Fremont Kentucky Dark Star Bourbon Barrel-aged Stout

Brewed by Fremont Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle at Bruce’s, London. Many thanks to Bruce. Pours oily black-brown with a thick, tan cream head. Roasty malt nose, rich bread, toast, dark fruits, raisins. Big sweet flavor, rich dark malts, some torched wood, a bit of hard alcohol, sturdy roast, ripe dark fruits. Full bodied with fine carbonation, lightly warming finish, some dark chocolate, moderate roast, dark roast, dark fruits, raisins especially. Lovely beer.

Bottle as shown. Pours a very dark brown with paper thin tan head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is roast oak and bourbon. Medium mouthfeel with strong oak and booze with roasty finish. A very good imperial stout from Fremont.

Poured from a 22 ounce bottle, thanks to Doug. Coconut, vanilla, chocolate, sweet malts. Great beer.

Aroma of bourbon soaked fudge. Pours a thick black with a short lived tan head and fine abundant lacing. The taste is wonderful! Bourbon, chocolate, toasted malts, with a touch of bitterness in the finish and a grainy aftertaste. Extremely smooth full bodied mouthfeel accompanied by soft carbonation. Overall, while expensive, it was a real pleasure to taste. Very very easy to drink. EXCELLANT!

Bottle from John - thanks! Black pour with quickly fading dark tan head. Aroma is clean, sweet bourbon with vanilla and alcohol spice over roasted and bitter chocolate, oats, light hop bitterness, and sweet malt. Taste is bourbon up front with vanilla and alcohol spice followed by chocolate, roast, oats, and light sweetness. Clean mouthfeel with a relatively dry finish. Very nice bourbon barrel aged imperial.

Bottle... This beer rocks!… Pours black with a small, creamy, off-white head. Good retention. The aroma features big-time coconut and fudge. Full-bodied and silky-smooth with lazy carbonation. The moderately sweet, decadent flavor offers a mixture of fudge, vanilla and pouch tobacco. Finishes sweet and chocolaty. Many thanks to biggsbowler for sharing this world class baby with the South Florida Brew Crew!

Bottle. Opaque black liquid with small to medium tan head. Aroma of wood, licorice, bourbon, chocolate, dark fruit, raw sugar, booze and oats. Taste is light sweet and light bitter with notes of buttery bourbon, licorice chocolate and raw sugar. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Nice balance and drinkable.

Had a sip of this at Back in Black at Brouwer’s, and again with a mini tasting with a Portland BA. Pours black with a finger of tan head, not much retention, and some good carbonation. Pretty stout. Smell has all the strong bourbon flavors a big barrel beer lover would look for. It’s a bit of a sweeter smell, not boozy, but a lot of bourbon vanilla and a tiny hint of red fruit. Taste is fantastic, you can still get a lot of the base beer (which I enjoyed). I think that’s why I prefer this to Bourbon Abominable, which was an absolute Bourbon bomb, so much so that I could only pick out hints of the base beer. This one, while more subdued, catches the best parts of the bourbon flavor without it overpowering a fine oatmeal stout. Creamy, grainy, caramel, vanilla, and roasty chocolate. The mouthfeel is also incredible. It doesn’t bombard the palate, it doesn’t have a lot of heat (an imperial oatmeal stout), so it’s a lot easier drinking than you might expect. Overall, the best bourbon barrel beer I’ve had from Washington, and something to be very proud of.

A nice treat! Aroma is bourbon, wood, chocolate, and molasses. Pour is pitch black with almost no head. Taste is roast, chocolate, bourbon, and molasses. Very nice.

Bottle
Appearance - Thick, black, no head
Aroma - Oak, chocolate, coffee, alcohol
Taste - Molasses, vanilla, bourbon, oak, dry cherries

This was a BA stout that was on the sweet side, but was warm and dry for a nice balance. Rich, complex and filling. Cheers!!!