[stearns]

I don't know how far back they go, but the 2011 that I had was the real deal, up there with the best beers I have ever had. I tried it at a breakfast beer tasting where the owner said that the state of VA got 4 cases total, he was able to get one of them. Later that year I had it at Shack thanks to Christos getting it at the brewery after waiting 10 hours in the rain (or something like that) and it stood out among a table of really good stouts, vanilla dark lord was the only thing to top it. The next time they released it was kegs only, I think 2014, and was close to as good as the 11. After that it's steadily gone down hill, but still really enjoyable