re: First bottle of Parish Grand Reserve

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Not 100% positive but ive been told by some stores that you can only get canebreak in bottles around lafayette.

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This. The demand in lafayette is so high, that they can't keep up production for bottles in other markets. So Lafayette gets first crack.

Also, there is a chance that another shipment of Grand Reserve will be coming out today. Here in BR, i believe Cuban Liquor may be getting some more, from what they told me last sunday.

I would love to have his job.

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Taste: nice balance of malt and hops. More bitter than malty.

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I was told from a beer drinker whose palate I trust that the opposite was true. A little too sweet. Anyone?

I thought it was a little on the malty side for a barleywine... certainly nothing like Bigfoot.

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I thought it was a little on the malty side for a barleywine... certainly nothing like Bigfoot.

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English varieties are quite different from the American efforts, what sets them apart is usually the American versions are insanely hopped to make for a more bitter and hop flavored brew, typically using American high alpha oil hops. English version tend to be more rounded and balanced between malt and hops, with a slightly lower alcohol content, though this is not always the case.

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I thought it was a little on the malty side for a barleywine... certainly nothing like Bigfoot.

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Agreed. The hops are certainly there, but it's not blurring the line between barleywine and double IPA, like Sierra Nevada Bigfoot or Stone Old Guardian.

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got 4 bottles of it floating around here somewhere

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3 will land in 58 minutes.

Nope, SE LA only... and it's pretty much all gone.

yeah, that's what I figured. I've still never had anything from Parish