Midnight Lightning (Bourbon Barrel)
Tioga-Sequoia Brewing Company in Fresno, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.47
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
50l bottle, 2017 vintage, blue wax. Very dark brown pour with a short-lived fizzy tan head. Quite a bit of oak barrel and pure bourbon in the nose, which is something I like! The taste follows those notes, tons of bourbon all over the place, oak, vanilla, macerated cherry bitterness, very light coconut. The smell is great, the taste is a bit unbalanced and harsh and the mouthfeel a bit too thin and very boozy indeed. I probably should have heeded the warnings and cellared this for a couple of years.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2017
at 12:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from La Riviera in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark brn/blk with a tan head. Aroma is quite bourbon with hints of dark treacle. Full bodied. Flavor is dark treacle, bourbon, mild musty wood, and chocolate. There’s minuscule heat. Really great, and I bet aging a few years wouldn’t hurt a thing. It’s pretty nice to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2016
at 15:48
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Draft at Imbibe Wine. Nose is chocolate, roast, vanilla, and bourbon with lots of the barrel character. Black with a big heavy lacing cinnamon tan head. Flavor is vanilla, chocolate, light sweetness, and a hint of bourbon. One of the best balanced BBA impys I’ve had.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2016
at 17:39