Squatters Barrel of Russians

Formerly brewed at Salt Lake Brewing Company / Squatters Pub
Style: Imperial Stout
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Snifter

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750 ml. bottle. Pours almost black with a nice tan head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, alcohol, and wood. Taste is roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, whiskey, and wood. Very nice, very nice!

UPDATED: MAR 29, 2013 750ml bottle, via trade, aged for about a year. pours a dense, hazy, black that sits opaque in the glass capped by a thin, dark mocha head that leaves oily rings of lace on the glass. aroma is excellent, pretty unique, with heavy roasted malts, fresh liquorice, baker’s chocolate, and graham crackers backed by toasted rye bread, subtle whiskey, molasses, and hints of ash. flavor is excellent as well with rich dark fruit notes of prunes, figs, and merlot backed by sweet toffee, chocolate malts, and rye toast with honey followed by smooth, spicy, rye whiskey notes on the finish. palate is on the richer end of medium bodied with light carbonation and a lingering, warming finish. this actualy reminds me a bit of Berserker which is never a bad thing. overall, a damn nice barrel aged imperial stout.

Bottle from international trade; dark brown pour with thin tan head, roasted malt and molasses aroma, taste is roasted malts vanilla caramel, slick mouthfeel an impress impy.

Trade from sledutah. Shared with jimmeekrek for beer nerd night #6. Thanks a million. This is whiskey aged not bourbon. Amazing brew. Alcohoak.

Bottle at Sybarite Pig share night. Pours deep brown with tan thin head. Snifter. Light lace. First on noise is the alcohol whiskey aroma. Plums, prunes, roasted malts, leather. Taste of chocolate, prunes, roasted cocoa and malts, whiskey, oak char, and black raspberries.

Smooth chocolate nose and swarthy brown head with a gleam in the light. Dashes of dark chocolate the initial taste, a good palate coating of milky malt evened out by a charred backbone and moreish imperial bitterness. The palate eventually leans itself to a black and white ’aged imperial’ side of things. Really need sweet alcohol burn on the finish, like boozy Coco-Pops.
Extremely moreish from start to finish - just left of center for an imperial in the right places, really engaging initially and curveball sweet milkiness throughout with the booze burn in the shadows. Superb.

Bottle, Garvie Tasting - March, Edinburgh

bottle at home in blind tasting with 2 Black Isle BA Black Runs...

Bottle 1: deep black ... thin tan head ... big meaty roast ... big Whisky nose ... dark chewy malts ... deep dark roast ... heavy malts ... chewy chocolate ... dark malt fruits .... soft long alcohol...little mushroom but not much 3.9 Bottle 2: dark brown black ... no head ... dark sweet roast ...sweet sherry nose... little flat ... dark roast ... soft sweet toffee ... little coconut ... very soft mellow bourbon ... little coconut husk ... as benji pointed out there a few light sake tones to it... 3.7 Bottle 3: dark brown black ... seems darker than btl2 ... no head ... soft roast ... light whisky nose ... soft toffee roast ... dark malts ... soft chocolate ... soft oily body ... mellow roast ... light whisky ... dark fruits ... 4.0 Btl 1: was the Barrle of russions Btl 2 is Bourbon Black Run (unratable) pre release straight from barrel Btl 3 is Whisky Black Run (unratable) pre release straight from barrel

Bottle. Black with nice tan head. Thick aroma, licorice, chocolate, ovaltine, something umami. Similar taste, very rich. Thick amd sweet with a clean finish. Great.

Bottle 750ml. @ ChrisO Snow Tasting.

Clear dark black colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark fruit, dark chocolate, light alcohol. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dark roasted, wood, chocolate, milky. Body is medium, texture is creamy to oily, carbonation is soft. [20130120]

Bottle shared by badnewsbeers. Deep opaque brown body with garnet highlights, medium dense tan head. Inky nose with huge roast and hints of smoke. Roasty body, rather dry with coffee beans, chocolate liqueur, and some syrupy dark fruit/plum. Good, but not too exciting.