Barrel Project - #01/2015
Brouwerij Kees in Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.11
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Imperial Russian Stout aged on Bunnahabhain Islay barrels.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Aroma is roasted malt, lots of peat, smoke, wood, big whiskey, leather, charcoal, hint of dark chocolate, a little booziness. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet with a little bitterness in the finish. The peat is strong with this one. In fact, a bit too peaty to be a true winner in my book. That being said, this is a well crafted and enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Borefts 2015. Black, opague. Roast, smoke, raisin and peat in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with raisin, peat, smoke and ash. The Bunnahabhain especially reveals itself in the flavor. Complex and delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from ABC Beers, with a little age and shared with the KL tasting crew. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a bubbly off white head. The aroma is big peat, roasty malt, dry alcohol. The flavour is moderate sweet with a rich dry oily, earthy malt, warm burning boozy alcoholic palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation. Very boozy but somehow it seems to work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2017
at 08:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
25.09.2015, tap @ Borefts:
Small light brown creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry peated, leather, peat, dark malts, grass, hay, burnt grain, minerals, burnt coffee, weeds. Taste is slightly dry peated, oak, peat, leather, burnt grain, dark sugar, burnt coffee, bark, alcohol, minerals. Medium bitterness, slightly dry and harsh mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Small light brown creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry peated, leather, peat, dark malts, grass, hay, burnt grain, minerals, burnt coffee, weeds. Taste is slightly dry peated, oak, peat, leather, burnt grain, dark sugar, burnt coffee, bark, alcohol, minerals. Medium bitterness, slightly dry and harsh mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2017
at 06:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Borefts Beer Festival 7th edition day 1 25/09/2016. An opaque black coloured pour with a mid tan head. Aroma is big tcp smoked malts, medicinal phenols, brown malts. Flavour is composed of caramel and salty malts, phenols, smoked peat malts, tcp, sweet caramel. Palate is sweet, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2016
at 14:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap @ Borefts 2015. Lots of peat in this one. Not overwhelmingly, but still a lot. Nutty chocolate, smoke and wood. Smells quite nice. In the glass it's deep, thick and dark with a nice brown small head on the top. Lots of flavor and it's definitely peated but still drinkable. Thick, oily med almost a little syrupy on the mouthfeel and it's prickling on the soft carbonation. Chocolate and cocoa powder. Kinda dryish in a way. Ends with a soft acidic woody burntnes. Actually one of the more drinkable peated ones I've had in quite a while. 25.09.2015
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2016
at 02:09
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle bought at Liberty Wine Merchants. Pours a dark brown, almost black with almost no head. Aroma is sweet, smoked, peat, iodine, i.e. Islay barrels :-) Taste is sweet, burnt malt, peat. Peat, burnt malt aftertaste. Wow! Excellent!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2016
at 23:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ 7th Borefts Beer Festival 2015, Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As Brouwerij Kees Barrel Project #01/2015 ].Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, peat, chocolate, wood, oak. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, peat, dark malt, chocolate, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20150925]
Tried
on 31 Mar 2016
at 08:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Almost black with no real head, just a thin film and a little island of brown bubbles. Strong scotch up front with some peat, dusty wood and vanilla. Nice thick chocolate and roasted malts, toffee, syrupy, some dried red fruits, canned peach, band aids. Over medium sweet with roasted bitter finish. Full bodied with very slick oily feel and barely any carbonation. Aging beer in barrels that held peated whisky is never a very idea in my book. And again here the whisky is quite overpowering, which makes this way less good than #2. Would love to try the base beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2016
at 13:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home, 11th February 16. Pours black, little head. Aroma is peaty, liquorice, liquor, dark chocolate. Taste is smoke, lots of peat, liquor, leather, lighter mouth feel. Delicious
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2016
at 15:31