Flossmoor Station 11

On tap at the brewpub. Pitch black with brown head. Aroma of rasberries, choclate, and light bourbon. Flavor of rasberries, light sweet, cherry, alc, with a light bourbon taste that compliments it very well. Body is full with creamyness. Very good and one of those beers I could drink all the time.

GTMW. Flossmoor Station’s beers seem to be underrated almost across the board. Not sure why that’s the case -- they were my favorite tent at the festival. This was one of my last beers of the day, and it was another great stout with fruit added. I enjoyed the bourbon barrel Cherry Stout from Bells just a bit more than this one, but this is an excellent fruit stout as well. It reminded me a bit of blending Dark Lord with New Glarus’ Raspberry beer. Onto the beer, thick, oily, viscous, with notes of dark chocolate and framboise wine. I actually thought my wife might like it given the sweetness, but there was too much stout for her here. Vanilla, soy, raisin, cream and a touch of bourbon on the palate. Well extracted, and well crafted in general. Must be more than 5.5 ABV?!?

7/06/2007: I haven’t been to Flossmoor Station before and have been wanting to go, so I made it a priority to stop on my way to visit a friend for the weekend in the Chicagoland area. As luck would have it, they had just put the 11 on tap about 5 minutes before I walked in the door! Good thing I stopped in as I was probably the first RateBeer member to taste this beer... Flossmoor Station 11 is near black and quite opaque with a dense, creamy tan/brown head that lasts from the pour until the last sip. When first poured, the aroma contains mostly mouth-watering bourbon. However, as the beer warms up it reveals chocolate, caramel, raspberry, oak, and mellow bourbon. The flavor is fresh, ripe raspberries followed by bourbon and sweet, milk chocolate. The bourbon is not overdone in this beer at all and adds a wonderful bourbon flavor without too much alcohol. This beer has a full body with a smooth and milky texture. I don’t think I’ve ever heaf of or had a barrel-aged milk stout or a milk stout with fruit before, but this beer really pulls the bourbon and fruit together well. Overall this is a very well-blended beer that is a unique, complex, and memorable anniversary beer.

8 or 10 oz (?) snifter from tap at Flossmoor Station Restaurant and Brewery in Flossmoor, Illinois. Rating #5 for this beer...

Rerating - I had this at the brewpub yesterday and it has aged ridiuclously well. The aroma is now more fruity with a real tartness. The flavor takes on the qualities of a Flemish Red with the new born (if one can call aging being reborn) sourness. Very nice.

Original Rating 7/8/2007 - 6/4/7/4/14 - 3.5
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This brew looks great in the snifter, an ebon body with a creamy tan head. The aroma begins with fresh raspberries, but those quickly fade to be replaced by lightly roasted malts and a drop of Bourbon. Light-bodied and creamy in the mouth, the fruit re-emerges in the flavor accompanied by roasted malts, vanilla, and a touch of Bourbon in the finish. Not too shabby.

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Re-sampled, 19 Feb., 2008 Aging has brought out even more of the chocolate and raspberry flavor. Pours a black body with a kind of chocolate fondue foam. Light sourness breaks up what could otherwise be a soda taste. Strong bourbon presence from the barrel aging, seems much more alcoholic than listed. Goes down great. Enough to bring the rating up by a tick.
Original rating: 10 July 2007: Draft at FS. Deep black color in its teardrop-shaped goblet. 1/2" brown head. Smells like a big chocolate covered raspberry, all. Tastes like one, too, although the raspberry can sometimes stray into cough syrup territory. Coca seems a little thin. Notes of dry red wine and brandy more than bourbon, followed by a taste of unsweetened cocoa. May have finished a little too dry for a milk stout, perhaps from sitting in the barrel. Still a great, unique beer.