River North Brewery Avarice - Whiskey Barrel

Avarice - Whiskey Barrel

 

River North Brewery in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.43
ABV: 11.1% IBU: 82 Ticks: 9
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6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle (2017, release 6, 125 cases bottled, 10 months barrel aged) shared with Johnny. Opaque black color, medium sized fizzy brown colored head that diminshes quickly. Aroma is malts, roast, whisky. Flavor is similar: malts, roast, whisky, malt bitter, bitter with a slight tart note. Hmm not great, expected better.

Tried on 20 Jul 2025 at 20:06


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, 375 ml, from one of the Total Beverages in Denver. Black with beige head. Nice whiskey and chocolate combo. Wood. Smooth. Warming. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2019 at 19:49


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

375 ml bottle from Tavour shared by my daughter. Nose is coffee, roast, bourbon, vanilla, and a hint of chocolate. Black with a medium, lightly lacing, cinnamon tan head. Flavor is lightly sweet with coffee, vanilla, and bourbon from the moderately thick body.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2019 at 05:18


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

Aromas are Coco dark malt licorice and black earth. When I got my schnoz right down into it I could smell the whiskey. Flavors are like nose with the long strong whiskey finish smooth body nice beer.

Tried on 12 Apr 2018 at 03:02


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap @ Avery Strong Ale Fest 2015. Dark brown appearance with a dark brown head. Coconut, whiskey, dark chocolate, caramel, toffee, and a bit of roast in the aroma. Lots of coconut and chocolate in the mouth. A bit thin. Kind of boozy. Overall, pretty enjoyable.

Tried from Draft on 21 Apr 2015 at 21:06


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at the brewery - pours pitch black - moderate lace - I’ve been meaning to revisit new batches of the base beer and this beer really motivates me - the whiskey barrel makes it a little boozy, but there is a lot of great stuff going on here - nose of brown sugar, tamarind, smoke, raisin, tannic notes - flavor hasa lot of earthy, peaty charactwr from the whiskey - sweet, but with a dry earthy whiskey and smoke quality - bittersweet chocolate - dark fruit - finish is a little hot, but this is fairly.

Tried from Draft on 16 Feb 2015 at 18:09


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

Bomber, bottle #426, release #2, anno 2013 courtesy of and shared with Omgrich. Couleur brune foncée presque noire, col épais et crémeux café au lait tirant sur le moka. Arôme est superbe avec un malté divin le tout sur un whisky restant discret mais efficace et qui apporte sa petite dose de vanille et boisé. Palais est fortement centré sur les malts, ici des notes caramel, chocolaté avec un rappel presque de cacao. Le whisky est présent et ajoute une petite pointe vanillée venant probablement de la vanille et du chêne américain si caractéristique. Le tout est épais et délicieux avec un petit rétro de cassis noirs, malt cara avec une fini note d’amertume et un léger boisé épicé. Mémorable, qui se déguste à l’aise, gagnant en complexité au fil du temps.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2015 at 09:11


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft. Black with tan head. Nose and taste of whiskey, oak, roast chocolate and coffee. Medium body.

Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2013 at 18:30


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On draft at hops and pie in Denver CO. Pours black with a tan head. Oak aroma. Intense whiskey, oak and vanilla flavors.

Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2013 at 13:47