Flat 12 Barrel Aged Big Black Dog

Brewed by Flat 12 Bierwerks
Style: Stout
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Clear dark brown colour with a large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, toffee, butter, alcohol, light vanilla. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, toasted, roasted, dark roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20130111]

On tap at Chumleys in Broad Ripple... Poured into a mini goblet. Very black with smells of chocolate and coffee. Extreme malty flavor with some coffee notes. Rather bitter for a stout. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Dark brown body with a small light brown head. Aroma is molasses, butter, vanilla roasted malt. Flavor is bitter chocolate, sweet malt, roast, oak.

Almost black with medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, butter, toffee and chocolate. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, medium sweet, toffee, liquorice, caramel, oak, coffee with notes of alcohol.

Pours black with a creamy beige head. Nose is toffee and butter. A bit of roast and bourbon. Flavor is toffee, roast, wood and coffee. Soft..

Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, heavy toffee and whisky. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. Oily. A bit rough around the edges. 110113

Nice creamy head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, butter, toffee, chocolate and hops. Dry finish. Alcohol in the finish.

Buffalo trace sazerac rye whiskey. Lots of that full bodied rye whiskey flavor and some dark chocolate really bring this into the realm of a powerful beer

Sampled at 2nd annual 12 South Winter Warmer. I’m a big fan of Flat 12. These guys can make some seriously good beers. Highly recommend seeing the brewery in Indy. Anyway, this was one of my favorite beers at the Winter Warmer. It wasn’t as bold or as crazy as many of the other barrel aged stouts. There were quite a few I might add. However, this one was refreshing. It did a great job of emphasizing the the spicy rye whiskey characteristics without being overly hot and dry or sweet and syrupy which happens a lot when rye is being used. Another beer that some might criticize for not being heavy enough. On the other hand, I thought they nailed it. Without balance, it’s hard to have good complexity. They have both in spades with this effort. Cheers!

Sampled from the tap at FOBAB 2012. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has sweet dark grains with a bit of roasted malts and just a hint of bourbon. Flavor has sweet dark grains and bitter chocolate with a bourbon note that grows in to a warming finish.