Santas Little Helper - Bourbon Barrel
Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.81
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Our Bourbon barrel-aged version of Santa’s Little Helper, this Imperial Stout begins the journey with flavors of sweet Bourbon and oak, continues with hints of nutty dark chocolate and malt and finishes with a smoky coffee finish. A perfect beer to leave for the Jolly Old Fat Man instead of milk and cookies.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 22oz. An almost black one, topped by a dense, finger-thick dark beige head. The aroma is quite intense, lovely, with roasted matls, coffee hints, some chocolate and soy sauce and quite a lot of licorice. The flavor is equally pleasant, with lots of dark flavors, roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, soy sauce and lots of licorice. Oak hints. Full body, almost silky. Lasting finish with lots of maltyness and roasted flavors. Mmmm, lovely. 130222
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2013
at 13:45
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle 650ml @ Geokkjer
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice, alcohol, oak and vanilla. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long roasted, warm, vanilla, oak and coffee finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat.
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice, alcohol, oak and vanilla. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long roasted, warm, vanilla, oak and coffee finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2013
at 13:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bomber bought through Brill & Co. Pours very dark brown, almost black, with a frothy pale mocha head that slowly dissipates while leaving some trace on the glass. Smell is sweet and malty with roasted malts, vanilla fudge, high quality dark chocolate, resinous wood, dark roast coffee, cedar, roasted coconut, raisins, alcohol, prunes and hints of Christmas fruit cake with brandy, Taste is sweet, tiny bitter and malty with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla fudge, roasted coconut, resinous wood, cedar, raisins, prunes, alcohol and hints of sweet liquorice candy. Mouthfeel is round, slightly boozy and medium to full bodied. finish is sweet and slightly bitter with roasted malts, dark chocolate, dark roast coffee, vanilla fudge, coconut and hints of raisins and prunes. Decadently barrel aged and very sweet but I like it.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2013
at 11:17
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
22 oz. bottle @ home. Bought in 2009, so must be the first edition. Enjoyed early 2013. Black color. No head. Aroma’s of sweet bourbon, oak, vanilla, chocolate, alcohol, some roasted malts. Flavor is medium sweet, raisins, bourbon, somewhat roasted. Fairly strong alcohol feel. Velvetty body, hardly any carbonation (a bit more would have been nice). Flavors linger on for a while.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2013
at 12:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; this has a dark alchohol kick in the face, dark black pour thin off white head different beast to the standard Santa, heavy alcohol raisins winter fruit a bit of spice, whoa hold on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2012
at 13:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
650ml bottle [Vintage 2012, 12.0% abv, Oak Barrel Aged]. Pitch black colour with small, frothy to creamy, diminishing, minimally lacing, tan head. Dark malty aroma has notes of treacle and dark chocolate, combined with BA notes, oak, vanilla, leather. Taste is initially moderately sweet dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, treacle, later dry overtones come in, oak, vanilla, leather; in the end the sweeter parts gain weight again; in the finish hints of warming alcohol. Good balance of beer and BA flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2012
at 12:56