4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20Dark black pour, deep khaki-brown head, spotty lacing. Nose is roast, caramel, vanilla, oak, bourbon, brown sugar. Flavor is similar with a nice bourbon barrel emphasis on a moderately roasted and semi-sweet porter base. Full bodied, non-cloying, lightly sweet, roasted finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ Stouts Tasting Pt II. Cheers to Ken for showing us how its done. The pour’s deep brown with a tight light brown head. Gorgeous appearance. The nose is rich chocolate cake. Caramel and vanilla. Shredded coconut and burnt cinnamon toast. The taste is red berry. Jammy forest fruits. Slightly funky. Burnt caramel sweet. Some vanilla. Plenty of bourbon accents. Smooth and easy to drink. Full body. Oily. A great sipper. Overall, this gets it right.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at THE stouts tasting part 2, big thanks to Kenny. It pours near black with a thick light tan head. The nose is toffee, caramel, brown sugar, chocolate powder, earth, roasted malt and bourbon. The taste is roasted malt, cocoa powder, earth, toast, bourbon, earth, hay, dried fruit and decent bitterness with a dry, roasty finish. Full body and moderate carbonation. Well integrated and pretty flavoursome.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
19th March 2013
Stouts and Porters II. Opaque dark brown beer, good sized pale tan head, short lived. Palate is light and airy and softish. Light touch of dark malt with a little malt cream and light coffee. Very light bourbon and aniseed. Love the fact this spent time in Sam Adams Utopias barrels but not really getting the character of that beer here. Decent stuff but I actually prefer the base version.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: MAR 20, 2013 Bottle shared at Bruce’s, London during The Stouts Tasting, Pt. II - thank you, thank you Ken. Proper HF whale, this one! Pours deep brown with a large, strong beige cream head. Dark, tangy fruits in the nose, some dry cocoa, earth. Medium to big sweet flavor, balanced dark fruits, some baking cocoa, burnt wood and earth, burnt grass, baking cocoa, mellow alcohol. Medium to full bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Warming finish, some torched wood, bittersweet baking cocoa, earth, dried dark fruits. Lots of depth. Rich, tasty, robust. Still a lot of fight left in this guy! I like it.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Thanks, E! The base beer is one of the better porters I’ve had, and this version is really exemplary in terms of what barrel-aging can accomplish. Beautifully pour, moderately oily dark brown with a thick, silky head. Really intense nose of choc and bourbon, with a modest lactic note and some sweetness. Mouthfeel is luxuriant, nothing too slick. Flavors reveal superbly integrated barrel, vanilla and bourbon quality complements the choc so well. Terrific stuff overall.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home with friends, courtesy of Andre. Thanks man! Pour is pitch black with a frothy brown head and great lacing. Big bourbon, coconut, oak, cocoa, coffee, light peppers, bread, and a touch of vanilla in the aroma. Taste is coconut, whiskey, chili peppers, bread, light cognac, vanilla, wood, and chocolate with a light spicy bite on the finish with a huge chocolate aftertaste. Creamy mouthfeel with soft carbonation. Awesome porter and the barrel doesn’t dominate this one, but I definitely like the original Everett more.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour out of 500 mL bottle, pour is dark black with a tan head thanks Andre, aroma brought notes of bourbon, some tequila, whiskey, hints of roast, coffee, chocolate, touch of spice. Taste is a mix of dark fruit, anise, dark chocolate, coffee, roast, hints of whiskey, touch of tequila, finishing fairly roasted, slightly bitter.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Stephen’s house courtesy of André. Thanks a bunch! Pours a thick black appearance with a brown head. Slight cognac/whiskey/spirit, dark chocolate, somewhat, dark fruity, grape, plum aroma. Chocolate, roasty malty, dark grape, fig, whiskey, chewy woody, somewhat boozy flavor. Very strong and a lot going on but it’s not exactly up my alley. Very generous share André!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Baaaaallllllleeeeeerrrrrrrr. Dark iny black pour with one finger of chestnut brown head. Rich bourbon in the nose. Bakers chocolate and wood with some burnt sugar and wonderful wonderful things. Chocolate and vanilla and coffee. Medium body, velvety and rich.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
500 mL gold wax bottle.
Pours a still, thick and viscous chocolate black with a bubbly tan collar and thin splotchy film. Chocolate, molasses, oak, smoke and raisin give the nose a rich, decadent blended balance. Flavor is a less oaky version of the nose; like a rich and sweet confectionary blend without being cloying. Brown sugar, molasses, baker’s chocolate, smoke, plum and oak all blend seamlessly with slight oxidization. Slightly thin body for style, but no real complaints. A little old at this point, but this bottle held up very well. Can’t wait for more of this beer.
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