Magic Rock Bourbon Barrel Bearded Lady

Brewed by Magic Rock
Style: Imperial Stout
Huddersfield, England

Serve in Snifter

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Keg at CBC 1st Birthday Celebration, London. Pours black-brown with a creamy, beige foam head. This smells incredible, rich chocolate, some bourbon, maple, dark wood, rich dark fruits. Medium to big sweet flavor with miraculous balance, some restrained roasted malts, burnt wood, lots of dark fruits, raisins and dates, dark chocolate, chocolate-covered cherries. Full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly warming finish, lots of dark chocolate, some alcohol bite, torched wood, faint mocha, strong roast, earth, dark berries. This is excellent. The barrel aging definitely complements the original beer. The balance is superb, the flavors fully realised. Lovely chocolate and cherry character, too. Outstanding on every front.

Keg at Magic Rock Tap Takeover William IV; pours dark brown, frothy tan head, coffee and wines aromas, rich coffee taste with a hint of vanilla.

Keg at North Bar, Leeds. Pours a brownish black, small brown head. Aroma is wonderful - chocolate, coffee, hop spice and plenty of bourbon and vanilla. Taste is similar, lovely roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, whack of bourbon, but the interplay with the beer is really nice - the bourbon’s not too overpowering, it’s just right. Long coffee bitterness to finish. Seriously good.

Tap at the Cask, Pimlico - 25/09/12. Rich black colour with a good tan head. Dark malts, wood, bourbon, sweet sugars and molasses on the nose. Roast malts in the taste, chocolate, hint of licqourice, chicory, wood and bourbon tones. Fuller end of medium bodied with moderate carbonation leading to a touch of alocohol in the finish. Decent bourbon RIS.

Half pint at cask pub and kitchen. Dark black color, no head. Aroma of coffee,chocolate and some alcohol. Strong taste of coffee, chocolate and some berries. Very nice and balanced.

Keg at Cask Pub and Kitchen, Pimlico, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Boozy, roasty, whisky aroma. Tastes somewhat similar, rich, roasty, some coffee, whiskey, dark fruit. Rich, smooth and delicious.

On tap at Haandfestival 2012. Dark brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma is vanilla, oak, roasted malt, coffee. Flavour is oak, vanilla, molasse, roasted malt, coffee.Full body. Nice beer.

Bottle 330ml. @ chriso s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2012.

Clear dark black colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, alcohol - bourbon, moderate hoppy. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration, wood - tobacco, dry, bourbon. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120804]

Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2012. Poured an opaque brown with a small but lasting light tan head. Spicey & rich aromas of bourbon, some wood, raisin & prune. Drier on the tongue with notes of coffee, chocolate, spice, bourbon, wood & dried fruits. Medium to full body, warm in the mouth, softish on the palate finishing with a lingering dark malt bitterness.

Bottle at Chris O’s pre-GBBF shindig 2012. Dark brown pour with a tan head. Quite a light aroma. Peat, licorice, tobacco and coffee feature. Dark chocolate, wood and dark roast coffee flavour. Long coffee linger. Tasty.