Hello Barkness My Old Friend (2023)
(Batch of Hello Barkness My Old Friend)
Transient Artisan Ales in Bridgman, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.37
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled 500ml. -from Ambasada Zagreb, shared with Marko & Hrabren. Pitch black coloured, small brown head, chocolate, alcohol and light vanilla in the nose. Dark chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, alcohol and touch of maple syrup with warming finish. Quite nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
0.5 l bottle from Ambasada, Zagreb. Shared with Ogi and Marko. Oily dark brown to black, minimal head. Aroma is chocolate syrup, ethanol, cocoa liqueur, some maple syrup, some oak, molasses, caramel, even dried fruit and walnut liqueur. Also biscuit, some chocolate cookie. A touch of lacquer. Smooth, oily, sweet, licorice, maple syrup, caramel candy, bitter chocolate syrup flavour. Nice dark chocolate bitter touch, otherwise quite sweet. Warming. Lasting sweet finish.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2023 vintage, thx Ogi for sharing with H & me! Pitch black body, no head. Huge creamy chocolate and caramel aroma, bit of maple, vanilla... actually quite a bit pleasant. Smooth maple-driven taste, salted caramel, vanilla and cocoa notes as well, some weak old wood notes, thankfully well subdued, some warming alcohol, well restrained, ending dryish. The warmth does buildy, and the barrel is slightly imperfect, but this is excellent to be fair.
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, peanut, vanilla, roasted coffee, maple, taste is similar, sweet, boozy. 8/9/9/8/9