Wicked Weed Dark Age Bourbon Stout

Brewed by Wicked Weed Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Serve in Snifter

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On tap at the brewpub. Pours near black with a brown head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma a good amount of bourbon, vanilla and dark grains with a hint of chocolate. Flavor has dark grain and vanilla with dark chocolate and oak. Drinkable.

Pours an opaque brownish black with thin, lacy tan head and little to no lacing, but a nice brown film on the way down. Aroma was bourbon sweetness, with an undertone of chocolate and roasted malts. Taste follows: vanilla, dark chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, and a hint of booze. Really smooth and easy to drink considering the abv; great stuff.

8 oz. pour at the brewpub. This is near black with a hearty bourbon aroma, not just blunt vanilla. It’s very oaky with real whiskey going on. The palate is slick and rich. I commend Wicked Weed greatly on the use of barrel aging here. It’s very strong, but I get excellent nuances from the barrel and the beer itself still comes through with a rich flavor of roasted coffee and brownies. So. Good. This brewery will continue to impress me, I think.