tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87120916463415542.post2256719300055313393..comments2024-02-23T08:43:07.382+00:00Comments on Wee Beefy's beer and pub blog: Beer tasting 2013 - night of the imperial stouts.wee beefyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16922755344809968104noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87120916463415542.post-312272077269137902013-02-03T17:34:07.841+00:002013-02-03T17:34:07.841+00:00I have one bottle left. Its going to be hard to fi...I have one bottle left. Its going to be hard to find an occasion worthy of its opening....wee beefyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16922755344809968104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87120916463415542.post-22374462471062323852013-02-02T19:35:49.703+00:002013-02-02T19:35:49.703+00:00oh lordy!!! just sampled the imperial oatmeal stou...oh lordy!!! just sampled the imperial oatmeal stout...superb.<br />venerate me utterly..Dimpled Mughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17024301604096250432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87120916463415542.post-42320336628639332662013-01-21T23:29:04.539+00:002013-01-21T23:29:04.539+00:00I rate Blue Monkey so lets hope I get to try it. P...I rate Blue Monkey so lets hope I get to try it. Possibly the Islay is the least approachable of the three, with the Speyside and Highland fairing better. I'd love to know what the Imperial Russian stout aged in say Bourbon, or even private reserve brandy barrels would taste like. Still might not beat the Imperial Oatmeal stout though.wee beefyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16922755344809968104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87120916463415542.post-17137889967886409662013-01-21T18:03:20.425+00:002013-01-21T18:03:20.425+00:00I've never tried the Thornbridge version of th...I've never tried the Thornbridge version of their st P Islay cask but i have tried other stouts that have been aged in peaty casks and i'm yet to find a good match. Stouts are far more suited to smoother, mellow whisky casks, even bourbon. Blue monkeys version is a great one to try.Scott Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330775597393425246noreply@blogger.com