Huge Arker
(has 3 batches)
Anderson Valley Brewing Company in Boonville, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.72
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Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout
True to its Boontling moniker, “Huge Arker” is a massive force of nature that detonates on your tongue. After primary fermentation, the beer is aged in bourbon barrels until it fully matures. The deep mahogany color is evocative of the opulence to follow. Dark luscious aromas of burnished oak mingle with candy sugar, bourbon and hearth-baked bread. The luxurious flavors redolent of honey and molasses are intertwined with the richness of dark chocolate and the ardent warmth of alcohol, underpinned with hints of coffee, vanilla and dark fruits.
True to its Boontling moniker, “Huge Arker” is a massive force of nature that detonates on your tongue. After primary fermentation, the beer is aged in bourbon barrels until it fully matures. The deep mahogany color is evocative of the opulence to follow. Dark luscious aromas of burnished oak mingle with candy sugar, bourbon and hearth-baked bread. The luxurious flavors redolent of honey and molasses are intertwined with the richness of dark chocolate and the ardent warmth of alcohol, underpinned with hints of coffee, vanilla and dark fruits.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
2020 can from Holiday Market. Pours a deep brown to black with a quickly dissipating finger of beige foam. Dark fruit aromas with plum, cacao nib and oaky vanilla aromas. Bourbon is present in the nose but more so on the palate, but by no means boozy. A touch thin on the palate but lots of complex flavors going on: plum, vanilla, caramel, cacao nib, brownie and suble spice notes that linger on the finish. Light pepper, bourbon, oak and cacao on the finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Holiday Market
on 02 Feb 2020
at 04:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 650ml bottle on 19/1/2020. Pours near black with a small head. The nose is nearly all bourbon. Taste wise, it's very sweet - milk and dark chocolate. with lots of dark and dried fruit, particularly cherries. Features lots of boozy bourbon at the back. The mouthfeel is slick and slightly syrupy, the carbonation soft. An enjoyable barrel aged impy, but definitely a sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2020
at 06:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Beer Temple, rated on 09/2019 Aroma has bourbon and alcohol. Flavour has alcohol, bourbon, licorice and vanilla. Quite typical Bourbon BA IS. 8-4-7-3-16 = 3.9 33 cl can (15.5%) @ St. Mary's Park Tasting, rated on 27.08.2021. BBE 02.12.2021 Aroma has bourbon and licorice. Flavour has strong bourbon and alcohol. Bourbon is rather strong on this one. 8-3-8-3-16 = 3.8
Tried
from Can
on 23 Sep 2019
at 11:31
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a black colour and a dense beige head with good retention and lacing. Aroma's of bourbon, oak/vanilla, red fruit and sweetness. Retronasal it's sweetish, bourbon, woody and boozy. Flavour is moderate sweet, bourbon, light roasty.. Alcohol feel is quite strong, but maybe not 13.5% strong. Medium bodied. Finishes slightly roasty, moderate bitter.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 18 Sep 2019
at 22:58
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Beertemple. Dark brown with tan head. Big sweet roasty brown stuff with smooth bourbony finish. Big sweet and bitter. Full body and soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Huge Arker on 25 Sep 2019 at 11:39 - Score: 8. Original review text: Lci
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2019
at 17:56
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Black with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon, oak, vanilla, booze and chocolate. Flavour is heavy sweet. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 12 Sep 2019
at 17:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber with many thanks to Skippy! Pours dark brown, looks thick, small beige head. Lots of bourbon in the nose, along with chocolate, earth, barrel. Flavor is bourbon, chocolate, barrel, smoke. Oh nice woodiness with some smokiness in there. Maybe some raisin. This is what I needed today.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2019
at 22:25