Love that Anderson valley bourbon barrel! Love my lost Abbey and avery uncle Jacobs stout as well. That special firestone is the shyit. It's called parabola and if you like barrel aged stouts, it's a must try. I'll be sure to look for that Humboldt black xantus, thank you.
That's funny you mentioned the brrrbon 2011. I just cracked my only 2011 last week! This pics for you. The other 8 are all from 2012. It aged wonderfully!
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Nom nom nom :cheers1:
Can't wait to get home from work and pop open that Black Xantus

So I bought a six pack of Sculpin bottled in January to check it out. It's very fruity and not strong at all, a bit sweet and not much bitterness that you'd expect from an IPA. It should pair well with fish for sure, but it's not something I look forward to drinking after work. It's not worth the premium $16.00 IMO but still, definitely a smooth and tasty summertime beer. I'm going to check out the BP variety case from Costco mentioned earlier.

Two fantastic beers got released last week to a wide distribution area.
Alesmith 394 ...Tony Gyynns...collab beer..... (.394 batting average)
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/396/124150/
And
Ballast Point Grunion
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/199/100217/
Check em out!

Every year my friends and I try and stock up on Parabola when it comes out. Ended up with a case of it for my bday last year..... And it's about that time of the year now.

I'm with you on that. I do like the yellowtail pale ale (just a regular PA, not an IPA), and anytime I can get my hands in something spicy (habanero sculpin IPA) I'm all about it.... So I had to buy some.

But usually more of a stout and porter guy. Though I'm starting to find some IPAs I like lately.

Although I love IPAs, and I just bought a quad IPA from Costco the other day for $5, my favorite type of beers are imperial reds. For those ballast point fans here if you like sculpin, try a tongue buckler by BP sometime. Really good beer.

Firestone haters avert your eyes.
 

Disclaimer.... I only sell out once a year in March for this liquid gold.

Mighta overdone it this year though. :cheers1:

At least I will have some left to age this year.

I scored a couple sixes of Grapefruit Sculpin at Bevmo. Spendy, but worth it.

Grabbed a couple myself at bevmo. Was surprised to see them. That and dorado.