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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8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2018
at 19:39
9/10
Backlog
Tried
on 01 Sep 2018
at 14:32
9/10
Backlog
Tried
on 01 Sep 2018
at 14:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
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On tap @ Bergen Craft Beer Fest. Pours dark maroon, with a creamy, mocha head. Aroma is dark roasted malts, with dark fruits, tobacco and liquorice, as well as wooden barrels. Medium to creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is dark roasted malts, with tobacco, rum raisins, prunes and muscovado, as well as wooden barrels.
On tap @ Bergen Craft Beer Fest. Pours dark maroon, with a creamy, mocha head. Aroma is dark roasted malts, with dark fruits, tobacco and liquorice, as well as wooden barrels. Medium to creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is dark roasted malts, with tobacco, rum raisins, prunes and muscovado, as well as wooden barrels.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2018
at 16:27
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
05.05.2018, tap @ Bergen Craft Beer Festival:
Nice fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, dark sugar, marshmallows, butterscotch, lactose, caramel, oak, mild bourbon, vanilla, chocolate. Taste is slightly sweet mineraly, oak, bourbon, weeds, dark sugar, grass, butterscotch, lactose, bark, vanilla, booze, burnt toast, minerals. Medium bitterness, slightly dry boozy mouthfeel. Fair enough, kind of boring.
Nice fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, dark sugar, marshmallows, butterscotch, lactose, caramel, oak, mild bourbon, vanilla, chocolate. Taste is slightly sweet mineraly, oak, bourbon, weeds, dark sugar, grass, butterscotch, lactose, bark, vanilla, booze, burnt toast, minerals. Medium bitterness, slightly dry boozy mouthfeel. Fair enough, kind of boring.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2018
at 17:30
8/10
Tried
on 27 Apr 2018
at 16:29
10/10
Tried
on 08 Apr 2018
at 22:49
7/10
Dessert beer. Very rich. I'm hammered.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Apr 2018
at 14:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from 650mL bottle (vintage: 2016). Black with tan head. Oak, bourbon, dark chocolate upfront, but quickly dissipates into a mild lactose finish. Starts strong, but finishes light. As good as the barrel aging is, it might actually detract due to the disparate typing of strong bourbon chocolate and light sweet lactose (ie: perhaps it's a combination that doesn't quite fit). Not quite up to par with their other barrel aged vintages. Update: tried the 2017 version on tap and my thoughts have not changed. Overall, still pretty good, but below standard for this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2018
at 05:33