Subsequent Avec Les Bon Voeuxs, while still great, have never matched the magic of the first bottle. Sculpin, initially an occasional Ballast Point release (the scarcity enhanced its legend) is now sold everywhere and remains brilliant. Stone's Tenth Anniversary beer, one of the first extreme-hopped, high alcohol IPAs, faded so fast that the groundbreaking summer release was undrinkable by Christmas. Will the new 08.08.08 match the beer of my memory, or will it prove the tricky reality of remembrance?
Starting
this past Sunday, September 20th, Stone began pouring its newly brewed
version of 08.08.08 in its tasting rooms and it released 22 oz bottles
on September 21st. I am looking forward to this beer, no matter what it
brings, and I still have several bottles of 08.08.08 squirreled away in a closet that I plan to compare to the new batch.