Full Sail Top Sail Imperial Porter Bourbon Barrel Aged

Brewed by Full Sail Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Hood River, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter

Bottles from trades with 5000 and Gription. 2010 vintage. Pours dark brown with tan head. Aromas of bourbon. roasted malts, oak, and vanilla. Bourbon flavor up front but not too overpowering with roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla, and oak. Medoin body with moderate carbonation. Very nice! Thanks Andre and Dallas.

Poured from a bomber into a Town Hall Snifter A. Pours a pitch black pour, 1 mm thick head, dissipates very quickly to a thin mocha ring. S. Smells like light chocolate and TONS of bourbon. Almost only bourbon. All Bourbon... T. Tastes of toffee, some light chocolate, some oak, but pretty much all bourbon. Lots and lots of bourbon with a hint of beer. M. Medium-thin body, dry and somewhat coarse O. This beer is just overbearing. Far too much bourbon. It’s just one flavor, no other angles to be viewed from. This was a drain pour for me.

Bottle. Black with a fizzy white head. Musty grainy chocolate and bourbon aroma. Tastes of chocolate bourbon citrus and vanilla with a leathery finish and a slightly sticky oily palate.

Bottle. Pours black with brown head. Nose is very strong dark chocolate, roast chocolate malt, bourbon, vanilla and oak. Taste is dark chocolate, mocha and vanilla with a bourbon-like alcohol finish. Medium body.

22 oz. bomber.
Aroma: chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, coconut
Taste: chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, woody
A great beer, finishes dry, making me want to go back for another sip.

Bottle, shared with Parksy and Gripp. Very dark brown with a dark tan head. Sweet bourbon, dark caramel, chocolate syrup aromas. Flavor is bourbon sweetness up front, with nice dark malts in balance, elements of bitter chocolate, light spice, toasted coconut, vanilla. Not as full bodied as some of the other strong ales we shared this night, but a nice barrel-aged dark beer.

Bomber, gold foil-wrapped, from 2010, c/o Gription79. Pours dark red, nearly black in the glass, with a small dark brown head. Aromas of bourbon, buttery oak, vanilla, spiced rum, toast, and milk chocolate. The flavor is sweet toffee and milk chocolate, toast, mocha, bourbon, and oak. Slight bitter cocoa with a flood of bourbon, as well as buttered oak and vanilla in the aftertaste. Smooth and creamy, with low carbonation, although a tad thin; this could be really nice with a little more body. ABV well hidden. Really tasty, with pleasant oak/bourbon notes. Thanks man! [860]

Pours dark red with a tan head and a lot of rich lacing. Nose of roasted malt, chocolate and vanilla. Rich full l bodied with very smooth creamy carbonation and slick mouthfeel Alcohol shows in the taste, and the flavor is a great mixture of chocolate, ripe dark fruit, and oak from the bourbon barrel. Very drinkable for such a big beer, and well crafted.