3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20Picked up a bottle mostly based off of Firestone Walker’s rep, $15. Standard stout appearance, the first glass I poured had a head but each subsequent refill did not. Aroma was weird, peanuts, touch of whiskey (or bourbon), and astringent alcohol, not nice. The flavor was better, very subtle coffee notes, whiskey and a really cool peanut butter and chocolate combo. Overall I was pretty let down by this after loving FW barrel aged beers. Maybe this was an old bottle and the coffee has faded?
edit: just checked the bottle and it is dated 08/30/12 so this was not an old bottle by any means bummer
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 11-17-2012 17:30:31
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at proof. Deep black pour tan head good collar of foam. Dark chocolate coffee and lots of fudge. Taste is super fudge and medium roast coffee. Definitely a good beer but a bit expensive at $12 for a glass.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Another typical take on the boubon barrel aged beer. Smoke char bourbon vanilla coconut. Coffee and bitter chocolate.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Samples at Total Wine beer tasting class. Aroma is of chocolate and stout, somewhat roasted. Thick, rich, chocolate, coffee, toffee, vanilla, with some bitterness to balance. Not for everyone; a relative hated it, but a friend and I loved it.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
2011 vintage. Pours black and viscous with a tiny tan head that is gone in an eye blink. Aromas are cocoa, coffee, barrel, vanilla and licorice. Flavors are lovely coffee infused chocolate and vanilla tinged stout with a hint of wood, dash of smoke and a lingering raisin and licorice flavor. Palate is just a tad bit light, but develops nicely as this warms and ends up spot on. Overall, this is super solid and would satiate my Parabola fix when that lovely beer is not around.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft at Proof. Black pour with a creamy brown head. Rich chocolate, vanilla, barrel and coffee aroma. Thick chewy chocolate flavor profile with espresso, roasted malts, vanilla, coconut and barrel. Fantastic, non overbearing barrel character and hardly any booze. Goddamn tasty beverage.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Mellowmushroom City North. Pours dark black with thin tan head. Has wonderful lacing throughout the glass. Aromas of chocolate, oak, mild coffee. Tastes of roasted coffee and itter chocolate with a mild warmth from the bourbon. Very well balanced anddelicious.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Post no Bills in Sand City, CA. Dark black with a milk chocolate-colored head that lingers a while. Nice lacing.
Aroma is toasted malt, coffee, hints of chocolate, vanilla, anise. Flavor is a delicate balance of sweetness and a nicely burnt bitterness.
Creamy mouthfeel and mellow carbonation.
Delish!
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Deep, rich chocolate and coffee notes. Black as the witch's heart. Definitely a proper session beer. Not too much bitterness, so has a good amount if drink ability for its style.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a translucent brownish black on tap with little to no head or lacing. Aroma is coffee, roasted malt, hint of chocolate and vanilla. Taste is like a bourbon barrel Firestone Walker stout. Well damn.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a black color with white head. Bourbon, roasty, vanilla, oak aromas. Bourbon, chocolate, oak, roasty flavors with some sugary sweetness at the end. Thick, chewy mouthfeel.
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