3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Brouwer’s Big Wood. Pours solid black with virtually no head. Aroma of soured fruits, apricot, strawberry, wood, roasted malts. Flavour of roasted malts, wood, some soured fruits with a light smoked finish. Roasty and nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Brouwer’s for Big Wood, pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aroma of wood / bourbon, some acidic notes and roasted malt. Flavour is quite roasty, with some tart notes (maybe some sour fruit barrels), light espresso and chocolate. Not a fan of the tart barrel qualities but it’s well-made.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at special brews. Pours jet black with loose dark tan bubbles. Big sweet nose of bourbon, wood, chocolate, and plums. Creamy thick body with soft carb. Roast, chocolate, plums, and bourbon on the mid palate. Long roasty coffee finish. Delicious.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
A: The beer pours essentially black in color with a thin tan head.
S: A really nice nose on this. A strong mocha character to it with plenty of roast and molasses. The amount of chocolate is quite impressive. Also some mild vanilla and licorice notes to it.
T: The flavor features quite a bit of roasted malt flavor along with a nice sweetness of vanilla, toffee, and molasses. As with the aroma, there is a heavy dose of dark chocolate with a pretty good helping of coffee as well.
M: The body is full with smooth, medium carbonation.
O: Easily the best beer I had at Beachwood last night. Really good stuff.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap. Pours with a thick black body and a tan hued head. Aromas of bourbon, wood, sweet chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, oak and fudge. Very nice, strong, somewhat typical (albeit very good imperial stout aroma). Flavors are huge (really only 8.8%?!). Chewy, cocoa powder, a bit dusty, fudge, bourbon, oak, biscuit, cookie. Clean fermentation, minimal esters. Finishes a bit drier than I would expect. Low carbonation. Very good!
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap @ Bailey’s Taproom 4th Anniversary... A non-infected Cascade beer aged in Bourbon and Pinot barrels. Poured pitch black with a tan head. Slight bit of dactyl on the nose. Fortunately that all disappeared in the flavor with lots of roast, oak, malt sweetness with hints of whiskey heat, and a mild pinot/wine-like character towards the finish. Not overly boozy.
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