Their barreled beers are great, but definitely benefit from a good year of aging - whether it's their BBS or BBBW. Have a nice vertical going and the barrel melds well with time.
I need to stock up on BBBW when it's released. I bought a few in Jan and while I liked it, I wasn't really all that impressed. Sat on one for most of the year and cracked it open last month and man it was so good. There was an oddly high amount of floaters in it, but damn good. I really like BBS, but it is not comparable to BCBS in any way at all (well, besides the nose actually). I really like it fresh, and even though I probably wound up buying a total of like 2 or 3 cases of it over a few months, I drank it all and did not save any, the most aged one I've had was like 8 or 9 months old.
This x1000. I was so unhappy when I cracked the 1st of my 4 pack and it was sour. I still have one bottle of peruvian from the year before that I will probably open once I know this years batch is okay. Then I will be buying as much as I can.
More deliciousness from Central Waters. Yum. Has anyone seen any Brewhouse Coffee Stout lately? I haven't seen it around the Oshkosh area in a while.
This is a seasonal also, a couple weeks ago at the brewery i was told it should be coming out dec/jan. I had it on tap a few times recently though (at the brewery and a tap takeover). Also, last time I was there they had some barrels of exodus getting ready to be bottled and i was told they had already bottled some too! Oh and I agree about some age on the bbs especially, i had that at the brewery not too long ago and it was so much better than it was fresh
Been wondering this myself. Right after I contacted them over 6 months ago I was told I would recieve free 4 packs of this years PM, have not heard anything yet. I did not want to bother them about it incase they just put me on a list and are planning on contacting me closer to release, so I guess I will wait till January and hope I get a email or something.
They could be handing out a LOT of free PM this year. They have no way to verify if you actually bought any of the beer. You could email them, tell them you bought two cases. Below is what the options are: 1- We can send you a coupon for one of next years Peruvian Morning, redeemable at a store yet to be determined 2 - We can send you CWBC merchandise equal to what you bought 3 - If you would like to make it to the brewery, we can send you a gift certificate redeemable here. 4 - We can provide you with one bottle of our 15 year anniversary beer, but you must be oresent at our Anniversary Party on January 26, 2013.
I got this email as well. If you chose to get next years beer they emailed me that there will be a pick-up location in a major city near you. Mine being Chicago.
from FB: Central Waters Brewing Company OK, here's the scoop. Bourbon Barrel Stout and Y2K Barleywine are both bottled, or getting bottled within a week. They have been sent out to some wholesalers already and will continue to be delivered to all of our markets over the next week or so. The big change on Bourbon Stout this year, it is now aged for a full year in bourbon barrels, that is twice the time than ever before, and creates a smoother, more rounded mouthfeel. Yeah, we took an awesome beer and made it awesomer. Yes, that's a word, and that's how we roll.
Mmmm... smooth as silk.... i could drink this every day. that's something i definitely cannot say about BCBS. love. this. beer. cheers to CW!
I was just scrolling down to see if anyone had mentioned that this years batch has been in the barrels for a full year as opposed to previous batches. Should be interesting to see how much difference it makes. Now, I'm glad I cellared a couple bottles from last year.
Drinking one now, I feel the bourbon is better integrated than last year. It's been too long since my last 2011 to make a fair, objective comparison though.
Just had my first one tonight. My opinion: GREAT! Especially for price point. The only things I think could be improved are the mouthfeel - it's just not full enough, not like drinking thick, silky oaky chocolate like BCBS - and I think a little more chocolate could compliment the bourbon taste better. It didn't burn or anything - it's just I didn't get as many chocolate notes as I wanted. But I am definitely getting more soon.
CW BBS is a fine beer. But no amount of sitting out is going to turn it into BCS. IMHO. I got a metallic flavor out of last year's. Hoping this year's doesn't exhibit the same property for me.
$12 at Woodman's this year for the BB Stout, they didn't have Y2K in yet. I can't say I noticed a huge difference in flavor compared to last year but my memory is horrible; I might've had overly high expectations given the fact that it was aged for twice as long. For whatever reason I've always enjoyed it a lot more on tap. Peruvian Morning last year was tragic, I only drank 1 delicious bottle before it went bad. I'm still waiting to hear back on the recall as well.
Please tell me this year's CW BBA Stout is and last year's Peruvian Morning is like apples to sour oranges. *Fingers crossed that lessons were leaned by CW.
Pretty sure it's not here yet. Milwaukee tends to lag a week behind Madison on central waters releases.
