Pike Entire Wood Aged Stout

Brewed by Pike Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Snifter

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Acquired via trade with 5000. Pours an opaque dark brown colored brew with a thin tan head that slowly dissipates to a film top. Aroma of roasted dark malt, vanilla, a hint of bourbon, chocolate and a touch of toffee. Taste is full bodied, very soft texture with flavors of toasted dark malt, bourbon, vanilla, dark chocolate and dark pitted fruits. Finish is semi-sweet with a fruity and bourbon aftertaste that even has some alcohol warmth. Very nice.

Enormous head, quintupled its volume in foam. Aroma was floral and sweet with very toasty and fruity notes. Flavor was very richly sweet and malty, with a chocolatey, velvety mouthfeel and diverting into a sharply bitter finish like straight cocoa powder. Obnoxious to pour but more delicious than expected. I think this is underrated.

UPDATED: JUL 22, 2009 Bottle shared by wolf. Black in color, good head. Nice aroma of roasted malts, smoke and some chocolate. Taste was woody but in a good way. Also a nice smoke, light chocolate, vanilla and roasted malt taste. Very well balanced. A creamy soft texture with a low carbonation level. No trace of the 9.5 alcohol in there eithier. Solid beer, thanks wolf! ****Updat*** Just had another bottle shared by wolf-man 3008... This one was sour???? Definetly some brett yeast in there. Interesting take on a stout.. The roasted malts, chocolate and sourness kind of counter balanced each other... Wierd in a good way

A thick & heavy bourbon barrel delectable that gets better as it warms toward room temp. 2009 bomber with black wax seal. Oaked bourbon aroma with tons of roasty malts and a little bit of funk. Head is alive! Takes several minutes to subside, even with a careful pour. Taste is dry cherries, espresso coffee beans, Kentucky bourbon, beef jerkey, and dark dried fruits, all infused with peaty Scottish tea. Chewy with a dry mouthfeel on the finish.

Deep, thick black pour with dark tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, oak and coffee. Very bitter chocolate flavor with notes of wood and coffee.

Yummy! Gorgeous deep brown with tan head and plenty of lace. Aromas of bourbon, coffee, chocolate, whisky and caramel. Tastes much the same with bitter coffee and bourbon battling it out in the finish.

Bottle 660ml.Pours black with a beige head.Aroma is spicy and maybe slightly brettish with roasted malts and oak.Flavour is slightly sourish with lots of roasted grains , chocolate and some spicy notes .Slightly brettish with a bitter finish.Full body.Nice

Bottle. Pours very dark brown, black in the center, with a huge dark than head that never really reduces past 1/4". Great lacing. Nose is big and potent, much more bourbon evident now than when I first tried it 3-4 months ago. Great nose of bourbon, coconut, mocha, dark roast coffee, mild ashy smokiness, but the overall experience is one of toasty warmth, without going over into booziness, but it does walk a fine line there. In the mouth this beer is full and expansive, big tasty bourbon throughout, not as dominating (or as wonderful) as say a Bourbon County Stout, but a very nice example in the mouth nonetheless. Vanilla, coconut, licorice, roasty bitterness, mild coffee and chocolate, long finish. Very nice stout, one of the best (after Old Rasputin and Peche Mortel) sold in my neck of the woods.

On tap at Brouwer’s for Big Wood, pours pitch black with a tiny foamy ring of tan head. Aroma of mild vanilla, bourbon, and light molasses. Flavour is both sweet and woody, with light vanilla, wood, light roast, and some espresso. Light on the palate for an impy but rich and full of complex flavours. Delicious.

On tap at Brouwer’s Big Wood. Pours solid black with no head. Aroma of roasted malts, espresso and wood. Flavour of roasted malts, lots of espresso, wood and some spice, light smoke and toasted nuts. Full bodied, roasty and toasty. Nice.