4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pitch black pour. Milk chocolate, sweet vanilla, oatmeal, dark cocoa, notes of dark fruit, oak, and warming bourbon. Smooth oatmeal stout mouthfeel. Very nice desert beer, I think I liked it better then the Bourbon BA IRS. This had more vanilla silkiness, while the IRS had more dark fruit and abv heat.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Man, where to start with this brew..... Pours a fairly viscous deep brown, almost black with a small tan ring. Low carbonation was perfect for this beer. Great nose of vanilla, oats, coffee beans and some cocoa dust. Very smooth on the palate, would love to get this again!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Dark black with no head. Bourbon and vanilla aroma. Taste is also very similar. Great stuff.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Name: 12th Anniversary, Bourbon
Date: October 06, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Duckworth’s Stone Tour
Appearance: black, fine tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma, touch of caramel sweetness
Body: creamy oatmeal body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, touch of oak along with a roasted bitterness, just a hint of bourbon with a bit more emerging vanilla
Name: 12th Anniversary, Bourbon
Date: October 07, 2010
Mode: draft
Words: duckworths
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour it Black! Black with no head. Bourbon chocolate vanilla and oak aroma and taste with light citrus fruit on the back end and a hint of sour mash tastes.
4.1 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Small bar into a tasting glass for the Stone 40 tap takeover...Black pour with a thin light tan head...The aroma is the star of this beer, very strong with tons of bourbon showing throughout. Light oak, alcohol and bourbon are showed off. The beer malt character shows off with lots of chocolate...The taste is not dominated by the bourbon sadly as even though it was strong I was excited. The malts show through here in a creamy fashion, cream, vanilla and some chocolate...The beer is to light on the palate but pretty easy to drink.
One of the better beers of the night.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at RNH. Deep black pour with an intensely bourbony nose. Rich bourbon flavour and even a bit of peppery heat. Quite boozy actually. Dry cocoa and a lot of roast on the finish. Chewy palate - more bourbon than beer, but I kind of like that. A little bit of milk-chocolate vs the dry cocoa of the original beer. Chewy and a bit of lingering bourbon.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Appearance: Served up a raven black body under a thin sheet of light tan-colored suds.
Smell: Soothing aroma smelling of creamy bittersweet chocolate fudge, chilled coffee, vanilla, coconut cream, and zesty wood. It’s just a joy to cram up against one’s nose and give it a whiff.
Taste: Deep, dark maltiness tasting of bittersweet chocolate fused with a small shot of espresso and a little helping of vanilla bean. The vanilla flavor moves to the front, joining with toasted oak and dark brown sugar. Hint of dark fruitiness and coconut shavings. Lightly earthy, roasty bitterness which ramps up on the back half, though the chocolate and bourbon hold on strong until the finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium-light carbonation. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel.
Drinkability: Quite nice! The bourbon barrel aging here made, for me, a marked improvement over the original beer, smoothing out its coarser elements and adding a new level of deliciousness.
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