Gourmetbryggeriet Brewers Reserve Grain Barrel Stout

Formerly brewed at Gourmetbryggeriet (Harboe)
Style: Imperial Stout
Roskilde, Denmark

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 75cl.
Clear dark black color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, wood - oak, peat, red wine notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (310508)

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt, wine, and wood, as well as light notes of chocolate. The flavor is sweet malty with very strong notes of roasted malt as well as notes of wine and wood.

(Hand bottle 100 cl) Courtesy of Sahlholdt. Cloudy, opaque black with a basically absent head. Very vinous and alcoholic aroma. Pleasant and smooth mouthfeel, a little low in carbonation. Slightly tart, fruity notes and some malt bitterness before a very warming almost Slivovitz-like alcohol burn in the finish. Very interesting. This really shows what brewmaster Mike Murphy is capable of when let a little loose. Good going. 070907

Blind tasting at sk8vikings porter / stout tasting, beer no 11. Pours dark brown to black with thin brown rim. Mellow liqourice and mild chocolate aroma. Flavour is softly balanced. Warming liqourice alcohol blend, nice. Quite some bitterness in the finish. Solid alcohol warming finish. No carbonation left.7-4-8-4-15=3.8

Sample at the brewery: a bit too cold. Full bodied chocolate and mild liqourice flavour. Quite warming alcohol finish. Extremely smooth brew. 4.1

Bottled. Deep amber colour, small brown head. Aroma is wooden, quite licoriceish as well as some mild roasted malts and chocoltate. Flavour is roasted malts, slight acidicness, some licorice, vanilla and wooden notes. Wellbalanced and easy to drink. Hides the alcohol well.

UPDATED: SEP 8, 2008 Bottled at RBESG. Very black with dense beige head. Oaky licorice and vanilla aroma. Sweet and full bodied. Full flavoured with dense bready malt and big amounts of salty licorice. Slightly raw and immature, some additional aging would do it well, but already at this point it is a tasty, potent imperial stout.

Bottle. Black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of dried fruits, chocolate and liquorice. Roasted flavour of wood, liquorice, dried fruits, chocolate and alcohol. Roasted and warming alcoholic finish.

Corked bottle. Black color; creamy beige head. It has some aroma of roasted malt and vanilla, quite nice. It has a medium body strength, an acceptable mix of flavors (dark caramel, roasted malt, coffee, liquorice), complemented by the vanilla touch. The bitterness is ordinary. The final is probably the least interesting factor in this beer, missing structure and complexity. I can’t say that it’s bad, but it seems another confused attempt to hit the world current trend.

[Bottle - Launchday @ Ølbaren] Black with medium brown short lasting head. Aroma has chocolate, liquerice, coffee and roasted malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, liquerice and vanilla. Short bitter end.

Bottle@Thewolf. Pours black with a creamy brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, oak, coffee, chocolate & tart. Smooth, creamy & soft mouthfeel. Warmth from alcohol. Well balanced & very nice!