Brownings Bourbon Imperial Stout

Bomber into sniffer. It had a light (brown) pour for an imply but looked nice in the glass with a nearly black body and a substantial creamy cappuccino head. Its aroma was rich and included primarily notes of vanilla, oak, and sweet chocolate. The flavor was pretty weak however and out of balance; some good flavors were floating around in there (bourbon, vanilla, and molasses) but were very faint, undeveloped, and watered down. It was too watery and carbonated on the palate for an impy, but still pretty smooth and pleasant. Overall: if your at Brownings’ brewpub you might as well try this because it will be fresh, but otherwise, it isn’t anything I would really buy again if looking for an impy.

On tap at Brownings brew pub. Dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of bourbon and light vanilla. Taste of bourbon (yuck) which is too overpowering to go with some light sweet malts. Smooth with little to no bitterness. I can’t stand it when my beer tastes solely like liquor. Maybe someday they’ll make a whiskey that tastes like a stout.

Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smells of bourbon, raisins, lots of sweet malt. Tastes spicy and lightly soured with some bourbon and mild alcohol presence. Nice!

Pours near black with reddish hues and a mostly maintained tan head. Aroma of bourbon, oak, vanilla, and chocolate. Taste is toffee, bourbon, vanilla, and sweet coffee. Full bodied with moderate carbonation. A bit too much bourbon for my taste, too long in the barrel.

22 oz bottle. 2007. Somewhat disappointing because the bourbon dominates rather than compliments the beer. Small, receding tan head. Dark brown body. The aroma presents roasted malts, coffee, molasses, oak and, of course, bourbon. The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately to heavily acidic and moderately bitter. Thin to medium body and watery texture. Alcohol-bourbon taste in the finish.