Joe..super cool Santa glass. You need a favorite glass we can all order drinking from watching your reviews. Serious. 🎉🎉😊.

My buddy went up and asked if I wanted anything. I asked him to get a 4-pack of every can. I didn’t even know what he was coming home with. When I cracked the double Nelson, I sort of forgot about my prior experience with it from pre COVID. From the crack of the can to the first sip, I was like wow. This is insane. When I went to check it in, I saw that I had called this the Nelson GOAT. I also stand by that still. It’s the best expression of Nelson I’ve come across.

One of my desert island beers. Great review as always, Hoppy Holidays!

Has to be an all-timer if it's Hill w/Nelson. Admittedly have never had it, and I'm still partial to Alpine Nelson. Love the diesel notes, which TH "Trail Nelson" delivers at 5%.

I’ve never had a bad beer from Hill Farmstead. Absolutely one of the best breweries on the planet. Protect that glass with your life. HFS logo glassware is super rare 🍻

An all time fave from Jackson street brewing is simply called Nelson. 8%. Dave doesn't brew this all the time but when it's on the menu I'm a happy hoppy guy. 😊

I absolutey agree with you put the damn ABV i learned that lesson after i drank 3 Chinese beers at dinner one time i actually had to consult google

I drink this because im thirsty lol. Im weird !

I tried it and thought I'd love it. But I think because I tried a lot of their beer in their 4oz sample pours, I got palate fatigue so it didn't make much of an impression. I do think I would love it on a fresh palate though. [I did pick up a couple of 4 packs, just of their other stuff]

I've tried them all. Beer is beer. I drink 211 because it goes down smooth and I don't have to drink 9 just to get a good buzz. And this review is inaccurate. It is not that sweet. And lie and say you don't drink other beer for same reason. We few drink strictly for taste.

Just when I thought you had pulled out all the stops.....you hit us with a classic winter hop duel. Dude, I'll never get the opp to try Blazing, but SN I've got a plenty. Cheers. Oh, as a holla back from your SN Celebration review a few weeks ago, you have introduced the co-mingling of Pale Ale and Celebration Ale! I'm hooked. Bravo for both the review and the latter.

Great review. My office is in Rocklin so I’ll have to stop in and get some. I love hoppy red ale/IPA.

Remember the vietnamese coffee variant? havn't been down there in ages but used to do the beer trek and visit all of them so long ago. while ballast point was small and they used to do their victory at sea day as well.

So good! Reminds me of G'Knight back when you could get fresh and good Oskar Blues!

miller light is the best in my opinion. a bit fuller, a bit more hops. i like hops and a bit more taste on the back end

You are right, that can art is amazing! Nice pull with the Celebration too. Cheers, Joe!

Sounds delicious my friend cheers buddy

Sounds great, wish we could get on the east coast. Drinking a lot of Celebration as well, so good

Thanks for doing these reviews and keep them coming please.

Where can i get that shirt lol 👏

I want one of these on my first break at work. 🎉🎉😊.

Really wild that you didn’t like the base stout, Darwin said it was one of the best vintages and he’s a legit Cicerone. And the $24.99 for a bottle I mean that’s normal price for any adjunct stout. Top shelf stouts like Side Project go for $50 a bottle or more. $25 seems normal to me 🤷🏻‍♀️ Bourbon County has never been a thick beer, that’s relatively new to Stouts that was started by Toppling Goliath and Side Project. For the midrange price I don’t think many breweries comes close to Goose Island with Bourbon County.

So sad. I've been looking for this but haven't been able to find it. I heard it wasn't tremendous, but an excellent "WT101" is worth $50 to me! But maybe not secondary pricing... Glad your dad has your back!

Speaking of Washington, Have you tried Ballantine, the favorite beer of Martin Crane.

That smile indicates he’s low key happy for the 8% 1:47😂😂😂

Isn't secret swamis a "cold IPA"? I didn't think it's just a ddh version of swamis

That is cool information about Sam and his brother. Had no idea! As for this beer, I actually bought the mixed four pack with four of the Grand Prix Speedway Stout variants when I was in Ohio recently, and also bought one for Kyle (No Hype), so I can't wait to get into 'em! I typically try to shy away from reviews of beers I haven't had yet, but had to see what you thought. Bummer the maple didn't come through, but glad to hear it's still tasty! BTW, the four pack was $16.99, which blew me away. Such a great price point! Great review, good sir. Cheers!

Yeah man, Sam has like 3.7M subs and I think owns or partially owns several restaurants.

EVER SINCE I WAS YOUNGER I WAS INTO VIDEO GAMES

Joe I'm hooking up with you from now on ... This Goose is done.

The poor man's Miller Lite.

Wait... Was this recorded a long time ago? December on the can, but a few months in the can? If it was just 5 days (or less) in the can, that explains the HUGE coffee notes 😄

I lived in SD for 33 years and just found out Peter Zien is related to Sam the Cooking Guy. That blew my mind 😮

Thank you for your honesty I also did not like the base I paid $24.33 with tax for that garbage. I also purchased the very same one you just reviewed and i have not cracked open yet i will tonight will see but I'm not buying and wasting my time looking for them anymore.

Damn I just bought some Didn’t drink it yet

I thought this was a good beer. Thinner than I’d like, but the flavor was there. Much better than the base 2024 BCBS. Not worth the price though. I can drive down the street to Tree House and get bottles of BBA stouts that are far better and like $8-$10 cheaper.

A couple of years ago I was in San Diego, and I went to several breweries. AleSmith is the only brewery I visited twice. It’s such an awesome location. 🍻

Finally got around to drinking mine. It wasn’t a bad beer overall (I’ve had worse BBA stouts), but it definitely is thin and underwhelming. For sure won’t be buying more bottles of this year’s vintage.

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Alesmith is awesome!

I agree bro"natural flavors"should be banned or at least tell us wtf we're putting in our bodies

og speedway in the 750 was a find in philly in like 2011, just remember being so psyched to find it at a local bodega one day. just had the barrel aged coffee cake edition lol, times they are a changin.

My next tattoo: Maple Syrup Whore

I've had all the 2024 variants except for the Rare,and the base and Vanilla Rye are definitely the weakest. Neither were bad or drain pours for me, but not great either. The Bardstown is fantastic, but I paid $39 for a bottle...so that also knocked down the experience

Such a great pour, 101 never disappoints. Was also able to pick up at Costco for 44. Would recommend at this price point all day long.

Had this on draft and it was ALL vanilla. Bottle is better because the rye comes through. I agree it’s not a great year for bcbs, although Rare is fantastic. 2 years aged so different base.

They release a special one every year, that you can only get in Chicago. 😢

I usually enjoy the base beer but also drain poured the 2024 base. This one I drank the entire bottle

You nailed it again!

I thought this one was TOO vanilla-forward. I'm looking forward to aging this a year+ to have the vanilla fade and rye come out more.