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KBS - Chocolate Espresso bates

Real good variant. Coffee sweet smooth. Better than the last espresso variant .

Barrel Aged Imperial Stout (Mothership Series) bates

Good not great stout. Very drinkable nothing special

French Toast Bastard (2019) bates

Hasn’t missed a beat. Wow amazing French toast in a glass nothing missing. Still have a bottle in reserve. Going 5 years strong great beer. Great flavor and body. Vanilla is huge

Blueberry Braggot bates

Reached deep for this one. Smooth sweet blueberry. Drinking great.

Maple Barrel Aged Frangelic Mountain Brown bates

Drinking great. Sweet smooth roast barrel. Maple is huge barrel finish. Aged out great

Barrel Aged Peanut Butter Stout (Mothership Series) bates

Still drinking great. Huge peanut butter taste barrel boozy. Awesome. Time for wrestlemaina main event night one

Panther Cub (2021) bates

Vanilla maple faded but smooth great beer

60 Minute IPA bates

Pre vacation beer. Always a good beer. Solid and refreshing taste

Nemesis (2021) bates

Great drinking beer. Malty hoppy smooth. Aged out great

Snowbound Vanilla Porter bates

Very good vanilla porter. A lot of vanilla creamy as well

KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa bates

Pretty good. Cinnamon might be alittle to much for me but the vanilla balances it out. Solid variant.

Blushing Monk (2018) bates

Nice change of pace. Night cap for the night. Huge raspberry taste. Awesome fruit beer. Think I still have an old bomber left on the shelf.

Raison D'Extra (2018) bates

Raisin huge malt boozy. Aging great. Thanks John.

Backwoods Bastard (2015) bates

Guess it’s time to celebrate a cm punk return to wwe. Never thought that would have happened. This one is drinking good. A lot of flavor sweet and malty.

Kbs (2023) bates

Birthday gift from my brother. Thanks Eric good pour chocolate and coffee barrel finish

The Headless Gourdsman bates

Super sweet bourbon finish huge maple throughout. Thanks Chris

Blushing Monk (2019) bates

Great flavor. Raspberry with a nice malty taste to it. Aged out great.

Utopias Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA bates

Taste like straight up utopias. Freaking awesome pour. Slight hop finish at the end. This stuff is great

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) (2019) bates

Maple bomb. Bourbon chocolate and coffee follows. Tasting great

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2017) bates

Still really good. Coffee has fallen. Get the roasty tobacco I mentioned in the last check in.

Barrel-Aged Peanut Butter Stout bates

Working 12’s time to relax. Cream bourbon and peanut butter. Such a great pour

Velvet Rush (2021) bates

Still drinking great. Coffee smooth roasty taste just like I remember This oculus is pretty awesome to.

KBS Espresso (2019) bates

Coffee has not faded coffee bomb. Solid beer not much body but good and drinkable.

KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge (2020) bates

Drinking awesome great pour. Thanks john. Fusge homb.

Chocolate Cherry KBS bates

One of the better kbs variants I’ve had. Pretty good body good flavor.Another awesome AEW night

Breakfast Stout bates

Back to the basics. Haven’t had a breakfast stout in a long time still a great pour. Coffee and chocolate

World Wide Stout (2016) bates

Still awesome, amazing bitter dark chocolate. John and I told Andy who John Holmes is so know he’s looking it up. Lol

Curmudgeon's Better Half bates

Still awesome. Huge molasses barrel held up great. Was the last bottle on the shelf.

Sweet Repute bates

Very good huge bourbon and maple throughout. Balanced beer. 12.8 abv is pretty well hidden

Barrel-Aged Peanut Butter Stout bates

Awesome pour great job everything a BA peanut butter stout should be. Can’t wait to try it warm as well. Huge barrel taste peanut flavor is perfect

KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge (2020) bates

Drinking great. Huge body maple and chocolate in a glass. Best kbs/kbs variant I have had in a while

KBS Hazelnut (2022) bates

Still just ok. Still miss the old kbs body. Forgot I had these drinkable ok but not great

Utopias Barrel - Aged World Wide Stout (2021) bates

Wife and kids put up my sports/beer tree at the bar. Enjoy watching them put it up. This beer is just perfect

All Day IPA bates

Chicken fried rice all day…

QUARTER LIFE CRISIS - FOUNDERS 25TH ANNIVERSARY BEER bates

Lorna shore tonight. 1st store beer. This so freaking good. Maple hazelnut bomb

Utopias Barrel - Aged World Wide Stout (2021) bates

Just like that Halloween is done. This is drinking great, utopias up front world wide in the finish. This will age out forever I’m sure

Wake Up World Wide Stout bates

Forgot to check innlast night. All maple and coffee. Great variant of world wide stout.

Curmudgeon’s Better Half (2018) bates

So balanced. Sweet barrel malty smooth boozy. Aged out perfect. Still one of the best ones from founders

Big Lushious bates

2020 bottle holding up great chocolate and raspberry throughout. Holding on to a few more.

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2018) bates

Freaking hilarious. Basically the same picture from the last check in Wednesday night just almost 3 month later. Drinking the same fantastic.

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2015) bates

Coffee and bourbon. Holding up very well. Have one more maybe tap it next year. Vacation night at midnight. Open a strong one. 👍🍻

KBS Hazelnut bates

I want to like this but it’s super thin. Flavor is there but falling short. Drinkable but ugh.

