Looking back, casting stones in the old ale pond, like Walden with vomit running down my lapels, this is no longer that hefty unbalanced bomb that I thought it was in 2008.

Still phenomenal, seems more balanced, less “barrel” character and more anise and molasses. Kinda a half BA profile, but the base is so roasted and with that deep char.

If you read DDB, you already have had this a billion times. There’s a nostalgic love for such a world class beer that beer gets old. Exploitedcollegegirls may be tired to some, but some timeless recipes wear on like the timeless lines of a 3000GT: endlessly enjoyable.

A touch too sweet, nestle quik and some mochaccino espresso dust sprinkled in. The sweet lactose in the mouthfeel wasn’t the toasty coffee I was looking for, more like a juiced up milk stout, sick vascularirity.

All in all pretty good, the cinnamon was like adding a sidecar to a Vespa, but it was a welcome addition. I don’t know why a 2 adjunct beer gets compared to Abraxas but, I enjoyed this more. A ba treatment would do wonders I would assume. Brandy or cognac pls.

You only YOLO once.

No carb and room temp, Gooby pls.

The saison is pretty by the numbers, no wild aspects, just a grassy dry low abv saison with a light hoppy finish.

If you have had Surly CynicAle, you know exactly what this tastes like.

Also, some head joke

Second only to mocha Wednesday. Such a great beer. Intense sticky sweet nose. Hazelnut, cocoa, bootstrap molasses, brony sweat, and a huge vanilla birthday cake finish. Stripper dust and edible chocolate condoms.

Abv integrated better than all other variants, solid beer and makes me like CR far less.

Despite the rumors of diacetyl, this is still fantastic world class on that 2011, cranberry cherry currant balanced tartness.

Rubbing caramel and mallow foam on my nips. Love this

Consistently amazing, love this beer