Dark Horse Brewing Co. Bourbon Barrel-Aged Plead the 5th

Bourbon Barrel-Aged Plead the 5th

 

Dark Horse Brewing Co. in Marshall, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
8.16
ABV: 11.0% IBU: 41 Ticks: 134
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout

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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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
02-04-18 // tap at Brewdog Berlin. Deep black. Beige head. Chocolate sauce with mild bourbon in the nose. Taste of coffee, dark roasted malts, chocolate. Some bourbon.
Tried from Draft on 02 Apr 2018 at 22:27

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Brewdog Castlegate. Pours black with a dirty tan head. Aroma is treacle, coffee, molasses, chocolate. Taste is a chocolatey, coconut, coffee, treacle and a good spicy boozy hit. Really good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2018 at 15:33

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft. Deep brown body with orange highlights. Tan head, diminishing. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate, toffee, bourbon. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium to full body, velvety texture, moderate carbonation. Taste of roast, bourbon, sweet chocolate, peppery alcohol, oak, vanilla. Restrained bourbon taste which is a plus. Alcohol is there, but not overly pronounced (not bad for 14%). Excellent balance. Goes down smoothly. Top-shelf imperial stout.
Tried from Draft on 19 Feb 2018 at 01:22


8/10
Aromat sups, gleboko beczkowy, burbonowy. Ale o dziwo w smaku agresywnie, intensywnie, alkoholowo... jakby nieulozone i kwaskowate. Palone
Tried on 14 Sep 2017 at 21:39

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Very dark brown color. Lots of dark fruit, roasted malt, oak, molasses in the nose. Low carbonation, tons of roasted malt, chocolate cake, bourbon, oak, amazingly smooth. Alcohol well hidden for the 14%. Excellent
Tried on 24 Jun 2017 at 08:35

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sergey’s hunt; 11% ABV
Black color. Nice aroma, roasted malts, cardboard, coffee, alcohol, hints of black liquorice, and even sourness. Medium body, too strong liquorice flavor, sour, and burning alcohol; no bourbon.
Good beer, but weird, seems slightly infected.
Tried on 26 Jan 2017 at 11:34

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
355ml bottle (thx, Yannick P.!) at my place with Alex and Ash. Vintage 2015. Pours like an oil, an almost black with a brown head. Aroma is dark fruits, roasted malt, and seeds. Very roast and fairly sour. Good, but where is my lovely bourbon? :-(
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2017 at 23:28


9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
33cl Bottle courtesy of kermis, massive thanks! Black sticky goop with tan head. Big sweet deep roasted malts, big vanilla and bourbon, coffee, toffee, soft woodiness. Big sweet and mild chocolate bitter. Full body, soft carbonation, dense and thick texture. Big chocolate cake dipped in bourbon, very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2016 at 12:24