Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin (100% Barrel Aged Velvet Merlin)

Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: Stout
Paso Robles, California USA

Serve in English pint

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On nitro tap, not cask jason!, at Maproom and poured into a tulip... Pours a deeper silky black hued elixir, darkly consistently throughout, and topped with a thin to medium creamy light khaki head that eventually reduces to a very thin film. Appealing to say the least... Solid subdued bourbon with equalizing notes of vanilla and coconut. Sweet, silky, and alluring... Flavors continue on the same wavelength with sweeter cocoa bourbon nuttiness with a little coconut to go along with the aforementioned. A bit of residual sweetness involved but the flavors are favorable after all. Body is just shy of medium with a soft to mild level of carbonation. Glad to have tried. Really solid aroma but the residual sweetness in the flavor left it lingering for too long though.

Draft. Dark pour. Big, big, big vanilla bourbon flavors. Sweet dark caramel. Fantastically smooth. Deep. Rich. Clean. Syrupy but not overly thick. Excellent!

Tap at brewery. Black pour with a thin scatter of tan foam. Aroma is bourbon, oak, minor vanilla, some alcohol heat, and underlying roast. Taste is heavy bourbon with vanilla and an almost sweet cola flavor followed by roast, chocolate, and hop/alcohol bitterness on the finish. Mouthfeel is a bit light but appropriate. The barrel character is semi-hot and dominates the base beer but it works. Great barrel aged beer in the sub-10% abv range.

Aroma of vanilla and bourbon, smells great. Black oil looking, a nice looking beer. Tastes Of vanilla and bourbon, but it’s very well done. I really like this beer! It should be a little difficult to drink, BUT it’s very easy to drink. A great beer

Draft. Clear rudy dark brown, tin light tan head. Chocolate, sweetness, vanilla, bourbon, and milk chocolate. A very nice dessert beer, on the sweet side. Close to imperial status.

Black pour thin off white head orange hue ...... Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, light oak and caramel malts .... Taste is dry, oaky, caramel malts. vanilla. Earthy, thin roasted light chocolate and tasty. ... Lots of dry oak. A sessionable very well done medium bodied oatmeal stout. Mouthfeel is slick and oily ... Abv hidden well

On tap at Daily Pint. Pours a brown color with white foam head. Sweet light caramel taste with some chocolate notes hidden somewhere and slight bitters. Has a chalky mouthfeel. Solid but was expecting a bit more.

Dark brown pour with a small tan head. The aroma reminds me of chocolate milk with a little bit of vanilla added to it. Minimal roast and coffee notes, just an overwhelming chocolate/vanilla blend. Great barrel and bourbon flavor with even more of the chocolate and vanilla going on. Moderate roast and a hint of coffee. Nicely sweet from some toffee malt flavors. So damn good.

Tap @ Bruery Provisions. Smells like barrel aged stout, not over powering. Taste is phenomenal. Some earthiness, some licorice, some malt, some alcohol, some barrel - incredibly balanced. Pours opaque, nearly jet black with tan head. Long lasting palate that just lingers and lingers...

UPDATED: APR 6, 2012 Draft at Spuytin with Andrew. Pours a deep black body with thin brown lacing. Aroma is sweet chocolate and and very light coffee. Mouthfeel is thin and a bit watery with notes of coffee, coconut, bourbon and chocolate.

Tap at Browerij Lane. Boozy sweet nose. Vanilla , bourbon booze , more bourbon. Dry delicious dessert like. Awesome