Avery Uncle Jacob’s Stout

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle @ home. Pours black with a small brown ring of foam along the glasssides. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, oak, bourbon, booze. Flavor is malts, coffee, dark chocolate/chocolate cake, raisins, oak, bourbon, woodnotes, some booze. Full body, oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation, warming alcoholic finish. Very nice brew. 120712

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malty and light vanilla. Sweet, dark malty, caramelish, wood, vanilla and dark roasted malty. Dark roasted malty finish.

UPDATED: AUG 31, 2012 Thanks, Adam Jackson, you definitely know how to fuck me up. Pours nighttime black with a khaki head that demonstrates why it’s boss (haven’t used *tagline* "khaki" in awhile). Smells of bitter chocolate, an intense hop presence, charcoal, caramel and ginger. Very well hidden but still burns by swallow. Tastes of chocolate malt, coffee dregs, oak, microwave-burnt oatmeal and caramel at swallow. Good night.

Acquired in a trade. Enjoyed at 55F in a Snifter. Bottled March 27th, 2012

A - Pours a viscous midnight black. Very thick and oily. No head at all. Minor lacing on the edge of the glass. Dark amber on the edge of the glass.

S - Big chocolate at the front followed by vanilla and dried figs. Very complex and a more mild bourbon scent than I expected.

T - Wow. Up front though is a very high licorice taste which is a turn off. Pepper, vanilla and gigantic bourbon taste. Follow up is oak and a hint of cheese. There’s this tropical mango and pineapple taste at the finish.

M - 50% carbonation. Heavy body. The booze is not as noticeable as I would expect. I expected the booze to be much stronger! It’s manageable for 17%+. Finish is this dry boozy and fruity burn that continues for a while.

O - This is a love hate. I’m not wowed, it’s not balanced but, for a high ABV, it’s still very drinkable. This is surprising but I wouldn’t seek it out again. cheers!

355mL at the RBSG Grand Tasting. Ink pour with weak foam. Nose is soy and animal. Gamey. Taste is soy, sugar, dark chocolate, bitter cocoa, ganache, brown sugar cube. Palate is oily, syrupy, thick. Interesting.

(12oz bottle) Pours an opaque black body with a small brown head. Aroma of ash, vanilla, oak, toasted bread, biscuit, and chocolate. Flavor of toasted bread, bourbon, chocolate, brown sugar, dark fruit, and caramel. Alcohol is noticeable, but much higher than I would have guessed.

Bottle courtesy of adnielsen. Almost black with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, bourbon and vanilla. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, little liquorice, vanilla, bourbon with notes of alcohol.

12oz bottle, courtesy of ablackshear. Thanks! Pours a thick, jet black color with a mocha tan head. Aroma is chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, roasty. Heavy on the palate with smooth, creamy carbonation. Flavor is sweet, very sweet, lots of oak and vanilla, bourbon, licorice, molasses, chocolate, a touch of smoke, with a sweet, chocolate, bourbon finish. Absolutely excellent. The 17%+ doesn’t show at all. Well done Avery.

Pours almost oil thick, black with a big brown last head and lots of lacing. Aroma is sweet and roasted malt, chocolate an dried fruit. Flavor is complex notes of chocolate, licorice, dried fruit and alcohol. Sweet but so busy with flavor and alcohol that it works well. Finish is sweet, complex, hot, with subtle bitterness, all of which lingers. This is an intense, interesting, layered beer. Really wonderful and screaming to be cellared.

12oz bottle from Mar 27, 2012. Dark brown with a brown head that fades. Chocolate, some vanilla and oak with the requisite bourbon although it doesn’t overwhelm which is nice. Sweet, moderate carbonation, full body, alcohol becomes more predominant on the palate, some anise and more sweetness on the finish.