7320-7324- Old Milwaukee

7326~ Great Notion Brewing Box of Chocolates Imp Stout

7330 - Metazoa Brewing Nap in the Hammock cream ale

7333 - Prairie Pirate Noir

7335 - PBR Tall Boy

7342- 7345 Dragons Milk

7344 - NVP Nitro Vanilla Porter thanks to Cheno
7345 - Lagunitas Willitized

"Nitro Vanilla Porter" sounds good, DED. So does the" Brewed Abides". Fits my avatar.

7353 - Moose Drool. Now I'm out. Gotta brave the Wally's tomorrow AM for some more dark beer.

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Siberian Night Russian Imperial Stout, 9.7% ABV, from a case I've been aging since March 2016.

After 4 years, it's amazing. A completely different beer.. Bitterness gone, replaced with a super-complex chocolate/coffee flavor mix and smooth, full body. There's so much going on that it maxes out my palate's capabilities, I can't even process it all. But that's a GOOD thing!

Makes me glad I have a bunch more cases I bought in the intervening years.

I'm gonna drink this stuff exclusively on a 4-year delay from now on!
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I thought that too. Then I learned I was wrong!

Many common beer types turn bad after awhile, primarily low-ABV% beers like lagers, IPAs, etc.

However, high-ABV% "heavy" beers like stouts are just like cigars! They get far better with age!

This blew my mind when somebody told me, but it's true.

You can try it yourself! Get a stout or stout-like beer that's 9% or higher ABV, put it in a dark corner of your basement for a few years. You may be amazed what happens. I was!

Now I'm a convert, with a collection of cases of stouts with different acquisition dates (MM/YY) sharpied on them... just like I do with cigars!

Flavors profile when new is usually bitterness and a relative simplicity of flavors. I mean, it's good and tasty, you can drink it immediately and it's nice. Most people DO drink them immediately. However, if you age them for a few years, the bitterness usually disappears mostly or completely, and that simplicity has turned into a very complex set of rich, coffee/cocoa flavors that are pretty amazing.

Try it! But cool temperatures and protection from light are important, which is why basements (away from windows) work so well.
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You're welcome.

Want a beer that's awesome new, doesn't need aging, and comes in cans (that look awesome as a bonus)?

Dead Guy Ale, by Rogue brewery. I think it's 6.8% ABV and is a German Maibock style beer.

DELICIOUS DELICIOUS DELICIOUS.

I was at a bar in New Hope PA and this stranger at the next table overheard me and my pal debating what beer to try. He said, "Both of you, order Dead Guy Ale, if you don't like it, I'll pay for it." So we did. He didn't have to pay for it. Wow. Been loving it ever since.

Its web page also features one of those "taste charts", in this case in the shape of a 5-pointed star, and it's THE ONLY such chart I've seen that is DEAD ON correct. This stuff tastes just like the chart indicates. Malty toffee, bit of bitterness for a nice bite, very faint nuttiness and roastiness. Finally a taste chart that's worth something!

https://www.rogue.com/products/dead-guy-ale
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The beer count.

good wif words, not so good wif numbahs, I guess.

Perhaps I'll drink my 7355 with a nice slice of 3.14159265358979323846264.....
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You already skipped basic addition. Don't go tryin' ta impress us with your fancy mathmaticals now

Oh, I've been doing it for years, too. I learned about it quite awhile ago.

This is merely the first time that I had this paticular stout at that particular relatively-advanced age, and decided to drink it on that delay permanently. Other stouts I like fresher, with less time on them.
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7359 - Oskar Blues Ten FIDY (with Camacho Imperial Stout Barrel Aged cigar. The filler leaves were aged in the barrels used for this beer. Best beer-cigar paring I ever had.)

7361-7367/ Stroh’s

7369 - Prairie w/Evil Twin - Bible Belt imperial stout

A favorite.

7372 - Prairie Screenshot

7374 - 18th Street Hunter Double Milk Stout - thanks Sunoverbeach

7377 - Destihl Brewing Dosvidanya Russian Imperial Stout aged in Rye barrels.

7379-7381, Stroh’s, we’re reaching a million by the end of the year if I have to do it by myself

#7;382 - Waikiki Brewing Black Strap Molasses Porter

Doin’ my small part.