Barrel Aged Koopa Gets Salty
Transient Artisan Ales in Bridgman, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.00
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Imperial stout aged 36 months in Elijah Craig 19 year & Blis maple bourbon barrels with salted caramel.
A collaboration with our friends - The Open Bottle
A collaboration with our friends - The Open Bottle
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7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Sample, thanks fonefan! Black, small head. Bourbony caramel aroma. Very sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Maple syrup, caramel and licorice. Lots of bourbon. Very sweet. But thankfully never cakey.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2026
at 22:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Thanks fonefan! 2024 vintage. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is biscuity, chocolate, syrup, alcohol and some wooden tones. Flavour is vanilla, liquorice, chocolate, some hot alcohol and mild vanilla tones with some wooden tones too. Really nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2026
at 20:22
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle 1pt 0.9fl.oz. @ home - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 💻👀 ❄☃️ ☁️☂️ [ As Transient Barrel Aged Koopa Gets Salty (Vintage 2024) ]. ABV: 15.0%. [20260107]. 8-/4/8-/4/18-.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2026
at 17:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
roasted malts, faint salty caramel, dark chocolate, dark toffee aroma.
Flavor is salty licorice, dark chocolate, roasted malts in the aftertaste which lasts a long time. quite salty. also some cake frosting in the middle. If you like finnish salty licorice, you will like this one.
Flavor is salty licorice, dark chocolate, roasted malts in the aftertaste which lasts a long time. quite salty. also some cake frosting in the middle. If you like finnish salty licorice, you will like this one.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Kihoskh
on 21 Oct 2025
at 10:10
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Tried
on 12 Aug 2025
at 21:33
8.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 03/08/2025.
Pitch black topped with a handsome dirty tan covering ... a good looking bier for sure.
Nose is liquid fruit cake, chocolate, sultanas, brown sugar melt, spice, bourbon rip.
Taste comprises dark malts, figs, ripe fruits, bourbon, molasses, brown sugar melt, toffee, caramel, light spice.
Full bodied, oily feel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Not had a Transient offering for a while and this was bang on the money, rich, luxurious, punchy, balanced.
Class in a glass!
Pitch black topped with a handsome dirty tan covering ... a good looking bier for sure.
Nose is liquid fruit cake, chocolate, sultanas, brown sugar melt, spice, bourbon rip.
Taste comprises dark malts, figs, ripe fruits, bourbon, molasses, brown sugar melt, toffee, caramel, light spice.
Full bodied, oily feel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Not had a Transient offering for a while and this was bang on the money, rich, luxurious, punchy, balanced.
Class in a glass!
Tried
on 03 Aug 2025
at 18:48
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
28th June 2025
Bottle. Opaque black brown beer, small and short lived bubbly tan head. Smooth viscous palate, good fine minerally carbonation on the back end. Chewy dark malt, dark chocolate and big dark fudge that never gets too sweet. A mild savoury element before thick ripe bourbon barrel aged ripe fruits syrup. Smooth finish. Wonderfully and satisfyingly intense and chewy, as always with Transient. Really something that satisfies at every intense mouthfull.
Bottle. Opaque black brown beer, small and short lived bubbly tan head. Smooth viscous palate, good fine minerally carbonation on the back end. Chewy dark malt, dark chocolate and big dark fudge that never gets too sweet. A mild savoury element before thick ripe bourbon barrel aged ripe fruits syrup. Smooth finish. Wonderfully and satisfyingly intense and chewy, as always with Transient. Really something that satisfies at every intense mouthfull.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2025
at 13:01
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle pour in Side Project Line. Black with beige head. Chocolate, maple, some bourbon in the back, caramel notes, low carbonation, intensive chocolate. Full bodied. Pretty thick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2024
at 23:00