Olde Rabbit's Foot
Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery / Olde Hickory BreweryStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.95
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One third of the wort used to make this splendid stout came from each of three North Carolina Breweries: Olde Hickory Brewery, The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, and Foothills Brewing.
These were combined and aged in very rare 23 year old bourbon barrels. Olde Rabbit’s Foot Imperial Stout is rich and complex; as satisfying to drink as it was to make. We three craft brewers hope you will enjoy the very special Stout as much as we have.
Brewed with honey and with cocoa nibs added and aged in 23 year old Pappy Van Winkle barrels.
Cheers! - Jamie, Paul & Steven
2009 version brewed at Olde Hickory, later versions at Foothills.
These were combined and aged in very rare 23 year old bourbon barrels. Olde Rabbit’s Foot Imperial Stout is rich and complex; as satisfying to drink as it was to make. We three craft brewers hope you will enjoy the very special Stout as much as we have.
Brewed with honey and with cocoa nibs added and aged in 23 year old Pappy Van Winkle barrels.
Cheers! - Jamie, Paul & Steven
2009 version brewed at Olde Hickory, later versions at Foothills.
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9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
My friend Franc brought a bottle of this back from a trip to North Carolina. +++ Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured thick, black and oily with a medium sized very dark brown head that produced good lacing. The aroma was bourbon, wood, port wine, vanilla, coconut and anise. The flavor was bourbon, vanilla, wood, coconut, vanilla, port wine, toasty malts and a hint of cocoa. The finish was long with bourbon and wood. Thick and full bodied. The alcohol was fairly well concealed. Wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2011
at 14:41
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared generously by jcwattsrugger. Pours black. Excellent lacing. Nose and taste of honey, bourbon, vanilla and cocoa. A bit phenol at times. Body could have been a wee bit thicker. Overall, a very solid imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2011
at 19:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle shared with others thanks to ucusty! Poured black with a wooden brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had a nice combination of honey, cocoa, bourbon and roasted malt. Flavor began sweet with the honey and bourbon but became more bitter with strong cocoa and roasted malt in the finish. The flavor was nice but the beer was a bit thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2010
at 19:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by someone at the tasting (also received one thanks to pantap). Pours with a black body and a tan head. Aroma of vanilla, biscuit, chocolate, honey and oak. Light tart currant flavor up front, before turning earthy, chocolate, rich barrel notes. Lively carbonation for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2010
at 11:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Courtesy of suzygreenburg. Pours deep darkness with mahogany edges and tan head. It has a full rich aroma with chocolate, caramel covered wood, bourbon and mild alcohol heat. The taste is yummy richness with dark to burnt malts, notes of chocolate, sweet bourbon and sweet notes of honey. Yum, rich, roasty, burnt, chocolate and what more do you want? Nice stuff.
Tried
on 18 May 2010
at 19:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma is oak and vanilla. Flavor is sweet chocolate and bourbon with lots of creamy vanilla and a bourbon heat in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2010
at 13:06
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle 53 of 694 A BIG thanks to JohnGalt1. Pours out a black topped with a small tan head. Aroma was out of this world sweet milk chocolate, vanilla, light oak and bourbon and still plenty of roast. Taste was as the aroma very nice and smooth. Much better than I had ever dreamed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2010
at 20:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours a viscous, opaque black with a creamy, brown head. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar, toasted malts. Flavor is sweet, brown sugar, chocolate, roasted malts. The barrel comes through in the flavor with butterscotch. Finish is a little hot. Could age 9-12 months before it really smooths out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2010
at 18:42
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of tarheels86, thank you sir. Black, dark brown head, some very light lacing. Aroma of bitter cocoa. Taste has cocoa, and a sweet, smooth edge. No apparent oak. Kind of plain, but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2010
at 17:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home ... Its always a pleasure to find your self drinking a relatively highly scoring US beer with less than 100 ratings and no hype ... so already the anticipation on opening is there ... black thin tan head ... soft bitter roast ... lots of chocolate ... bourbon coconut showing through ... big roast ... lots of chocolate ... on first showing the bourbon hasnt kicked me so that good ... definite solid roast ... bourbon is slipping in but not overpowering ... but definitely in linger...oh yeah reading description ... i can see the honey... in fact i think thats whats balancing the bourbon ... still a little more bourbon than id like in linger... but ive gone of bourbon beers of late ...still this is a beer im glad to have had... wow the coco nibs really open up as this breaths ... or maybe from the sediment
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2010
at 11:20