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

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22 oz. bottle from South Bay Drugs (2010 bottle). Pours a thick dark brown that even when aggressively poured only forms a thin brown head. The initial nose is vanilla and booze but in time dark chocoalte and roasted coffee make their way through. The flavor does contain a nice amount of vanilla, coconut, and chocolate but there is a bit too much dark fruit for my liking (to be fair, this may be from the aging, although 15 months does seem reasonable for this beer). Just the right amount of alcohol warmth and the mouthfeel is slick, not watered down, yet also not heavy. Overall, this is an excellent imperial porter.

Dark brown with no head... Nice nose with lots of bourbon, molasses, and brown sugar, a bit too much alcohol but its pretty nice... Really boring taste, light alcohol a bit too hot, meh

UPDATED: JUN 7, 2011 Poured a deep black with a nice tan head with thick chunky sheets of lace. Aromas of good bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, oak, coffee, thick chewy caramels, and booze. The flavor is a bit boozy, but with a solid bourbon presence, chocolate, and vanilla, coffee and oak. The finish is a little long and rich with the vanilla coming through nicely.

Black pour with minimal head. Some lacing gangs around. Nose is nutty bourbon and hints of coconut. Very nice aroma. Taste is a little less impressive. Bourbon taste for sure but very little by way of other flavors. Nice but not great.

Reviewed from notes. Pours a very dark brown color with a light mocha head. The nose brings forth a good dose of bourbon along with some light oak, roasted malt, and hints of coffee. The taste is dominated by the bourbon, but it’s pretty smooth overall. Good semi-hot mouthfeel with a nice body. Drinks very well; glad they put this out. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 11-12-2010

2008 Vintage: Diggity dark brown almost black with a tan head. Sweet aromas of alcohol, woody bourbon, and brown sugar. Strong alcohol flavors which surprises me that its only 7.5%. Sweet cocoa and splinters are also present. Thin feel as to be expected from a porter. Super nice and a big thank you to Indiana_Red!

black body with beige head. aroma of large oak, bourbon, big chocolate and marshmallow, and a bit of booze. flavor of burnt malt, smoke, big alcohol, big whiskey, and big wood. bitter cocoa finish that is both dry and bitter. a touch grassy as well. all in all, too much heat to accompany a thin and fleeting watery beer

2008 release. Little chalky nose, some semisweet chocolate, dark roasted coffee and bourbon soaked charcoal. Jet black, creamy tan head, sparse lacing. Softer in heat and more mellow in body than when this beer was fresh, the charred barrel character stands out more throughout with vanilla, aged bourbon and light coffee. Viscous in the finish.

Bottle shared by badnewsbeers. Deep opaque brown body with reddish highlights, thin ring of beige carbonation. Nice nose of bourbon, coffee, alcohol, and oak. Hot body with prickly alcohol and bourbon and potent notes of coffee, roast, vanilla, and toasted coconut. Pretty good complexity.

Bottled. The aroma has strong bourbon, some roast, some chocolate. Black coloured beer with a thin, off-white head. The taste is sweet, very boozy with bourbon, roast and chocolate. Strong bourbon (bit too much), medium-full bodied.