Tiiiiiiiime is on its side. A year does well for The Abyss 2008.
I wasn’t super excited about The Abyss last year. It was good, but not great. But then Doug tells me, “no you need to put it in the fridge for a year, and drink it when the new batch comes out”. I was skeptical, but now I just feel dumb that I didn’t store more than one.
Wow! Yum! What a difference a year makes. It was smooth, thick, and oppressively dark. The flavors of licorice and molasses were there, but they have certainly taken the backseat to the excellent “stout-ness”. It also seems to have gotten more alcoholic during its stay in the meat locker. Either that or my liver has just given up even trying, cause … whew.
So now I’ve bought the 2009 batch. This year I buy more than one. And as I shove it into cold storage, I realize this is going to be a long year.