Full Sail Black Gold Imperial Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged

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

Bomber from my boy Sparky27. Pours very dark brown with one finger tan head. Aroma is heavy with bourbon and vanilla with some roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor is bourbon, vanilla, oak, caramel, and roasted chocolate malts. Solid RIS but aroma is much more pleasant the than flavor. This is a very solid brew but does not stack up against some of the upper echelon BA RIS. Solid brew with no negatives as far as I am concerned.

Tasted at the Seattle Beer Geek Campout 2009. Very boozy. Full body with a long wood, vanilla finish.

Bottle at LCRBM 5 at Kulminator. Bourbon aroma is a bit strong. You know what, I like it. Biscuity in the mouth. It’s got some very good boozyness. But I like the dark fruits and roasted malts.

Big ups to douglas88 for sending this one on. Flavor and aroma is dominated by a vanilla aspect that I can only imagine was imparted by the lovely barrel ageing this beer went through. A nice roasty malt and chocolate is working in the flavor background. A creamy texture lets this one go down smooth and a slight tough of bourbon alcohol on the finish is just enough to be nice.

Bottle. [thank you, after4ever]
Pours completely black with a small, creamy, brown head. Fizzes into a thin film rather quickly. Aroma is sweet, lots of bourbon. Oak tannins, roasted malts, chocolate, coffee. Medium to low carbonation, lovely velvety and oily mouthfeel. Flavour is very bourbon-centred. Dry, ashy, roasted malts. Dark chocolate and light coffee notes. Long, lingering, bitter and rather ashy finish. It is good, but there are certainly better Imperial Stouts out there.

Bottle sample shared by shigadeyo. Poured black color with an average frothy brown head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate to heavy roasted malt, chocolate, woody bourbon alcohol aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy roasted malt and whiskey flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet smooth finish of moderate to long duration. Another standout brew.

Brewmaster Reserve 2009

9/17/2009: Full Sail Black Gold Imperial Stout... Aroma: Vanilla and softly roasted malts, a touch of chocolate, plenty of bourbon! Appearance: Opaque black with a quickly dissipating ivory head. Flavor: Dark fruits at first which quickly turns to semi-sweet chocolate and lots of vanilla and BOURBON galore in the dry. Palate: Medium-full, average palate, soft mouthfeel. Overall: The bourbon definitely pops out in the finish and builds with each; not quite as rich or big as I had hoped, but still darn good.

1 pt. 6 fuild ounce bottle ( Alc. 10.% by Vol.) from bitbucket. Thank you, Bob! Rating #298 for this beer.

[9/5/08] Bottle sample during LCRBM at Kulminator in Antwerp. Black-colored with a brown head. Aroma of whiskey, chocolate, some espresso, oak, dark fruits and alcohol. Sweet alcoholic flavor of chocolate, oak and whiskey. Full-bodied. A bit over the top.