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The original was posted on /r/beer by /u/tha_beerionaire on 2025-06-01 14:44:55+00:00.


Last night I dropped $47 on a single bottle of barrel-aged imperial stout that had been "aging in bourbon barrels for 18 months with Madagascar vanilla and Ecuadorian cacao." The bottle shop guy talked it up like it was liquid gold – mentioning the brewery's GABF gold medal, "meticulous attention to barrel selection," and how this was a "once-in-a-lifetime experience."

I immediately bought it because it sounded so impressive. Got home, chilled it properly, used the right glassware, took my time with it, aaaand it tasted like expensive chocolate milk with a bourbon aftertaste. Good, sure, but not $47 good. Definitely not "I could've bought a decent bottle of actual bourbon for this price" good.

The worst part is I want to keep telling myself it was amazing because I'd spent so much on it. Posted photos on Untappd, Facebook, and Instagram talking about the "complex flavor profile" and "exceptional barrel character" when really I was just trying to justify the purchase.

I think I got caught up in the hype and the price tag made me assume it had to be special. Anyone else ever fall into this trap? And what's the most you've spent on a single beer that actually lived up to the cost?

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