Deleterious
Odd Side Ales in Grand Haven, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.52
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Bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout with absolutely no adjuncts added! Aromas of raw cocoa and espresso mingle with vanilla, bourbon, and oak. Full bodied with dark roasted malts and rich mousse followed by warming alcohol and semi dry finish.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 9/4/2018. Pours dense opaque dark brown/black color with a small fairly dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Nice spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, marshmallow, fudge, brownie batter, nuts, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, and yeast/roast/oaky earthiness. Some barrel booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/black/bready malt, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, marshmallow, fudge, brownie batter, nuts, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, and yeast/roast/oaky earthiness. Light herbal/roast/char bitterness and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, marshmallow, fudge, brownie batter, nuts, dark/brown bread, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, leather, tobacco, and yeast/roast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/black/bready malt, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with an awesome roasted bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering char bitterness and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mildly increasing warmth of 13%, with minimal barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged imperial stout! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/black/bready malt, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mellowly bitter/chared/tannic/drying finish. Insanely rich malt complexity, with amazing barrel presence/integration. Not overly boozy/tannic on barrels. Definitely their thickest stout yet, but the tannic barrels and charred malts keep the sweetness in check. A highly enjoyable offering and amazing style example as expected.
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from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2018
at 02:38