Velvet Merkin
(has 8 batches)
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.84
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Our decadent Oatmeal Stout lovingly aged in Bourbon barrels. Beautiful chocolate, espresso and vanilla-bourbon aromas hold your nose hostage. Rich dark chocolate truffle, bourbon and espresso create a dangerously smooth and incredibly drinkable barrel aged Oatmeal Stout. Hoarding tendencies may occur.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the Copenhagen beer festival... Deep black... Thin tan lacing... Dark malt nose... Wierd meaty malts... Something very odd 3.0 Bottle at home bottle at home dark brown ... thin tan lacing ... soft chocolate roast ... soft dark chocolate roast malt nose ... dark sweet chocolate .. big vanilla .. soft chocolate .. mellow roast malts .. 4.0
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2014
at 08:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, picked up at a Nugget Market in Woodland, CA for $15. If only I had options like this at the local grocer back home. Pours a very dark brown with a short lived beige head. Light ring throughout. The nose is nice for the style, a light bourbon and oak blended with cocoa and roast. Very smooth and silky mouthfeel, but the flavor seems muted. Good bourbon and oak, light roast and espresso. Maybe a hint of vanilla. Seems light on the carbonation. Pretty good overall, but something about it seems subdued. Very approachable BA stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2014
at 07:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Bruce’s Birthday batch @Craft Islington. Thanks to the birthday boy! It pours darkest brown with a small beige head. The nose is roasted malt, dark chocolate, toast, oak, caramel, toasted coconut and vanilla. The taste is roasted malt, toast, cocoa, earth, wood, toasted coconut, vanilla, light alcohol and dried fruits with a dry, roasty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Smooth, tasty and rather drinkable. Another winner from FW.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2014
at 13:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at ginger man. Pours deep brown with nice head. Nose is roast malt and dark chocolate. Tastes of burnt coffee, oats, cherry, dark chocolate, and earthy bitterness maybe a hint of spice. Velvety texture and medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2014
at 17:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
7th February 2014
Craft Islington. Brucie Boys Birthday Bash. Thanks to the old mam himself. Dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Softish airy palate. Light chocolatey malt, lovely vanilla oak. Fruity bourbon and dried fruits. Light semi dry finish. Lovely!
Craft Islington. Brucie Boys Birthday Bash. Thanks to the old mam himself. Dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Softish airy palate. Light chocolatey malt, lovely vanilla oak. Fruity bourbon and dried fruits. Light semi dry finish. Lovely!
Tried
on 18 Feb 2014
at 01:17
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Reviewed from notes. Poured into a snifter and a pint glass.
The appearance is a jet black colored body with a head that seems to last just a tad longer in the snifter and concaves a bit than the pint glass. Its about a half finger off-white sort of tan that dies at a very nice pace with more spotty lacing is in the pint glass than the snifter.
The smell is the same amount of bourbon in both glasses, smokey chocolate comes through, slightly roasty and oaty.
The taste is sweet roasty bourbon-ness with a slight smokey-esque feel strolling around my taste buds with some vanilla making a decent presence. There is a bourbon sweet aftertaste with a sticky yet somewhat dry chocolate bourbon finish (wow, what a complex finish, I don’t think I’ve ever had any finish like that before).
On the palate, for an oatmeal stout at 8.5 that was bottled in August of this year, wow, this lives up to its name - what a \"velvety\" smooth feel rolling around my tongue and mouth, the more I sip the more I think holey moley wow, this feels great around my mouth especially with the lack of age on it; I’d say its about a medium in body, more of a sipper for sessionability’s sake. Carbonation is pretty good for the style and for me, not much pounding the mouth and tongue but that’s ok.
Overall, this could quite possibly be the best oatmeal stout that I’ve ever had. I didn’t know it was going to be this good.
The appearance is a jet black colored body with a head that seems to last just a tad longer in the snifter and concaves a bit than the pint glass. Its about a half finger off-white sort of tan that dies at a very nice pace with more spotty lacing is in the pint glass than the snifter.
The smell is the same amount of bourbon in both glasses, smokey chocolate comes through, slightly roasty and oaty.
The taste is sweet roasty bourbon-ness with a slight smokey-esque feel strolling around my taste buds with some vanilla making a decent presence. There is a bourbon sweet aftertaste with a sticky yet somewhat dry chocolate bourbon finish (wow, what a complex finish, I don’t think I’ve ever had any finish like that before).
On the palate, for an oatmeal stout at 8.5 that was bottled in August of this year, wow, this lives up to its name - what a \"velvety\" smooth feel rolling around my tongue and mouth, the more I sip the more I think holey moley wow, this feels great around my mouth especially with the lack of age on it; I’d say its about a medium in body, more of a sipper for sessionability’s sake. Carbonation is pretty good for the style and for me, not much pounding the mouth and tongue but that’s ok.
Overall, this could quite possibly be the best oatmeal stout that I’ve ever had. I didn’t know it was going to be this good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2014
at 22:40