Foothills Barrel Aged Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Serve in Snifter

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Vintage 2011. Another great bottle Share from A.J. Nose is a subtle notes of bourbon and hints of Chocolate malt. Taste is vanilla, milk chocolate, charred ash with lots of sweet bourbon toward the finish. Mouthfeel is slightly on the flat side. Booze is completely hidden at the this point. Flavor has blended well and is really easy to drink. Body is on the full side. My rating number 1800. A really nice Impy stout.

2011 - 6/26 in a wine glass at cellar temp.

A - Semi-viscous pour, half a finger head that fades faster than it takes to form

S - I get some burnt cedar, chocolate and prune juice. Vanilla bean and basic bourbon

T - Taste is pretty thin almost like a baltic porter. Heavy bourbon presence which is very smooth. Loads of vanilla and bitter chocolate at the finish

M - thick carbonation on the mouth feel, medium body and a very bitter finish.

O - Impressive but it seems like this is more of a boozy porter than an imperial stout.

22oz bottle, 2011 vintage, shared by Nate. "6/27" written on the back. Black / dark brown color. Thin lighter brown head. Spread of lace. Vanilla, some brownie in the nose. Nice aroma. Nice smooth lighter carbonation. Bigger body. Pleasantly chewy, but no lingering viscosity. Good dark chocolate. More bitter taste. Light bittersweet in the finish. Alcohol very well hidden. Good, tasty stuff.

650ml bottle from 2012. Near black with a short brown head. This is all about bourbon-soaked dark fruitiness on the nose, plus a little bit of campfire. As for chocolate those notes are fainter and lean towards powdery baking chocolate. Oily mouthfeel with barrel featuring notably in the taste. Nothing majorly distinctive really leapt out out at me here, but it doesn’t do anything wrong and isn’t overly sweet. Dark fruits are present again but chocolate doesn’t come to mind; then again the American stuff is different to what I’m used to. A nice imperial stout overall, but not something I’m desperate to sample again.

Shared by Josh at Hunahpu day ’13 (man there were some crazy good beers being passed around): black, thick, bourbon, wood, rich chocolate, creamy, sweet dark fruit, coffee - very nice, would love to try again - 8.0

Bottle for my 300th rating (silly, I know!). Black pour with a touch of a tan head. Bourbon and roasted chocolate nose. Bourbon-forward, not too boozy (though this spent about 1.5 years in the cellar). Some nice vanilla in the aftertaste too. Quite good!

Bottle share at Hunaphu Day. Black pour with a tan head. Fudge, cocoa powder, coffee, coconut and bourbon wood. Viscous brownie batter, roasted malts, coffee, coconut and boozy bourbon. Good body and nicely blended booze. Good stuff.

Thanks mlunger. Black tan head aroma of Bourbon and wood chocolate. Sweet roast chocolate bourbon very good and tasty.

Birthday evening. Traded bottle probably about 18 months old or so. Cellar temperature Powerful bourbon aroma I could smell a couple of feet away; also some vanilla and sweet chocolate too. Tons of different flavors: starts out with chocolate, then sweet malt and finishes with a little booziness. Pretty nice sipping beer.

22 ounce bottle pours black. Aroma is heavy chocolate and graham crackers with just a little booziness. Very sweet and malty with a nice drying finish. The chocolate in this is just superb. Very good beer.