Fitgers Honeymoon Stout (Bourbon Barrel)

Brewed by Fitgers Brewhouse
Style: Stout
Duluth, Minnesota USA

Serve in English pint

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Dark Brown Coloring with Sandy Ring. Sweet Bourbon Notes and Malt Notes on the Nose. Sweet, Heavy Malt, Sweet With a Tart Bite From the Bourbon, Oaked Vanilla, Light Chocolate With a Light Dry Ending. I Loved the Honeymoon Stout and the Bourbon Barrel Aging of This Brew is a Wonderful Version! I Bow to Hoops, Beer God of Duluth!

Growler. Black color with no head. Strong bourbon and coffee notes in the aroma. Bitter chocolate taste with the expected oak and vanilla additions from the barrel. The malt base stands up well to the barrel abuse. Sweet finish. Tasty fine!

Aroma is a dominating hot bourbon, with a hint of vinous and cocoa, but almost entirely bourbon, a quite negative thing. Pours a somewhat clear dark brown, with a ruby glimt and topped with a greasy coffee colored head. Bourbon hot! Flavor is bourbon, moving into a coffee and shortbread roasted phase. Two dimensional and lacking much depth. Bourbon and coffee. It’s sharp and hars. Palate is dryish. The bourbon does not mix well with the salty sweet texture of the stout.