Central Waters Brewing Co. Brewer's Reserve: Bourbon Barrel Stout

Brewer's Reserve: Bourbon Barrel Stout

 

Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Series
Score
7.73
ABV: 10.5% IBU: 48 Ticks: 146
The brewery's most highly sought after beer, this imperial stout is aged to perfection in oak bourbon barrels. Look for this tasty treat to contain hints of bourbon and vanilla with roasted overtones that is sure to please any connoisseur's palate. Serve this beer at cellar temperature from a snifter glass, and enjoy this expression of our passion for brewing.
 

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Tack Dan B.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2025 at 20:43


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Dark pour, vanilla/bourbon/malt aroma. Bourbon/vanilla/oak and hints of malts and chocolate. Smooth finish. Pretty good.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:09


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is roasted malt with smooth bourbon, oak, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, touch of almonds, and a little alcohol. Flavour is fairly sweet with a mild to medium bitterness. Body is above medium. Lots of oak and bourbon, yet pretty soft and smooth. Body could be more full. Pleasant to sip on slowly, take the time.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:59



8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Svart med lys brunt skum. Lukter kokos, mørk sjokolade, vanilje, bourbon og peanøttsmør. Fyldig. Smaker mørk sjokolade, bourbon og peanøttsmør. Lang.

Tried on 01 May 2024 at 12:34


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap. Black copor with off-white head. Aroma is chocolate, fudge, almost minty, a bit weird. Taste is chocolate, fudge, oak, caramel. Velvety mouthfeel, fine-bubbled carbonation. Good stuff, but something about the smell is weirdish.

Tried from Draft on 21 Sep 2023 at 13:57


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tap at BeerTemple, with Matthijs, 20th April 2023. Pours black, not hugely thick. Aroma is barrel, wood and liquor, dark chocolate. Taste is smooth, good barrel notes, liquor and chocolate with coffee. Good one

Tried from Draft on 22 Apr 2023 at 07:47


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Queue Beer. Pours black. Bourbon, chocolate, biscuit, light fruit, little earthy, plenty of prune. Medium body. Solid.

Tried from Draft on 16 Jan 2023 at 22:12


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at Van Moll. 2022 edition? Dark brown to black color, small off-white head. Aroma is heavy bourbon. Flavor is malts, bourbon, chocolate, some liquorice. Lots of flavor, very pleasant this one.

Tried on 15 Dec 2022 at 19:26


7.6

World class top notch beer. So robust and complex. Clean and just the right sweetness to balance the bourbon. Beer temple ams

Tried on 22 Jul 2022 at 22:34