72/100) Stone W00T

I have set myself the goal to review three beers or ciders every week for 100 weeks. I will be learning about beer and ciders more as I do this, and if I am successful in this venture, I will have tried about 300 unique drinks. If you're curious how I'm doing, the number in the post's title tells you which week I am in now.

Chai-Spiced, HiFi+LoFi Mixtape, W00tstout

My Birthday was this week and these seemed like the most appropriate beers to celebrate my further aging into wackiness. How often do you find a chai-spiced stout after all? That one's odd enough, but the Hifi+LoFi Mixtape is a combination of barrel aged and a young un-aged ale. And finally, you have the crazy collaboration with Wil Wheaton, the Stone's Farking Wheaton W00tstout! W00t!

Chai-Spiced Imperial Russian Stout) The chai spices were in the aroma, the finish, and hover in the linger. They succeeded in making exactly what they set out to make, but I am not sure if I really want it. I'd like to mix it with a dairy liquor to see if it can become a chai milk tea. Soy milk didn't work all that well. I am unfortunately allergic to dairy so I couldn't actually try anything beyond the soy milk I had on hand. I hope someone will experiment further! ☆☆☆☆

HiFi+LoFi Mixtape) had an aroma of mahogany. To combine my friend's thoughts on this beer: It's like "licking furniture, but I like it." This beer seemed confused like a barrel got varnished and then grew a crazy hair. The bitterness was low, but the finish remained moderately boozy. This "MidFi" if you will, was an interesting experience, but probably not again for me. ☆☆☆

W00tstout) was extremely easy drinking for all that ABV. The booziness only crept into the backdrop as it warmed up. The finish has just enough harshness that I think it would be a lot better with a little age on it. The chocolate and wheat combination came through as it warmed, but remained muddled against a faint unremarkable aroma when it was cold. Somehow the combination of it all reminded me of liquefied chocolate wafer sticks. Yum! I'll be socking a bottle away for a while (6-12 months) and looking forward to how it smooths out. W00t! ☆☆☆☆