Old Growth Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Caldera Brewing Company in Ashland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.74
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Delightful smokey slightly more bitter version of the original Old Growth Imperial Stout, with distinct bourbon aromas and flavors.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the Hackobock tasting at Craft Islington. Thanks to Kenny. It pours black with a decent tan head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, coconut, vanilla, sweet bourbon, pretty filthy, candy and rocky road. The taste is rich roasted malt, earthy roast, toasted pine, cocoa, dried fruits, rocky road, wood, toasted coconut and warming alcohol. Full body and moderate carbonation. Not a huge amount of depth, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2016
at 13:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the Craft beer Co tasting 24/11/2016. Many thanks to Kenny for this one . . A mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting loose light. Tan head. Aroma is big sweet maple, oak, vanilla, brown sugars, boozy whisky. Flavour is composed of sweet praline, coconut, vanilla oak, coconut, brown sugars. Palate is smooth sweet and velvety Milky, lactose. Good. Smooth Bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2016
at 15:13
10/10
Tried
on 24 Nov 2016
at 14:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Mitchy. Pours black-brown with a frothy, beige head. The nose holds burnt wood, light ash, hints of cocoa, dried berries. Medium sweet flavour with notes of alcohol, dark fruits, berries, rich chocolate, earthy bitterness. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Warming finish, with decent balance, vanilla, bittersweet chocolate, charred wood. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2016
at 13:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark brown color with dark beige head. Aroma is bourbon, oak sugar, vanilla. Taste is more of the same, quite full-bodied, but nicely balanced. Medium carbonation. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2016
at 11:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared thanks to sjogro. Near black with a ring tan head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, oak barrel, caramel. Flavour is above moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Above medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2016
at 06:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample from 22oz bottle @ De Molen, thanks Menno & John. Black color. Dense, mocha colored head. Aroma’s: alcohol/whiskey/bourbon, (red) fruit, sweet. Retronasal it’s sweet, roasted, alcohol/whiskey, light wood. Flavor is rather sweet, roasty, fruit. Strong alcohol feel. Body is medium to full. Finishes roasty, light bitter, light ash. Nice one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2016
at 02:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty, liqourice too. Dark dense to acidic roasted malt. Mild sweetness, bitter and toasted dark malty. Breadish, roasted and dark malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2016
at 03:03
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
F: big, brow, normal retention. C: dark, opaque. A: roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruits, woody, coffee, cocoa, vanilla, liquorice… T: malty, chocolate malt, bourbon, blueberries, light smoked tones, plums, whisky, syrupy, vanilla, oily texture, full complex body, low carbonation, very good IS worth to try, 65cl bottle shared at RBBSG V (2016), many thanks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2016
at 11:24
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thank you for sharing tderoeck & Erwin! 650 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBSG V. Black, dark mocha head, solid & bubbly. Nose is warming licorice, spirit, oak, low fruity blueberry, warming with oak but not quite the classical Bourbon BA RIS profile,… Warming taste, mildly boozy in a good way, syrup, sugar, molasses, sugar, faint plastic, dark fruits, sugar, oak,… Thick viscous, warming qualities, syrup, quite pleasant, bit raw,… More waring than bourbon heavy,… Still thick, rich warming viscous goodness,..; Could have been a tad more but it’s already very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2016
at 08:57