Two to three years is the sweet spot for this. Velvety smooth, thick as oil, slight sweetness, perfectly balanced bitterness, rich malt depth. The only neg is the low carb, it almost drinks like a liquor.

Better this time, compared to my previous notes. So much chocolate. Rye came through much more when fully chilled, smoothed out with sweet milk chocolate as it warmed.

I expected more at 13% from Central Waters, although I don't regret the $8. Whiskey leavings give an odd sour mash taste, which doesn't jibe with the roasty stout. Not as massive of a stout as I would expect, the ABV must be largely due to the spirit. Not as balanced as I hoped. I'd rather have their regular old bourbon barrel stout, even if I'm not grading on an abv/cost curve.

All juice! Sweet grapefruit. Breakfast IPA. Interested to learn the ABV. Explodes with fruit flavor, I shouldn't have expected anything less from a New Glarus beer made with fruit.

All juice! Sweet grapefruit. Breakfast IPA. Interested to learn the ABV. Explodes with fruit flavor, I shouldn't have expected anything less from a New Glarus beer made with fruit.

Reminds me a lot of the BA Expedition Stout. Which makes me frown. This is a year old and it's too harsh. Really good when fully chilled. Glad to not have to continue pursuing it but sad that it wasn't among the best I've had. That's grading on a curve, this is still really well made. For what I want, I can do better with less effort and money.