Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout
 

A very substantial oatmeal stout that lives up to its sea monster moniker. I concur with Kevin ... Ballast Point makes some great brews

I like Ballast point but have not tried this one yet....sounds delish!

They're really pushing it this year. I'm liking the Sierra Nevada Narwhal right now.
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Funny you mention the Narwhal in this thread....Oddly I was going to pick up a Sea monster to try but when I saw that they had the Black Marlin for half the price of the Sea monster I opted for the Black Marlin instead :) because I had not tried that one yet either, very good. Since I felt like I had "saved" money I then went and slurged on the Narwhal which I tried last year and loved so I had to go with a little known and unknown. :)

I WAS hOPING FOR A "real" sEAMONSTER ...loL

It's good. For imperial stouts I have a hard time finding ones that compete with alesmith speedway and great divide yeti but this one holds up well. If you like the marlin, look out for victory at sea - a huge Baltic porter.
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Grabbed another bottle of the Victory at Sea for Thanksgiving....my dessert beer. :drool: That chit is good

Have you tried the Stone Xocoveza.....extremely good as well.

Xocoveza made this "best of" list along with a few other local (New England) brews.
http://draftmag.com/the-25-best-beers-of-2014/

Kevin, I'll keep an eye out for that stone. I had the stone master of disguise (blond stout) and wasn't a fan, kind of gimmicky.
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I liked the Xocoveza as well. Lookin forward to having their Stout with Chocolate and Orange.
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