Don Vanuchi - Barrel-Aged
Barley Brown's Beer in Baker City, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.75
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Thanks to Toby for this 2015 bottle! 10.5% abv.
It pours a pitch black with an inch of tan foam with a wee bit of lacing.
Roasted malt, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, vanilla, bourbon aromas going on. Very impressive nose.
Dark chocolate and roasted malt rule the taste with the vanilla and bourbon not that far behind. It has a nice sweetness that adds rather than subtracts from the overall flavour. A bit of alcohol and thus, some warming.
Full bodied light carbonation makes for a creamy smooth mouthfeel.
Excellent!!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft 6oz pour at APEX. Dark, thick, jet black pour with no head. Toasty chocolate, smooth bourbon. This is the imperial I'd love to sip on all night. So much flavor going on. Excellent
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler pour at the 10th Boise Imperial Stout Tasting. Dark inky black pour with a small brown head. Aroma is rich with barrel notes, heavy roast, and espresso. Tastes sweet with vanilla and bourbon barrel notes, some dark chocolate and mocha. Very thick and viscous body. Satisfying.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Growler Guys, pours jet black with a small brown head. Aroma brings out chocolate, whiskey barrels, and some wood. Flavour is super complex, woody, and bourbony, with the barrels imparting a wonderful complexity. Absolutely fantastic stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft - Tons of barrel and bourbon notes with dark roast and dark chocolate. Jet black with a small light brown head. Dark roast, nice bitterness and a nice bourbon notes. Nose is deceptively big and boozy, but taste is nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
On tap at growler guys. Pours a jet black color with a small white head. A big sweet bourbon nose. Huge sweet bourbon, vanilla, roast, chocolate. Damn good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On Tap at Pre Funk Boise. Black thick viscous pour. Huge sweet licorice, boozy chocolaty aroma. More roasty and bitter in the flavors. Lots of cold campfire and astringent roasted malts. Not so much a desert sipper that the aroma suggested. Big and bold. very nice
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
On tap at PreFunk. Pours out dark and syrupy, thin beige ring of head, oak barrel dominates the nose and taste. Lots of roast grain and alcohol burn. Tasty stuff, but sip slowly and enjoy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at APEX, PDX, 09/11/14. Black with a decent tan covering. Nose is coconut, dark chocolate Bounty Bar, vanilla, BBA wood tones, dark toffee fudge. Taste comprises rich roast, more coconut shavings, light spice, dark malts, Bourbon wood tones well represented. Full bodied, fine carbonation, light warming alcohol in the close. Solid BBA impy!
