the finish. Some age would probably do this some good.

Strong cinnamon and dark chocolate.

Seems a bit thin for a KBS. The cinnamon is a bit too strong, and translates into bitterness that lingers on the palate. Not really getting the cocoa either. Lastly, only a subtle hint of barrel.

Was good, but presented as a RIS with a bit too much going on.

It’s good, but has a strange flavor profile that I don’t love. The heat from the barrel comes on strong at the end and lingers. Not one I’d buy again.

Decent flavor and hazy but a little too bitter.

Decent flavor but overwhelming bitterness.

Good but a little too much grapefruit and accompanying bitterness.

Decent flavor and hazy but a little too bitter.

Decent flavor but overwhelming bitterness.

Good but a little too much grapefruit and accompanying bitterness.

Bourbon County Vertical 2023

Beer with Phil Pasteur.

Bourbon County Vertical 2022

Bourbon County Vertical 2021

Decent flavor and hazy but a little too bitter.

Decent flavor but overwhelming bitterness.

Good but a little too much grapefruit and accompanying bitterness.

Really good

This is probably one of the best beers I’ve had from Prairie. The pecan flavor is pronounced in a good way. Then you get sweet flavors of coconut and vanilla, followed by booziness from the barrel. Very well balanced.

Really great depth of flavor on this and the Utopias barrel definitely comes through. Cant wait to see how this transforms over time.

This is really good. Great flavor, lots of booziness, hint of sweetness, not too much bitterness. Can’t wait to see how this ages.

This hasn’t lost much of anything, save a little vanilla.

Don’t taste any coffee on this one any longer. The 2019 I had earlier was much better.

Good this year, though I’m less tolerant each year of the bitterness. If they reduced that, it would likely still be in my top 5.

This one has not held up as well as others. Mouthfeel is a bit thin and while there’s barrel left on it, there’s a hint of bitterness as well. Hoping it gets better as it warms.

With Phil in Colorado during steak night.

Bourbon County Vertical 2023

Not my favorite year, but crazy depth of flavor and very boozy.

Bourbon County Vertical 2022

Bourbon County Vertical 2021

Tons of dark chocolate, malt, and bourbon goodness. Decadent and rich.

Vertical 2020