Arcadia Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout

Formerly brewed at Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter

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Pours black with no head. Aroma of bourbon, oak and vanilla. Taste is boozy, lots of bourbon and vanilla. A bit medicinal on the finish. Thin body. Not bad but not great. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Everything I look for in a bourbon stout, except the body is too thin. Nice heavy bourbon taste. I look forward to more offerings like this from Arcadia. I bought a second bottle to age, but I have a feeling I will drink it before it gets too old.

Bottle. A little underwhelming. I was expecting a bit more given how good Shipwrecked and BA Cereal Killer are. All the usual suspects in the taste and nose. Light on vanilla and fairly thin. Had this a few beers into the day so maybe the palate was a little off but I don't think this one will improve with age. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours deep brown with a medium tan head. Aroma has sweet caramely/roastiness and bourbon. Flavor is very bourbony and sweet. Mouthfeel is a bit thin but the finish is bourbony and very pleasantly warming.

Similar aromas as arcadia's other barrel aged offerings (cereal killer and shipwreck porter). I wish I could buy a candle that smells like this. Deep vanilla, caramel, wood and chocolate flavors.

12 oz bottle (with an annoying red wax seal) which pours dark and black, with a small amount of head surfacing but quickly retreating to the edges of the glass. rich and bold, with caramel and roasted aromas and with a deep sniff, green woody hops. subdued bourbon effects, with some oak and light vanilla apparent but it clearly didn’t spend ages in barrel. i think i prefer it this way, rather than the all-too-common method of over-barreling as it preserves more of the beer’s original character. a little heavy alcohol heat, but overall a very nice beer. at a pricey $8.99 however, this one should be shared.

Bottle says 12%. new batch. Looks thin, no legs, finger of head. oak tannins thin this out in the flavor and palate feel. vanilla and lite off hershey chocoalte. Not very good.

Thanks to Tmac220 for sharing this with me! Bottle. Poured a deep, dark brown with minimal brown head. Aroma was bourbon with perhaps a little caramel and coffee. The flavor followed with some good chocolate in there, as well. This was very good. Get in my belly!!

Poured black with minimal head. Bourbon smell with some vanilla notes. Not too smooth but not that harsh. I would call this this a sophmore bourbon stout for those getting into the genre. Does not have the depth of your KBS/BCBS, which, excuse the analogy, would be varsity.

Black pour barely any head. Bourbon aroma not too harsh or overpowering. Taste is mild bourbon but slightly heavy on the vanilla side compared to most. Sort of a sour cherry note on the back end. A really good beer but i think it’s below average for a bourbon stout.