Overview
- Ya-Bard tasting room in Stratford-upon-Avon is pouring the 21% ABV American Blessed Stout only in 189ml servings due to its strength.
- Each pour costs £25, which the pub equates to £75 for a full pint.
- Owner Dave Moore says his keg is one of just two outside the United States and that only about 100 customers will be served.
- The stout is described as brewed for around a year then aged 33 months in Heaven Hill and Russell Reserve bourbon barrels with coconut and vanilla.
- Coverage relays the owner's claims of rarity and provenance without independent verification, and patrons are told they can keep a Blessed-branded glass.