Bourbon Barrel-Aged Plead the 5th
Dark Horse Brewing Co. in Marshall, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.21
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Pitch black in color with a faint tan head that immediately identifies this beer as BIG. Aromas of dark fruits, chocolate, caramel and roast also make it even bigger. Roasted coffee and fruity chocolate notes are just the beginning of this stout's complex flavor. If this is wrong we don't want to be right.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled at 2023. Pours black, no real head. Scent is soy, full, intense, still got a woody profile. Taste is full, still quite thick and bombastic, strong woody , bourbon presence. Sure, it's aged, and shows soy, but this isn't over-the-top to me. Still way more enjoyable than the majority of (fresh) imperial stouts nowaydays.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
9/XII/23 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ BBGG winter 23-24, BB: n/a, 2016 vintage (2023-1145) Thanks to Kraddel for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, practically no head. Aroma: oxidized, earthy, dried fruits, earthy, good roast, dusty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: malty, good roast, some caramel, pretty bitter, dry, spicy touch, a bit oxidized, some alcohol, sugary. Aftertaste: caramel, lots of alcohol, bitter, dry, more alcohol, a bit sugary, malty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
9/XII/23 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ BBGG winter 23-24, BB: n/a, 2013 vintage (2023-1144) Thanks to Kraddel for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of alcohol, malty, grains, raisins, earthy, dry impression, more alcohol, caramel malts. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, lots of caramel, sugary, soft acidity, a bit earthy, good roast, dry, spicy touch. Aftertaste: lots of alcohol, bitter, nice roast, alcohol, dry and earthy, caramel, some chocolate, lots of alcohol, some bourbon, chocolate, decent!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
9/XII/23 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle @ BBGG winter 23-24, BB: n/a, 2012 vintage, grey wax (2023-1143) Thanks to Kraddel for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very oxidized, cardboard, soy sauce, malty touch. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: some alcohol, sweet, soft acidity, soy sauce, bitter, dry, some alcohol. Aftertaste: a bit earthy, meh, sourish touch, lots of alcohol, coffee.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Canned, 355 ml, shared with Luka, kajser27 and MiroB. Dark brown with tan head. Chocolate, coffee, medium bodied. Bit thin in finish. Medium sweetness.
Thinnish body, a bit sweet, a touch roasty. Some milky coffee, some bourbony heat in the finish. Impressively smooth, soft, could be more rich and intense really. Very nice though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Capone’s. Jet black pour. Small tan ring. Sweet roasted malt aroma hints at bittersweet chocolate. Hints of oak and whiskey. Flavor follows nose. Sweet, sticky, boozy, oaky and chocolatey. All the major food groups! Definitely a slow sipper, this one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Black as an eternal sin. Small thin beige layer on top Solid intensity in the aroma Balanced sweetness and bitterness for a beer like this Mellow fine carbonation level Dangerously easy to drink Not to much bourbon! That is good. Oak, toffee, roast, chocolate and coffee in the flavor Nice complexity [Bottle from a trade with rlgk]
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
light medium body. Big roasted malt character . Boozy, but not massively complex. Still decent
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Multiple 2021 cans from Livonia Liquor. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of beige head that dissipates. Bourbon, brownie and coffee aromas on the nose. More of the same on the palate with bourbon and brownie really standing out. Smooth with warming alcohol on the finish. This is probably the best BBA Plead the 5th I've had in years. Really nice batch.