Alpine Beer Company Nickel Stout

Tap at O’Brien’s. Pours dark brown almost black with a small off white head. Chocolate, cherry, light funk, bourbon vanilla notes and earthy tones. Taste is rich chocolate, light sour cherry and tobacco. Some notes of whisky with grainy oak. Super rich mouthfeel with very light carbonation. Great job to Tom and Alpine. This was a real treat.

On tap@O’Brien’s: Jet black with a wisp of tan foam in the shape of a halo. Nose is coffee, chocolate, cherry. Flavor starts with cherry followed by some chocolate then some light tartness and a semi-dry, lightly sour finish with a hint of licorice in the aftertaste. Light body is smooth with soft carbonation.

Shared with Brewfiend, JK, and Skyview. Pours a gorgeous deep dirty mahogeny color with a tiny tan head. Great sour oakyness on the nose with some tart cherry and a light alcohol kick from the Jack. The flavor is wonderfully deep and complex with a touch of ripe cherries and a healthy dose of tart cherry as well as a complimentary kick that only Jack can give. There is a nice balance of brown sugar like sweetness to keep the beer from overpowering. Very, very nice beer, and one of few Whiskey/Bourbon/etc aged beers I could drink a lot of.

Served cellar temp. Growler (prob one of the last) from the boys at Alpine... Completely unique for stout - can’t say I’ve really had one like it. Aroma showed more of the bourbon than the cherry. The flavor was the opposite - considerably funky/sour. Sour cherries were the showcase in the flavor - a really complex, different, and enjoyable brew. Cheers guys! Glad I got a sip of this stuff...

Wow! Thanks goes to brewfiend for supplying this fine brew. Pours a new opaque dark brown brew with red highlights and a fast dissolving tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, sour cherries, and oaky whiskey. Nearly has a light Flemish Sour character. Taste is full bodied, hardly any carbonation, with flavors of tart cherries, dark chocolate, and some tropical fruit. Finish is semi-sweet, bourbon/coconut flavor with a slight sour cherry aftertaste. Happy to have tried this one-time brew.

Many thanks to wetherel for shipping out a growler in our recent trade. Truly a phenomenal beer. Intense oak on the nose with a hint of tart cherries, but not overwhelmingly whiskeyish. The flavor had that green oak flavor that Jack Daniels barrels seem to impart in beer but in this case it was nicely tempered by the sour cherry flavor. A little more whiskey character in the body, but not overwhelming. I would love to see this in large format bottles - well worth cellaring for a few years to see what happens.

Quite exceptional. Aroma has oak and cherry. A black beer, nothing special about the appearance. Complex flavor with some malt, cherry, only a little brett character, and the most oak flavor I have ever tasted in a beer. Sour, but not as sour as a lambic or flemish red. The flavor is best when slightly chilled.

Draft. Black beer with a light tan head. Cherry and chocolate aroma. Very cherry flavor. Slight tartness and oak. Malty, slight chocolate, whiskey takes a back-seat to cherries. Medium body. Lingering tart cherries. Nice and drinkable, but a lot of cherries.