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Originally Posted by stanleychief
I wish it were. I'm a huge fan of barrel aged stouts, but IMHO, both Darkstar and Cosmos are ruined by the addition of adjuncts. Cosmos has 'Ethiopian cacao nibs and Mexican vanilla' according to their website. Great food and other styles there though.
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Good catch on that one. That's different from last year (2020) when they released a base stout and then a bunch of individual adjunct treatments. The first plain batch was the best. The Coconut variant tasted like Coppertone sun tan lotion.
Not many great BA stouts around town if you're into the classic big dogs. Ursa is pretty good and I'm glad that it got brought over from McCoy's. BKS did Derelection last year which was very good. Alma Mader is releasing one at some point this year, not sure when though. I was just bugging Nick about this on Saturday. I know Cinder Block releases Black Squirrel yearly but I've never cared for it. Too much of that musty oak funk.