4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
BOTTLE of KBS 2010 at Darkness Day 2011.
Tops. This beer is it. Bourbon, coffee, wood, vanilla. Oily, smooth, and full flavor. Great way to start the morning.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz. bottle, 2011 vintage, cellar aged. Aroma of oak, vanilla, dark chocolate and bourbon, with lighter suggestions of smoke, coffeeish, roasty, nearly burnt malts, some tobacco and very faint black cherry in the background. Thick-looking opaque black color with a fine, persistent, tan head and very thin lacing. Flavor profile is sweet and roasty with lightly burnt sugar, charred oak and bitter chocolate, alongside gentle tinges of bourbon, vanilla, prune and earthiness, spicy alcohol and faint soy appearing towards the finish. Warming, lightly coating, very gently acidic mouthfeel, low-moderate effervescence, ultimately fairly dry and with a gigantic body. The age seems to have toned down the oakiness and bourbon presence just a bit, I certainly don’t believe that’s a negative outcome compared to a fresh bottle.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
The big barrel bourbon hit you in the nose . The spice notes effervess with the stong alcohol to hide its 10+%
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
KBS pours a pitch black color. Oily. A very small tan head is formed. Good retention on whatever head was left.
Smell on this beer is fantastic. Bourbon is the number one thing you’ll notice here. It’s not overpowering by any means but it’s what I picked up most. Backing up that is the lovely chocolate malt, oak, and just a hint of coffee. It’s lovely, it’s sorta balanced.
At first I couldn’t get into the taste. It was very sweet. But as the beer warmed up everything came into play and was very balanced. Don’t expect a huge and overwhelming bourbon taste here but instead expect a mixture of bourbon, oak, vanilla, roasted malt, and chocolate to dance across your tongue. This is an almost 12% stout, so there is some alcohol there but it never gets in the way.
Mouthfeel is also nice. Medium to full bodied. Creamy, silky, and coats the tongue.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
2009 bottling twice over on the b-day. I’ve had this one plenty of times, just had it again recently and decided to do a review. Pours out a deep brown/black hue, coffee color head. Aromas are esspresso, roasted coffee, malt and vanilla. Palate has broken down a bit from fresh KBS which pops with fresh sharp roasted coffee up front, this was mellowed out flavors across the board. The bourbon had even faded a bit in the finish. I’d say drink it within a year, still one of my favorite coffee brews.
4.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
This beer had a fantastic pour, dark with a creamy head. The taste chocolate and coffee, pretty malty. This is worth every penny. Awesome, top 10 of all time.
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Dark black with a tan head, coffee, chocolate syrup, toasted oats with yummy vanilla. Perfect!
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Bottle from trade. Aroma was of bourbon, caramel, toffee, and chocolate. Flavors are the same, but so smooth and perfectly set with carbonation. I traded to see what the hype was about, and I was pleasantly surprised at the combination of flavor and palate of this beer. Really an amazing beer.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
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