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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RichTheVillan (12544) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

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

Bottle at CWC II; dark brown pour with a thin bubbly dark brown head, aroma has some smoke and dark fruits, taste has phenolic smokey action, not for me.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2016 at 14:32

7.5

Leighton (34888) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

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

Bottle shared at the Cotteridge Convention - 2016 edition. Big thanks to BeersI’veKnown. Pours oily black with a slight, creamy tan head. Big peat aroma, with hints of rubber and chocolate. Medium sweet flavour with lots of gooey chocolate, loads more peat, some earthy bitterness, smoke. Full bodied, chewy, with fine carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish, with further sweet cocoa and lingering peat. Great stuff - assuming you can enjoy peat.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2016 at 16:32

6.4

Mr_Pink_152 (17035) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle at Cotteridge 2, thanks to Beersiveknown. Black colour with a beige head. aroma roasted and peaty, with smoke. taste very peaty.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2016 at 05:18

5.5

Harrisoni (26137) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

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

Cotteridge 2 tasting. Black beer lasting tan head. Smoke malt tcp aroma. Just not me newspaper and tcp not good. Soy sauce.

Tried on 05 Mar 2016 at 08:26

7.4

Culchiem (6562) reviewed Black Boar Barrel Aged 2015 from The White Hag 9 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from McHughs. Jet black with a thin tan head. Aroma is roast malt and scotch whisky. Flavour is dominated by the barrel, smith texture, roast malt, creamy. Dry burnt finish, but overall dominated by the whiskey.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2015 at 17:51