Velvet Merkin
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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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
35,5 cl bottle @ home Blind tasting containing 2017, 2018 and 2019. My guess on this was 2017 due to this being somewhat bland. Aroma has nuts,licorice and hayish malt. Flavour has grainy malt, licorice, cereal and granola. Sweetish but pleasant. Bourbon is not present at all. 7-4-7-4-37
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2021
at 18:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2018 bottle (why is 2018 separated?). Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma is coffee, vanilla and caramel bourbon flavours. Taste is coffee, super smooth barrel sugars, cookie dough, nice balance. Velvety mouthfeel. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2021
at 19:37
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from MoM. It pours black with a small tan head. The aroma is big fresh bourbon character upfront and throughout, vanilla, toffee, fudge, roasted malt, coffee grounds, chocolate cake, cookie dough and some dark fruits. The taste is dry, bitter, rich roasted malt, bitter - sweet, earthy, plenty of coffee action, coffee cake, chocolate, nut, bourbon soaked oak, vanilla fudge, touch of umami, liquorice, dried fruits, fruit cake and just a vague hint of alcohol with a smooth, bourbon oak finish. Medium - fulsome body and fine, massaging carbonation. Really nice balance. Hasn't lost much since 2018 anyhow. Fun stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2021
at 15:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours dark brn/blk with a transient beige/tan head. Aroma of near toasty malt with a touch of leather. Bourbon notes. Med plus body - carbonation slightly fizzy. Flavor is bourbon and just a bit musty wood with a flavor I generally take to be from oats. Not very sweet, heat is detectable, but not obnoxious, and the bourbon heat and oak tend to stand in for bitter to stave off the malt. Tasty brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2021
at 00:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Capped bottle from The Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours dark brown with orange glints and a huge frothy darkish tan head. Aroma of bourbon and roasty, not quite toasty, malt with chocolate notes. Med plus body. Flavor of bourbon, chocolate, roasty malt, and some vanilla, lactose and old wood notes. Milky, but not all that sweet. Far from dry tho. Good flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2021
at 01:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black beer with a brown head. Bourbon and chocolate aroma. Bourbon and chocolate flavor with malt and light caramel. Medium bodied. Bourbon and caramel linger with chocolate and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2021
at 18:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Black beer with a brown head. Rich malt and roast aroma with bourbon. Roast and chocolate flavor with bourbon. Medium bodied. Bourbon and chocolate linger with caramel and lactose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2021
at 18:28
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Black body with thick beige head. Full roasty aroma. Malt taste, full with a little bit of barrel. Creamy not too sweet finish.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2021
at 01:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (recolte 2018, #006): Literally black, small up to no tanned head, solid sweet- but not too sweet - bitter aroma of roasted malt, raisins and traces of smoky wood, the inevitable vanilla spots are hard to detect; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, full bodied but not overly soft; drier and thinner (!) bitter-sweet finish repeating all in all the aromas from the nose. Disappointing, regarding its price...
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2021
at 22:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Olmost black with a brown head - Dark malt and wood aroma - Dark malt body with wood vanilla flavour - The dark malt with wood flavours goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 16 Feb 2021
at 19:30