Bourbon Stout
ChopHouse & Brewery D.C. in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States 🇺🇸
Stout Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.58
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A portion of our Oatmeal Stout is aged in “Old Grand-Dad” bourbon barrels fresh from the distillery. During six weeks of conditioning, it acquires its unique bourbon overtones and a mellow vanilla flavor from the American white oak barrels. Served cool, not cold, via a traditional English beer engine. Intensely smooth!
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pumped out of the beer engine at the Chophouse. Black, with some deep ruby tones. Big steady beige head. Pronounced vanilla and oak tones with some mellow alcohol warmth in the finish. Mellow cask feel, served at cask temperature. Brown sugar, very sweet. A pretty interesting beer, rather one-dimensional in that the bourbon really dominates and shines, lacks much depth beyond that.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 May 2011
at 22:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A deep dark stout with a thin dense dark brown head. In aroma, sweet vanilla, almost candy-ish, mokacinno, pungeant. In mouth, a smooth sweet vanilla bean meets milk chocolate, alcohol, a bit thin. On tap at brewpub, Feb. 28 2010.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Mar 2010
at 19:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Location: Tap at the Brew Pub , 8/7/09
Overall Impression: Tons of bourbon flavor in this one, I also got a bit of vanilla, some coffee, not really any oatmeal detectable to me. Mostly, this one came off a "very bourbon" stout. Nose was alright, but for me too much bourbon (too one dimensional) to be anything exciting. Also found both the stouts (this and the Oatmeal) a bit thin.
Overall Impression: Tons of bourbon flavor in this one, I also got a bit of vanilla, some coffee, not really any oatmeal detectable to me. Mostly, this one came off a "very bourbon" stout. Nose was alright, but for me too much bourbon (too one dimensional) to be anything exciting. Also found both the stouts (this and the Oatmeal) a bit thin.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Aug 2009
at 17:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Served in a pint glass at the Chophouse in Chinatown, Washington DC. Pours a flat, opaque, oily black with a spitty, delicate slightly beige head. Aroma is all bourbon whiskey, slight grains, vanilla and oak. The aroma is a little intense and one-sided for me. Flavor is also very very boozy, oak, vanilla, bourbon, a little bit of toast and some licorice. Boozy heat on the end, thick and oily on the mouth. Serving this via hand pump and at ’cellar’ temperature (55 degrees or so) gets them an A for effort but overall this is too much. All that bourbon and oak leaves one missing all the best parts of beer.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2008
at 18:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A pitch black beer with a slight red shine under a thin brown head. The aroma is a lovely mix of oatmeal and whiskey as well as light hints of roasted malt. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of oatmeal, as well as medium notes of chocolate, before the whiskey sets in - the whiskey makes it feel almost as if it is burning on the tongue. The warming sensation lasts a long time. The end has hints of wood.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2006
at 06:49
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Sampled from cask during RBSG 2006. Black body with an off-white head. Nutty, with a mild bourbon aroma. Lightly sweet, very thin for style. The thin body disappoints greatly. The flavor is weak and this makes the weak bourbon flavors seem to be more intense than they actually are.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2006
at 06:54
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 4.5
Tap Date 15-December-2003:
Pitch black in colour with a soapy light brown head. Aroma of slight oak, roasted malt, honey, vanilla and mustyness. Medium-bodied; Sweet initial flavour then masked by anise tastes all capped by an offensive vegetal aftertaste. Aftertaset is unpleasant and not sweet-just a bad bitter quality (perhaps like melons?) resides on the palate. Way less than expected from this beer and definately not reccomended...unless this was unusually bad. I sampled this on cask at the District Chophouse in Washington, D.C. on 26-December-2003.
Pitch black in colour with a soapy light brown head. Aroma of slight oak, roasted malt, honey, vanilla and mustyness. Medium-bodied; Sweet initial flavour then masked by anise tastes all capped by an offensive vegetal aftertaste. Aftertaset is unpleasant and not sweet-just a bad bitter quality (perhaps like melons?) resides on the palate. Way less than expected from this beer and definately not reccomended...unless this was unusually bad. I sampled this on cask at the District Chophouse in Washington, D.C. on 26-December-2003.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Dec 2003
at 18:59