Holy Mountain Brewing Company King's Head - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Hazelnut Coffee

King's Head - Bourbon Barrel Aged: Hazelnut Coffee

 

Holy Mountain Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  Brown Ale - Imperial Regular
Score
7.59
ABV: 12.0% IBU: - Ticks: 4
King’s Head is our Double Oat Brown Ale, brewed with a large portion of malted and unmalted oats, Maris Otter, and specialty English chocolate and crystal malts. It was fermented with an expressive English ale strain and then transferred into fresh Kentucky bourbon barrels, where it continued to age for 20 months. The 2025 version has been infused with hazelnut coffee.

2025 release
 

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8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Dark brown. Lots of hazelnut on the aroma, and a good coffee. On the palate, there's a shit ton of hazelnut, and it's still exceptionally good. The coffee character is bigger than on the nose, and arguably that brings it into better balance. There's a nice balance to the barrel as well. Rich sugars, good body. Excellent, as all King's Head variants are.
Tried on 05 Mar 2026 at 05:18

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500mL bottle, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma has a bright, clean hazelnut coffee character upfront, accentuated by bourbon barrels, and a touch of vanillin. Flavour is complex and elegant, with a great melange of intense hazelnut coffee and bourbon barrels in wonderful cohesion, with just enough booze, a touch of vanillin, and restrained sugars that offer just enough sweetness. Expertly done as usual.
Tried from Bottle at Holy Mountain - Phinney Ridge Taproom on 05 Mar 2026 at 05:13

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
500mL bottle. Pours black with no head. Loads of toasted hazelnuts, coffee, and roasted malts on the nose. Flavour is rich with toasted hazelnuts, coffee, oatmeal, brown sugar, and a really nice bourbon barrel finish. Great base, adjuncts work great, and all well-integrated with the barrels. This is excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2026 at 01:12

8.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Waxed capped 500 from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with no head. Aroma has a lot of bourbon, hazelnut and coffee. Full bodied. Flavor is strongly hazelnut with a lot of coffee. Bourbon and heat come along. Vanilla notes. Very darkly malty and not dry. Pretty nice.
Tried from Bottle from Tavour on 20 Dec 2025 at 01:03