Bluegrass Jeffersons Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout

Brewed by Bluegrass Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Louisville, Kentucky USA

Serve in Snifter

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This... this is a very good beer. Strong, sweet but well balanced, this beer is incredibly smooth, and while you can smell and taste the alcohol, it is in a delightful fashion, interwoven with coffee, oak, and earthy tones. If this beer were cheaper I’d drink it daily, and as such I’m glad it is not, else I might appreciate it less were I to have it too often. I’m a fan of aged stouts in general, and this is an excellent example of the class. Great beer!

Great beer. Black pour with mocha head. Aroma of chocolate, bourbon and alittle vanilla. Taste is the same, but smoked a little. Great for winter.

Aroma: smells heavily of vanilla and caramel, cocoa, coffee. Appearance: jet black. Taste: oak, vanilla, caramel, slight purple grape, smoke. Palate: creamy and big, with notable sensation of alcohol on the tongue, lingering smokey woody grape flavors.

Bottle. Pours almost black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, bourbon, oak and light smoke. Flavor of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, bourbon, light oak and a hint of smoke. A little thin for the style, but smooth and the alcohol is well hidden. Great beer. Tasty and easy drinking for the ABV.

Draft. Pours a nearly black with just a slight head. Aroma is a deep chocolate roast with some toffe. Taste is more of the same. Coffee, dark roast malt and slight bourbon coming through. A nice, but not great barrell stout.

Draft to taster. Looks good; an opaque cola black with beige lacing. Smells and tastes solid; malt and bourbon. Average on the palate. Not bad beer, but not a standout for being bourbon barreled.

Tap at Trion. Chocolate, subtle bourbon, vanilla, and fruity aroma. Black brown with a small tan head. Sweet chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, and earthy smoky flavor. Medium body

Label notches indicates that its been bottled on April 2006 A - Pitch black body with a two finger light tan head. Settles down to a thin cap. Decent amount of lacing and retention. S - Burnt malts, milk chocolate, cheap bourbon. A touch of vanilla sweetness, but the char is rather dominating. No hints of oxidation. T - Incredibly tame and mellow. The little flavor it does have is somewhat pleasant though. Roasted malts, coffee beans, milk chocolate, vanilla, and oak. Almost no bourbon presence. Mouth feel is thin to medium with ample carbonation. O - This beer is an exercise in the fact that not every beer should be aged. Very little flavor, the aroma is a bit offensive, and theirs a high level of carbonation for the thin mouth feel. I’m not sure how this one was fresh, but I bet it was a hell of a lot better. Luckily it isn’t oxidized at its current age.

On draft at Rustico in Alexandria, VA. Served in a snifter. The beer is nearly black with a thin, beige head that leaves ample lacing on the glass. The aroma is of licorice, roast, alcohol. The flavor is quite sweet, a bit overly so in my opinion, with bourbon and oak notes coming through clearly. The body is too thin for the style, and can’t support the myriad of flavors that a bourbon barrel imperial stout offers. Overall, a middle of the road representation of the style. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 04-01-2011

For a bourbon stout this one does NOT disappoint! Poured on draught at Twenty Tap Broad Ripple. The bourbon tones really smack you in the face at first sip. Mild smoke that is just right. This bourbon is the whole package. Slick master out. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone