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Update 2: timing! Had to switch a mattress on a sofa sleeper we just got, and the warehouse was not too far from the Mira Mesa BevMo. Got there around 11 yesterday, and the register dude was oblivious. Saw beer dude holding what looked like a bottle of Abyss. Asked him and he said he just got it in, and it would likely be gone by the end of the day. I picked up 3. He said I should take more, but I didn't want to be a piggy, plus I didn't know how much I would like it.

Verdict: nice beer, but I don't think it is worth all the hype. Very "mild" tasting for an imperial stout, at least to me. Alesmith smacks you more on the tongue. As odd as it is, I like Stone's Imperial Stout and Ten Fidy just as much.

I got some Black Butte XXI last week, and popped it open the other day. Very different - probably the most coffee taste I've had in a beer. Lots of vanilla too. I'm not sure if I liked it all that much, but thumbs up for being different. Sort of like the Ballast Point Victory at Sea on roids.

I'm starting to think that between Oskar Blues and Stone, I can pretty much stay happy.