Bourbon Street Chocolate Stout
Abita Brewing Company in Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.16
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Meh, it's chocolate
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
900th US rating! Pours a near black from a bottle with a tan head. Chocolate and vanilla/bourbon notes in the nose, similar flavor. Rather understated, but still well-balanced. Pretty good beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 10/7/2016. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, dark bread, light coffee/nuttiness, and roast/toasted oak earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, cocoa nibs, and bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, dark bread, light coffee/nuttiness, and roast/toasted oak earthiness. Light roast bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, dark bread, light coffee/nuttiness, and roast/toasted oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, cocoa nibs, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a great roast malt bittersweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance, with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light dryness from bitter/spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden with a light warmth lingering after the finish; with zero barrel booziness. Overall this is an awesome barrel aged imperial chocolate stout! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, cocoa nibs, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. Very rich and chocolately, with just enough roast/dryness to not be overly sweet. A very enjoyable offering.