Barrel Project - #05/2016
Brouwerij Kees in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.69
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Imperial oatmeal stout aged on Heaven Hill barrels.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is dark malt, loads of Bourbon, oak, touch of dark chocolate, booze, vanilla. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet and moderate roasty bitter. Quite boozy. Body is above medium, could be a bit thicker for my taste. Hardly any carbonation. Boozy Bourbon slow sipper, rich and potent stuff, heavy, not great but certainly enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2025
at 15:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up at Kris Wines way back in 2016. Pours black-brown with a small, bubbly tan head. Robust, moderately sweet, with light ashy bitterness, oily chocolate, some raisins, pureed dark fruits, scorched earth, charred toffee. Medium to full bodied, oily and chewy, with fine carbonation. Modest alcohol warmth in the finish, more compelling ripe dark fruit character, some bittersweet cocoa, bitter ash and earth. Good stuff overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2019
at 23:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Deep dark brown color. Malt, caramel and vanilla in the aroma. Malty sweet caramelly flavor with dominant bourbon, vanilla and a hint of rye bread. No carbon whatsoever. Still a very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:05
7/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2018
at 11:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ [ chriso & Boudicca's pre- GBBF Shindig 2017 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Kees Barrel Project #05/2016 ].Clear dark black brown colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, beige head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, burnt, wood, smoke, alcohol. Flavor is light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate (vanilla - bourbon), roasted, wood, alcohol, wine - grapes. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20170806] 7-3-7-4-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2018
at 06:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Chriso's Pre-GBBF Shindig. 06/08/2017. Many thanks! An oily black brown coloured pour with a loose tan head. Aroma is vanilla, boozy, oak, dark chco, grape. Flavour is composed of hot chocolate, grape, vanilla, oak, boozy fruit cake. Bitter chcolate in the finish. Palate is slick, hot alcohol, low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2017
at 18:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 330 ml, at the Grove, Huddersfield. Pours black, oily, small brown head. Chocolate, whiskey, licorice, dark fruit. Soft carbonation. Quite sweet with bitter finish. Warming. Full bodied. More thickness would be nice.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Grove
on 13 Nov 2017
at 13:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Chris & Ruth’s pre-GBBF Shindig 2017 - Part 2. A dark brown/black beer with a small tan head. Aroma of strong dark medium sweet malt, chocolate, bourbon, wood. Taste of strong dark malt, coffee, bourbon, wood, whiskey, a bit boozy, quite nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2017
at 11:27
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dark brown color. Strong aroma: bourbon, vanilla, oak barrel, caramel, butter, a little dill. Taste: bourbon, butter, caramel, dried fruits, raisins, juicy, warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2017
at 04:58
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
33 cl bottle @ home. Black color. Beige "head" (barely anything). Aroma’s of bourbon, vanilla, sweetness, wood/tannines. Retronasal it’s bourbon, alcohol, sweet, light (sweet) fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet, (sweet) fruity. Fairly strong alcohol feel. Medium bodied. Hardly any carbonation. Finishes roasty, chocolate, light bitter. The label mentions coffee as ingredient, but I don’t get any of that. Nice, but some carbonation would have made it much better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2017
at 17:15