You are incorrect. Stout is what it's all about. Better flavor, smoother mouth feel, AND higher ABV. They are more besterer. :x
I'd agree if you specify Inperial Stout. Much like IPA There are many ways to do it. Regular stouts are generally lower ab. Guinness for example is 5 or less and tastes like gutter water after the first rain if fall. Stone Inperial Stout is amazeballs, tastes like gymnastics in your mouth and is nearly 11%abv.
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I'll agree that Younger is over hyped but it is really good and I'll have some every chance I get. Russian River Brewing isnt the one doing the hyping either, that's the beer dorks.
it's a Triple IPA, a style widely credited as the creation of Russian River brewing. These days they could make more. The DO make more in fact. Last year the family and I accidentally were in santa rosa during this tiMEe of year and walked right in, I had a few with my.pizza and that was that. There was a 20 person line when we left. Covid has amplified the demand again and I have no evidence but this is probably the first time they've shipped it.
Not that many years ago all of RR beer was brewed on the system at the brewery/restaurant (can we just start calling these facilities Brestaurants already?) Which meant even the regular beers were hard to get outside the brewery. 5? Ish years ago yall.might have noticed RR beers became more commonly available. No.more giving the beermonger at whole foods a dry handie to get a 6er of Elder. That's because they opened a dedicated, much larger, brewery. Younger is an expensive time consuming recipe. Brewing it year round, even on their big system, is a big commitment of resources that a still small brewer is probably weary of tying up.
The audience for Younger is comparatively small despite demand. Say in some.magic world there is equal supply of all their beers and no GameStop effect on Younger I'd wager that Elder and Blind Pig individually handily outsell Younger. It's a triple ipa for fuck sake, that's a big beer, and rare is the person that wants more than 1 at a sitting (unless the hype and rarity blah blah blah enters back in) blind pig you can down a pitcher, maybe not so much with Elder, but that's a 2 beer/sitting and if you're having 2 and your friend wants 1 might as well get a pitcher.
If yall really want something unusual try their sours. Anything ending in -ion should be a sour. Desecration, conse ration, damnation etc. Coming soon is VD, and in past years they released a special brew in early February for the lovers with a sense of humor and the Incels: Rejection
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