4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Served on-tap at Berwick Brewing into a "pint"
A - Pours dark as night with a small one finger, light brown, head that leaves minimal lacing down the glass.
S - Plenty of dark roasty malt, oak, vanilla, and other earth aroma’s. A bit of a boozy, alcohol burn hides well but is present. The bourbon definitely dominates the nose of this one. A very nice nose none the less.
T - Similar to the nose. Plenty of roasted malts to go along with all that the bourbon barrels bring to the table. Oak, vanilla, chocolate, and other earthy flavors. Alcohol is there but not as much as the 9% would lead you to believe. I am a sucker for a barrel aged stout and this did the job quite nicely.
M - Medium-Heavy body and flavor with moderate carbonation. Very smooth feel with a strong bourbon kick in the finish.
D - Dangerously drinkable for a 9% barrel aged beer. It is simply amazing that a beer this good can come out of a place this small. Why chase every big beer when you can just drink this?
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Ancient backlog. Aroma of mocha, nuts, dried berries, dark chocolate, very vinous. Flavor of bourbon, sweet chocolate, chocolaty malt, seeds(?). Nice one though didn’t blow me away for the style.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of sweet, roasted malt, vanilla, bourbon, and lactose. Initially the bourbon notes were light with more emphasis on the roasted, sweet malt. The bourbon built up over time, which was not so agreeable with me as I prefer the subtlety of the bourbon. Nevertheless, a pretty impressive bourbon-barrel aged imperial stout for such a small, young brewery.
7/4/7/4/15 [3.7/5]
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