Project PAM bates

Not feeling it this time. Was a lot better a few months ago. Definitely taste the ipa. Bitter maple has faded

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) (2017) bates

Keep getting better. 5 years in so good creamy maple coffee amazing. Have two more in the pipeline

Más Agave Prickly Pear bates

Awesome and refreshing. Nice pear taste to it. Thanks Hensler

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2018) bates

Still all chocolate. Drinking very good

Tank Bender bates

Still drinking great. Sweet and bready. Malty. Still have one bottle left

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2017) bates

Had a bomber of 2017 still floating around. Coffee roast tobacco. Drinking very good

Blushing Padre (2020) bates

Wow. Tequila and fruit. Awesome pour haven’t had this in a long time. Aged out great. Think I have one more. Very good

Utopias Barrel - Aged World Wide Stout (2021) bates

This beer sure is rounding out. Super balanced and boozy. Utopias is still very present. 115 hours into elden ring. Gotta keep going

Beer Geek Vanilla Shake bates

Perfect balance of vanilla and coffee. Toasty stout. Holding up amazing for the age on this I believe a 2015 or 2016. Great carbs and body as well

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) bates

Drinking so good. All maple and coffee barrel finish. Not sure the year but on tap at side tracks.

KBS Hazelnut (2022) bates

Good flavor but doesn’t have a lot of body. Kbs is reminding me more and more of dragons milk. Great ideas but doesn’t deliver

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2018) bates

Drinking great. Chocolate barrel coffee in that order.

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) (2018) bates

Sweet maple barrel chocolate. Awesome pour. Thanks John

Velvet Rush (2021) bates

Still have a hand full of these left. Drinking real good chocolate and vanilla barrel at the front. Creamy. Drinking a lot better then I remember from last year.

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2016) 12.4% bates

Still awesome. Bourbon nose. Sweet chocolate. Smooth. Great AEW show tonight. Night cap for the night

Bolt Cutter (2012) bates

Drinking great. Ten years old, great carb, hoppy sweet smooth. Awesome pour

Utopias Barrel - Aged World Wide Stout (2021) bates

Just amazing.

Frootwood (2021) bates

Cherry and maple is up front. Great body creamy. So good.

Frootwood (2017) bates

Not as sweet as it was fresh. Still get maple cherry not much barrel solid beer still

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) (2017) bates

Drinking fantastic. Maple chocolate big bourbon. Taking away the pain of watching the lions. Thanks for cracking John

Curmudgeon Old Ale (2016) bates

Sweet Molasses creamy. Drinking real good. Thanks John

Kentucky Breakfast Stout (KBS) (2013) bates

Drinking better now then 2 years ago. Bourbon and coffee. Bourbon is strong coffee chocolate finish

Dankwood (2018) bates

Good pours at one under. Bourbon bomb sweet bitter ipa finish. Drinking better then last time I remember

KBS Cinnamon Vanilla Cocoa bates

Better then I thought it would be. Light cinnamon thank god. Vanilla and chocolate. Will definitely get a 4 pack. Creamy and smooth

Fort (2015) bates

Very sweet, strong. Drinking like a wine. Very good.

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) (2017) bates

So good maple forward coffee bourbon finish. Holding up amazing. Watching summer scam. No AEW good time with Zachary though

Blueberry Braggot bates

Blueberry and honey. Slight tart blueberry but sweet honey finish. Very good

Oak-Aged Vanilla World Wide Stout bates

Watching the storms roll in. Pink Floyd playing and a great Oakes aged vanilla stout. Great flavor vanilla and oak. Awesome pour.

Beer Geek Cocoa Shake bates

Cocoa through out. Not sure the year but it’s definitely the older one. Great flavor great body. Holding up awesome. Not as good as the vanilla shake but awesome

Project PAM bates

Ooo hell yeah. Oldie but a goodie. Aging out great. Sweet maple, still very hoppy. Thanks John for cracking. Going to let it warm up some more and see if the maple sticks out even more. Can’t believe I never checked it in.

Barrel Aged Beer Geek Vanilla Shake (2014) bates

So good. Vanilla bomb roasty boozy. Still have a few left from the haul. Might be the best one yet

120 Minute IPA (2020) bates

Sweet strong. Smooth hoppy through out. Drinking very good. I’ve been wanting one of these for alittle while now. Always a 5???

Panther Cub (2021) bates

Great pour thanks John. Maple and vanilla very good porter. I don’t remember much of it when I had it a few years ago

Maple Barrel Aged Frangelic Mountain Brown bates

Very good. Sweet maple that lingers. Brown ale on steroids. Worth the trip today.

Curmudgeon's Better Half bates

Still amazing. Maple malty boozy. 1 left on the shelf. 2018. Will be looking for more soon. Barrel aged would be amazing

KBS Maple Mackinac Fudge bates

Reminds me of coffee maple vlad. Very good. Wish it had alittle more body. Overall a great beer. Thanks for mulling John

Big Luscious (2020) bates

Very good. Great raspberry flavor chocolate. Not high abv but very flavorful.

Suddenly Comfy bates

Taste like apple cider. Very good smooth and creamy

Blushing Padre bates

Awesome beer. Tequila barrel aged blushing monk. Sweet with a dry finish. Definitely getting it to go.

Black Is Beautiful bates

Good beer. Would like alittle more body would like more PB. Lunch with Erin at founders.. 4 packs sold out.

Unraveled IPA bates

Smooth juicy hoppy. Awesome IPA. And baseball is back this is awesome