3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
A: The beer pours a dark brown color with a small khaki colored head.
S: Definitely a bit of bourbon with only a mild vanilla aroma. Plenty of oak with just as much roasted malt to go along with it. There’s some hints of dark chocolate and coffee there, too.
T: The flavor is somewhat watery, though you can certainly still taste the bourbon. Lightly sweet with some toffee malt flavors and hints of plums. A bit of coffee, some chocolate, and very minimal vanilla.
M: Light bodied with medium to high carbonation.
O: Had some okay traits, but too many flaws to be all that good.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
22oz at the DC Local Tasting. Appearance is dark brune with a medium, tan head. Aroma is dark fruits, butter, roast, vinous, not much bourbon. Taste is ashy, bitter, roasty, astringent, chalky, tannic oak. Not much bourbon or vanilla.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Aroma of bourbon. Taste of bourbon. That’s about it, really. Pretty straightforward.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours black with a medium, fizzy tan head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (chocolate, caramel, nutty), light hops (spicy), and average esters (dried fruit) with notes of alcohol, bourbon, and vanilla. Flavor is heavy malt (chocolate, caramel, nutty), light hops (spicy), and average esters (dried fruit) with notes of alcohol, bourbon, and vanilla. Full body, high warmth and carbonation, light creaminess with a dry finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Found a bottle of this in my cellar. I don’t know what year it was brewed but it was a "#5". I suspect it’s a year or two old. Colour... jet black and very frothy! Nose... oak and Bourbon with lots of ethanol! Palate... semi viscous, sappy, bittersweet chocolate, loads of Bourbon (but not so much as to be volatile in the sinuses or lording over the other flavours), chocolate sirop, and hints of lactose on the end. Very nice stuff!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
In short: A roasted dark port/stout with a lot of bourbon barrels. A pleasant but very basic example of the style
How: Bottle 22oz. Consumed a few months ago when about 1.5 year of age. Tasting session with Montreal crew
The look: Dark mahogany body topped by a medium beige head
In long: Nose is has a lot of bourbon barrels. Taste is very roasted, bourbon barrels, malt sweetness is brownies-like, light fruity notes. The finish is rather dry. No real alcohol noticeable. I liked the fact that I got bourbon barrels while not scarifying the roastiness and dryness. But overall the beer just wasn’t super interesting. Named after the main route used by the early north-western settlers. So important and busy this trail was that it led to many undocumented cases of trail rage.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
courtesy of BA trade.
dark brown, tan head.
aroma, loaded with bourbon goodness, malty, roasted, mocha, light coffee.
flavors, light fizzy carbonation, caramel malts, mocha, wood barrel, bourbon, hints of vanilla, mild bitetrness. For 8.5% this one was thin, but yet full flavors.
Rich and nicely balanced. Can’t go wrong with this kind of barrel aging.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
’06 vintage, bottle courtesy of JCB, thanks a ton on this rarity! nice dark brown pour with a small head. the aroma and taste are [pretty boozy, probably over barreled, but the 4 years on it have balanced it out a lot. this is definitely better than it was 3-4 years ago. the age ha sallowd the barrel to be present, but mellow out a bit and let the original beer show through some. i was impressed by this, better than i thought it would be.
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