Joris Pattyn ) wrote:
: It's not that easy following my info. Cornelia C. wrote this on Ratebeer
: lately:
: "I emailed DFH today and got this back from brewer John Gillooly:
:
: "Here's the story on the World Wide Stout-we did 2 batches this year, one at
: 21%, most of which we sold in the UK, and the primary batch, which came in @
: 18.8%. Since we released some of the 21% batch domestically, there has been
: some confusion about the abv. Unfortunately, I can't think of any way to
: tell which batch is which by looking at the bottle. Taste-wise, the 18.8% is
: much less sweet."
:
: As to the labels, someone noted elsewhere that the 2003 bottles do not have
: "vim and vigor" visible or marked through. So, it seems at least there won't
: be any confusion about 2003 versus all the previous years. I haven't seen it
: myself, though."

I've now acquired it from two different sources -- some from Oregon
(liquidsolutions.biz) and some from California (High Times in Costa Mesa).
There is a noticeable difference in the labels -- the Oregon beer shows
years beginning 2004 and is nicked slightly ahead of the 2004 -- the
California bottles show months 01 through 12 and they're nicked, as you
might expect, just past the 11.

So we have these different labels but I don't know for sure if they can be
associated to the different batches. I emailed John and asked -- will let
you know if he writes back.

My own palate did not distiguish a difference between the two examples --
but I had tasted some IPA earlier in the day so residual palate fatigue is
a possibility -- a short vertical with a rested mouth and a couple of
friends might tell a different story.


--
Bill

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