After fortuitously stumbling across Full Sail’s new Top Sail Bourbon Imperial Porter last Friday I was having lunch at Worden’s and decided to check out their very fine selection of beers. Well “decided to” is a bit of a misnomer. Compelled might be another word, but that carries the suggestion of force. No, its just what you do when you’re a beer geek and there’s a large, frequently rotating selection of great beers mere steps away from fantastic food.

Fresh off my Top Sail experience, I noticed right away that 22 oz bottles of it had also appeared on the shelf. Lined up next to it were several of its Brewmaster Reserve Series brethren which gave me the idea to do a Full Sail Brewmaster Reserve Round Up, similar to the IPA Round Up I did back in February. Worden’s had five or six of the lineup to pick from and I’ve seen several others over the past year.  For this Round Up I picked Hop Pursuit, Imperial Stout, and Top Sail Bourbon Imperial Porter.  I chose the Porter simply to have a chance to try it in a more neutral setting and see if my impressions change. All right, part of it was because the stuff is dang good and it was an opportunity to have some more. I picked the Stout because it is one of my favorite styles of beer and I’m curious to try Full Sail’s treatment of it.  Finally, I picked the Hop Pursuit to continue my foray into the hoppier beer world.

It all sounds fun to me and I’ll let you know how they turn out.  Feel free to tell me the same.