Serpent's Back - Barrel-Aged
Mountainview Brewing Co. in Hope, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Foreign / Extra Regular|
Score
6.72
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Named after the Serpent's Head Trail in Hope, BC, this limited release is a deeper, darker twist on our original award-winning stout. Aged for six months in ex-Port Whiskey barrels, this version picks up complex layers of wood, char, tannins, and a gentle sweetness that complement its based notes of roasted malt, coffee, and dark chocolate. The dry finish is an elegant contrast to its rich, barrel-kissed profile.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16oz @ Ryan's shared with Farees (thx for the beer!), Josh, and Alex.
Aroma: notably different from the non-BA version with a lot of berries notes from the barrel, some creamy oak notes.
Taste: along the same lines.
Overall: ok.
Aroma: notably different from the non-BA version with a lot of berries notes from the barrel, some creamy oak notes.
Taste: along the same lines.
Overall: ok.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2025
at 02:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
First rate: This seems richer and fuller than the original base. The fruitiness of the tropical stout shines, along with dark sugars. The port is prominent and the bourbon is also there, but the port character, that raisiny richness, seems to supercharge it. 8 8 8 8 8 = 8.0
Second rate: This has a chocolatey character, light fruitiness, light port note, sort of lends an off-dry note. The body is still light, the port helps. Not as great as the first time I had it but it's not bad. 6 6 6.5 7 6.5 =6.4
Second rate: This has a chocolatey character, light fruitiness, light port note, sort of lends an off-dry note. The body is still light, the port helps. Not as great as the first time I had it but it's not bad. 6 6 6.5 7 6.5 =6.4
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2025
at 02:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
473mL can, pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma has plenty of wood—though I wouldn’t have picked out port—along with moderate roast and some earthiness. Flavour is more or less the same, with moderate roast, plenty of low-quality woodiness from the barrel, and a hint of tartness. Pleasant malt character, not great barrel character; as always with a 6% stout, why barrel-age such a thing?
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - South Granville
on 02 Oct 2025
at 03:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 473mL can @ a hotel in Alert Bay. Near black with small beige head. Fruity roast malt, hint of whiskey character, as a 6% export stout with a hint of barrel, this is decent (just don’t go in with high expectations).
Tried
from Can
at
Mountainview Brewing Co.
on 19 Aug 2025
at 04:06