Full Sail Black Gold Imperial Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged

Brewed by Full Sail Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Hood River, Oregon USA

The aroma is powerful bourbon. This is a thick and black, low carbonation. Flavor has bourbon and medium sweet malt. But especially bourbon, and by especially bourbon, I mean almost nothing but bourbon. This is a well made and thought-out beer, but just too much bourbon for my taste. Thanks to Joebrew for sharing.

Pure black color with a decent head. Aroma of, oh, I don’t know... bourbon?! Good lord, it smells like a tumbler of whiskey. The taste certainly backs up the bourbon barrel statement, but the stout definitely shines and doesn’t just fade into the night. Certainly some roastiness and chocolate. The bourbon sweetens it up a bit. Not the greatest, but certainly very nice.

Pours a jet black with a small brown head. Nice sweet bourbon nose with hints of tofee, whiskey, chocolate, and a hint of smokiness. Very flat carbonation with hints of coffee, chocolate, caramel, toffee, and port like raisens sweetness. A great light hop finish with a great complex flavor. You definately have to like bourbon to like this booer, but I loved it.

2006 bottle. Nearly opaque black with little tan head. Roasty malt, vineous undertones. Some booze on the tongue. Strong bourbon presence to start. Some booze and woody malts to finish. Quite hot. Needs to lay down for a while.

Bottle: Dark, dark brown with a tan head. The aromatic delights that flood through the nasal cavity arrest your attention. Notes of coconut, vanilla, bourbon, and alcohol. The body is smooth like velvet (Black velvet if you please). Flavors of sweet coconuts, a little mint, oak, smooth liquor, and a little dark chocolate with fruit. It leaves a smooth coating in your mouth. Thanks Indiana_Red for sharing this treasure!

Thanks to Footbalm for sending this my way...Pours jet black with a decent brown head. The aroma is like sticking your head in a bourbon barrel. Thick and dry palate underneath the flavor of bourbon and more bourbon. Throw in a dose of charcoal and some roasted coffee and you’ve got the idea. Barrel aging is way overdone.

Dark fruits and bourbon stand out in the aroma.Pours black with a tan head.Flavor is dominated by the bourbon.Full body with a little to much bourbon.

Pitch black colour with a nice head. Very nice aroma of roastedness, dried fruit and alcohol. Lovely full body flavour of roastedness, chocolate, vanilla all in a very harminie-way.