Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015

The White Hag in Ballymote, Sligo, Ireland 🇮🇪

Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production

Score

6.95

ABV: 10.2%

IBU: -

Ticks: 123

A fierce and powerful creature was the Black Boar. This huge beast played a massive role in shaping ancient Irish history. Famously the Black Boar killed, and was killed by Diarmuid the warrior while he answered the challenge of his archrival Fionn Mac Cumhaill on the mountain of Ben Bulben in County Sligo. The Black Boar has come to represent resilience. Fitting then that this black, silky Imperial Stout should carry the name of one of ancient Ireland’s most notorious icons.

Description:
An intensely flavoured, big dark ale. Roasty and bittersweet, with a noticeable alcohol presence. Dark fruit flavours meld with roasted coffee and dark chocolate notes to create a very full-bodied, velvety, luscious texture.

Tasting Notes:
Rich and intensely complex flavours of dark chocolate, roasted malts, and robust coffee. Full bodied, with soft carbonation, finishing with a mellow alcohol warmth.

Ingredients:
Water, barley, hops, oatmeal & yeast.

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7.9

Rotin (7849) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 5 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 0.75l from our archive, the last one from our beautiful Ireland trip. Vintage 2015. Dark brown to black colored, opaque. AROMA- peated, alcohol, roasted malts, dark chocolate, nuts, licorice. FLAVOR- smooth and creamy, quite warming, neutral, moderately bitter, the same as aroma. Fuller bodied. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2020 at 20:04

sjogro (11831) ticked Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 7 years ago

3.9

Tried on 25 Dec 2017 at 22:42

5.8

Fergus (31281) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle shared at Cotteridge convention 05/03/2016. Thanks to Steve I’ve known . An opaque black coloured pour with no head. Aroma is tart plums, smoky medicinal tcp, . Flavour is composed of smoked earth, medicinal, , TCP, phenols, brown sugars. Palate is sugars, moderate carbonation, meh.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2017 at 15:19

6.8

DSG (25968) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Tom L. Black with a tan head. Aroma of lots of peated whiskey, iodine, wood, a bit of vanilla, alcohol, dark chocolate, roast. Sweet flavor, a bit salty, with a light sourish note, with chocolate, roast, wood, lots of booziness, and lots of peated whiskey. Full-bodied. A bit too much peated whiskey and alcohol.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2017 at 06:24

7.3

Benzai (24278) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared with Niilstrong @ hotelroom. Opaque black color, medium sized beige head. Smell and taste malts, dark malts, raisins, sweetish, liquor, rum, lightly bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Hmm ok.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2017 at 20:25

8.5

Sloefmans (15338) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Dark greige head, not stable; black beer. Cigar, chocolate, Islay malt, roast. Superb balance despite the different vectors: dry, chocolate, Islay whisky, hefty burn. Full bodied, but not thick; some alcoholthinning, just enough carbonation left. Excellent. Ticks all the boxes just right. Whatever its example was, the beer is an enrichment to the scene.

Tried on 31 May 2016 at 12:56

Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared at Cotts Convention ii, thanks to Steve BIK, 05/03/16. Pitch black with a dirty tan head - a decent looker. Nose is peated malt, spice, chocolate, light roast, toffee. Taste comprises wooded notes, dark chocolate, treacle toffee, light peat, smoke, fruit rinds. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a peated rise. Decent enough offering.

Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2016 at 14:21

5.4

Garrold (11335) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Cotteridge Beano v2. Black. Tan head. Nose has peat. Sweet smoke. Earth. TCP. Phenols. Dry, roast bitter. Not for me.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2016 at 11:09

WingmanWillis (38005) ticked Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

Tried on 16 Mar 2016 at 17:54

7.5

Scopey (25061) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle thanks to BIK the 2016 Cotteridge Convention. It pours black with a small tan head. The aroma is rich, oily, bitter – sweet, vanilla, oak, rocky road, smoked peat and slightly medicinal vibe. The taste is rich, bitter, chewy malt, roasted malts, smoked peat, rocky road, vanilla, oak and some alcohol with a warming finish. Medium - full body and moderate carbonation. I thought the barrel aging worked really nicely on this one. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2016 at 10:05