Try Flying Dog's New Imperial Stout

I rather like the 22, if you're thirsty it fully satisfies, and if you're driving it's a better place to stop than 2x16. Far better if you're drinking a robust brew.

I thought similarly of Flying Dog until I tasted their Wild Dog Double IPA. That excellent beer changed my mediocre opinion of the brewery. I also tried the Gonzo recently. i wasn't overly impressed, but then again i'm not a huge fan of imperial porters.

Steamfreak...

A better hope would be for Okocim to start selling their porter again. It's not sold in the States anymore, and I'm pretty certain (but not 100 percent positive) they don't even make it anymore. Which is sad. It was a truly great beer.

-Steve

Well, that's good news indeed.

Although, it's now well past May 2005.

-Steve

It's out, had some last month. Wow. Like coming home. More milk chocolate character than I remember, but WHAM-damn, that stuff's good.

Damn. No sightings of it yet out here in LA.

I'm now missing the crappy little liquor store under the Addison Red Line stop near my old place in Chicago that had an abundant selection of cases of the usual Bud/Miller/Coors suspects and, oh yeah, plenty of Okocim and Sinebrychoff.

-Steve

They've been packaging some of their beers in 12 oz bottles for at least seven or eight years.

I remember 7 oz nips for quite a while, but the 12 ouncers have been recent, in least in terms of what I've seen.

Of course, when I first posted that, I'd forgotten about the 12s, and I'd forgotten that I've seen them for at least a couple years. And there are also plenty of things that seem like they happened recently that turned out have happened something like five years ago. So you may be right. Just because it seems recent to me doesn't mean much, apparently.

However, I'm pretty certain the Bear Republic I'm drinking right now comes only in bombers or kegs, and they seem to be getting by just fine. Which is good. I think I'd actually cry if Racer 5 vanished from the face of the earth.

-Steve

Rogue's imperial stout and a few others have fairly recently (in the past few years) begun to appear in 12 ounce bottles. But I used to see several of their beers -- Younger's Bitter, American Amber, Honey Cream Ale, etc. -- in 12 ounce bottles as long ago as 1994 or 1995.

Yeah, I have only seen the Bear Republic beers bottled in bombers. I like their Hop Rod Rye.