Flying Monkeys/Barenaked Ladies Imperial Chocolate Stout...

[ErkLR]

750 mL of an 11% beer? You may just end up bare naked (and running down the street) if you drink it all yourself.

really?

does the samething happen if you have three 500ml cans of 5.5% beer

Depends how fast you drink them. I have a friend who has a hard time stopping herself from gulping down imperial stouts and quads without realizing.

[JeffPorter]

If they age some in bourbon barrels will they call it the Barrel Naked Ladies Stout?

[TheBeeraholic]

Any more info on the release of this?

[JeffPorter]

Any more info on the release of this?

According to FB they're all at the warehouse ready to go...

[Cale]

http://lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/lcbo/product/d ... ber=318063

[kafercrazy]

yikes!

... 13.95?

[TheBeeraholic]

Any more info on the release of this?

According to FB they're all at the warehouse ready to go...

Probably sitting beside the Westy 12.. At least it's posted in the inventory now I guess. Can't wait to get my hands o. A few of these.

[Belgian]

yikes!

... 13.95?

You could buy a fur coat
(from a llama - or an emu)

[Andrenaline]

Any more info on the release of this?

According to FB they're all at the warehouse ready to go...

Probably sitting beside the Westy 12.. At least it's posted in the inventory now I guess. Can't wait to get my hands o. A few of these.

I'll let a few reviews trickle in on BeerAdvocate before going out of my way to source them out, but really hoping its as good as it sounds.

[JeffPorter]

yikes!

... 13.95?

You could buy a fur coat
(from a llama - or an emu)

You could buy Belgian's love.

[toweringpine]

750 mL of an 11% beer? You may just end up bare naked (and running down the street) if you drink it all yourself.

really?

does the samething happen if you have three 500ml cans of 5.5% beer

Depends how fast you drink them. I have a friend who has a hard time stopping herself from gulping down imperial stouts and quads without realizing.

I have wondered why so many higher ABV brews are sold in larger bottles. I can understand it may help the beer to last longer if you are planning to cellar it but most of the people buying this BNL beer are planning to drink it rather than age it ( I would assume ). I can certainly handle the alcohol in a bottle like this but it is more than I typically consume in one sitting. I usually open a bottle after I put my daughter to bed and this can often be 9pm or later. I won't even think about opening something like this that late during the week.

Besides the size and alcohol content there is also the price tag that comes with larger bottles. I drank many bottles of St Ambroise Imperial Stout last year. $5.95 for a nice beer is OK but $13.95 for something that may not get finished while it is still in good form is hard to pull the trigger on. I will probably try it but since I will wait for an occasion to share it before opening there is a good chance I will only buy one.

Rogue's Double Dead Guy stares at me every time I go in the Crossroads LCBO and it doesn't look like the stack of cases sitting there is getting any smaller so I don't think I am alone in my opinions here.

[JeffPorter]

really?

does the samething happen if you have three 500ml cans of 5.5% beer

Depends how fast you drink them. I have a friend who has a hard time stopping herself from gulping down imperial stouts and quads without realizing.

I have wondered why so many higher ABV brews are sold in larger bottles. I can understand it may help the beer to last longer if you are planning to cellar it but most of the people buying this BNL beer are planning to drink it rather than age it ( I would assume ). I can certainly handle the alcohol in a bottle like this but it is more than I typically consume in one sitting. I usually open a bottle after I put my daughter to bed and this can often be 9pm or later. I won't even think about opening something like this that late during the week.

Besides the size and alcohol content there is also the price tag that comes with larger bottles. I drank many bottles of St Ambroise Imperial Stout last year. $5.95 for a nice beer is OK but $13.95 for something that may not get finished while it is still in good form is hard to pull the trigger on. I will probably try it but since I will wait for an occasion to share it before opening there is a good chance I will only buy one.

Rogue's Double Dead Guy stares at me every time I go in the Crossroads LCBO and it doesn't look like the stack of cases sitting there is getting any smaller so I don't think I am alone in my opinions here.

I find 750 ml or a 9-10 beer increasingly difficult as well - I actually think it was easier before we had the last baby - if I wanted to drink something of that magnitude, I would sometimes start earlier - while making dinner or something...now I find I don't sit down with a beer until the kids go to bed, and often I can only squeeze in one or two "normal" beers.

I think the difference, too, with a 750ml bottle of a big imperial stout vs. 3 pints of 5-6% beer is that you're often changing it up when you drink three beers. I love Hellwoods, but I really need to share the bottles I have, because I find that much of a thick oily stout to be just a little bit overwhelming.

[The Mick]

Besides the size and alcohol content there is also the price tag that comes with larger bottles. I drank many bottles of St Ambroise Imperial Stout last year. $5.95 for a nice beer is OK but $13.95 for something that may not get finished while it is still in good form is hard to pull the trigger on. I will probably try it but since I will wait for an occasion to share it before opening there is a good chance I will only buy one.

750 ml is 26 oz., 6 more oz's than a full pint. When most of us head down to our locals I'm sure we usually have more than 1 pint without sharing. I understand that this is a bigger beer in both abv and price, and probably quite rich in flavour, but finishing off a bottle to myself at home during the week while watching a flick, playing a game, or reading won't be an issue, unless the beer itself is no good. Judging by the reviews I've seen this won't be a problem.

Will it be worth the $13+ price tag? That's my only concern.

[ErkLR]

I find 750 ml or a 9-10 beer increasingly difficult as well - I actually think it was easier before we had the last baby - if I wanted to drink something of that magnitude, I would sometimes start earlier - while making dinner or something...now I find I don't sit down with a beer until the kids go to bed, and often I can only squeeze in one or two "normal" beers.

I think the difference, too, with a 750ml bottle of a big imperial stout vs. 3 pints of 5-6% beer is that you're often changing it up when you drink three beers. I love Hellwoods, but I really need to share the bottles I have, because I find that much of a thick oily stout to be just a little bit overwhelming.

I don't even have kids, but I work late and eat late. I don't want to just have one beer and then be comatose 30 minutes after dinner from tired+food+a big beer. So I end up having the 750 mL bottles sitting around a long time. Not to mention the big heavy winter beers (which I love), don't necessarily go well at all with what I'm eating.

[JeffPorter]

Not to mention the big heavy winter beers (which I love), don't necessarily go well at all with what I'm eating.

Another good point - while dessert beers are wonderful, I'm not always in the mood for a pint and a half of it, just as I'm not always in the mood for a full cake.

Which is why I'm looking forward Brooklyn DCCS.

A lot of griping, I know, and it's a pretty "rich" problem to have.

Ultimately this problem is easily solved with a good stopper, which I don't have any more...