Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Almasty Brewing Co. in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.14
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From backlog. Sweet, roasty and stingy with some wood, oak, syrup and toffee. A bit unbalanced.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2019
at 18:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Cotteridge wines tasting room; hazy brown pour with a yellow head, aroma has light bourbon, quite sweet chocolate, taste has sweet dark fruits, some bourbon action.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2016
at 13:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
7th September 2016
T42 tasting on me Birfaday. Opaque dark brown beer, good tan head. Mild fruity bourbon on the snout. Soft dark malts, just a trace of dark chocolate. Tangy fruity bourbon. Spice. Mild licorice. Soft semi dry finish. Fruity bourbon linger. Good enough, wouldn’t describe the barrelling as subtle though - and that’s not a criticism.
T42 tasting on me Birfaday. Opaque dark brown beer, good tan head. Mild fruity bourbon on the snout. Soft dark malts, just a trace of dark chocolate. Tangy fruity bourbon. Spice. Mild licorice. Soft semi dry finish. Fruity bourbon linger. Good enough, wouldn’t describe the barrelling as subtle though - and that’s not a criticism.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2016
at 10:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at Level 42, thanks to Kenny, 07/09/16. Black with a decent tan swirl. Nose carries bourbon tones, chocolate, dark fruits, spice, coconut. Taste comprises sweet malts, light alcohol lick, quite the bourbob burn, Bounty bar. Medium + body, fine carbonation, warming alcohol in the close. Ok impy, if a little hot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2016
at 14:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the level 42 tasting 7/9/2016. Many thanks to Kenny for this one. A jet black dark brown coloured pour with a sticky dark tan head. Aroma is vanilla, toasted coconut, soft roast, sweet vanilla oak. Flavour is composed of medium sweet soft roast coconut, vanilla oak, rounded medium roast. Palate is rounded, semi sweet, frothy carbonation. Sticky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2016
at 14:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Kenny at level 42. It pours black with a thick tan head. The aroma is rich roasted malts, earthy, charred wood, vanilla, light menthol, dried fruits, touch of solvent, fruit cake and earth. The taste is smooth, rich roasted malt, earth, toasty, umami, solvent, peppery spice, wood, mild astringency and burnt vanilla with with a drying finish. Full body and moderate, foamy caronation. Lacking a bit of depth, but overall decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2016
at 14:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared on Level 42 - thanks to Ken. Pours deep black with a frothy, brown head. The nose holds burnt wood, moderate roast, earth. Medium sweet flavour with hints of peat, baking cocoa, dried dark berries, alcohol, faint vanilla. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Warming and oily on the finish, with more chocolate, scorched earth, raisins. Not bad overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2016
at 14:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the xmas tasting. Pours black, nose is coconut, chocolate, toffee, wood, taste is coconut, roasted, chocolate, dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2016
at 03:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the 2nd Annual Garvie Christmas Tasting. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of vanilla, chocolate and smoke. Taste is rich, chocolate, bourbon. Light roast. Boozy, roasy chocolate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2016
at 08:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle at home .. dark black ... thin tan lacing dark chocolate roats malts .. light boozy nose ...dark sweet chocolate roast ... dark malets .. heave chocolate .. soft bourbon .. rich roast
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2016
at 08:29