Pike Brewing Company Entire

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Pike Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.04
ABV: 9.5% IBU: 60 Ticks: 28
Fifty percent of this blended stout was aged in Bourbon barrels for over seven months. The other component was fermented and then aged for 40 days in stainless. Smooth and chocolaty with a great vanilla wood overtone. IBU: 60 OG: 1.092

Editor’s note: recent vintages (e.g. 2013) are 75% whiskey barrel aged
 

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

650ml bottle at Brian's. Vintage 2013. Pours a very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is inky, roasted malt, some chocolate. Taste is very sweet with high roasted malt bitterness. Damn, this is VERY bitter. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2018 at 03:38


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

Tasting at Brian's; bottle from Elizabeth Station, Bellingham, WA, purchased in 2014, vintage 2013, 5 years old
Ink black colour, with small brown head. Strong aroma of roasted malts, liquorice, light cardboard. Good body strength; strong flavour of roasted malts, liquorice, ink, some tobacco, hint of vanilla.
Solid sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2018 at 03:37


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

Draft - Bourbon, vanilla, chocolate and roast malts. Rich brown head with a jet black body. Lots of woody bourbon notes, chocolate, sweet vanilla and a very light bitter finish. Boozy but nice.

Tried from Draft on 18 Oct 2014 at 12:27


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampler at Chucks. Black with tan lacing. Too much whiskey but the base impy is nice, not sweet, well attenuated. All whiskey in flavor. End is bitter and dry leaf booze.

-- rated with beerbasher/winphone

Tried on 16 Oct 2014 at 20:13


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

22 oz. bottle. Thin white head around the snifter. Nose is pure wood. In the marathon tasting I didn’t look for a bottle date or vintage. It appears that the only real flavor is oak. If you really try to search for others flavors you can find chocolate cake and traces of dark fruits. The body and carbonation are fine. The alcohol is not noticeable yet I’m very accustomed to high gravity stouts. Especially after the gluttony of stout we had on this night. Ok, nothing to seek out.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2014 at 19:42


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

nose is wood city and charcoal. taste is insanely tannic. super oaky with bittersweet chocolate. dark fruits, lots of oak. good I could drink a full bottle though

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2014 at 08:02


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

Bomber from Odeed 2008 Vintage. Nose is dark bitter chocolate, with hints of bourbon, molasses, and vanilla. Black with a medium tan head that lightly laces. Flavor is peppery spices, woody oak, light alcohol warmth, with some molasses and chocolate. Body a little on the thin side.

Tried on 14 Apr 2012 at 22:02


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

On tap at Brouwer's for Big Wood, pours pitch black with a tiny foamy ring of tan head. Aroma of mild vanilla, bourbon, and light molasses. Flavour is both sweet and woody, with light vanilla, wood, light roast, and some espresso. Light on the palate for an impy but rich and full of complex flavours. Delicious.

Tried from Draft on 09 Dec 2011 at 23:16


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

2/7/2010 I’ve had 2 bottles of this beer from 2 different sources and both have been infected. Emails from the brewery state that this beer is the way it supposed to be albeit a little over carbonated so I will review it as is. Pours a solid black with about 3/4 of a glass of tightly bubbled tan foam. I pour four ounces or so then I wait 10 minutes and pour some more. Nose definitely has a Belgianesque character to it. Smells a bit tart but hidden deep underneath I get some roasty and chocolatey stout like aromas. There’s some vanilla and bourbon in there as well. Taste is less tart than the aroma. Up front I get a blast of dark fruits and a slight spicy Belgian yeast twang. Fruits continue midway then slowly fade to reveal some oakey vanilla and bourbon, chocolate and roast. Finishes with a long lingering roast and hop bitterness. It actually doesn’t taste half bad, but it is turning sour. Carbonation is off the charts, body is medium to thick, mouthfeel is bubbly like seltzer water. I have to ding this one pretty good because it is infected despite what the brewery wants me to believe. It didn’t taste half bad, but it also didn’t taste the way an American double stout should taste. The mouthfeel was totally ruined by the insane level of carbonation. At $15.00 a bottle, never again.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2011 at 18:09


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

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of both sweet and roasted malt, , leading to a dry roasted finish.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2010 at 13:16