Bo & Luke
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brouwerij De MolenStout - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.87
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Originally an Against the Grain Brewery and Brouwerij De Molen collaboration beer. For the first incarnation, De Molen head brewer Menno Oliver hopped in a muscle car and drove straight through from the Netherlands to Louisville, KY (that’s USA folks) to brew this bourbon inspired ale, and we liked it so much, we decided to do it again. We took the ingredients in bourbon whiskey (Barley, Rye, Corn) and then smoked them with cherry wood and brewed a huge imperial stout with them. Then to top it off we aged it in Pappy VanWinkle Bourbon Barrels. The resulting beer is rich, smokey and complex, with a bourbon character of caramel, vanilla and spice. Bottle has orange reddish orange wax top. Only the first version was aged in Pappy barrels.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Pours black with a lingering tan head. This is a very tasty imperial stout. Coffee, chocolate, dark roast malt, bourbon. It’s intense and everything goes together well. Full body. Excellent beer.
Tried
from Can
from
Belmont Beverage - West State
on 27 Mar 2026
at 05:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Five year old. Has a deep brown colour with a very small beige head. Aroma of creme brulee, brown sugar, BBQ, bourbon, game meat and oak. Flavour of oak, bourbon, licorice, smoke, ash and dates. Has a slick and silky mouth feel, fullbodied and a soft bitterness. Really rich and tasteful. Nice smokey tones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2023
at 17:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Black colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is smoke, some wood, mild liquorice, alcohol and intense dried fruits. Flavour is smoke, some whiskey, alcohol, dried fruits and mild toffeeish notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2022
at 16:17
7.6/10
Bourbony, slight vanilla and coconut oaky notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2022
at 21:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from weihenweizen, it is pretty olde: pours blackmwoth beige head. Aroma is smoky, chocolate, loads of roast. Smooth, boozy, smoky, dark chocolate. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2021
at 02:50
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with good retention recedes to mottle surface. Pit fruit and oak aromas. Medium bodied with dark licorice, soy and dark caramel upfront turning to warm oak and espresso in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2021
at 01:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, black. Oak, smoked sausage, roast and soft spicy notes in the aroma. Malty sweet, full bodied, smoked sausage and roast. Soft spicy notes and wood in the complex flavor. Dry finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2020
at 16:09
5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2020
at 21:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft glass @ Beerlovers Bar. 2017 vintage. Black with a mocha head. Nose is soy sauce, mocha, grainy with some smoke. taste is soy sauce umami, gravy, mushroom, smoke, very thick soy sauce body. Bit too simpel & umami to fully love but nice enough overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
Beerlovers Bar
on 03 Feb 2020
at 14:15
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours pitch black with a thick dark brown head. Aromas of spice, tobacco, smoke, molasses, dark fruits, dark chocolate, fudge, caramel, vanilla. Taste is dark chocolatey, tobacco, alcohol heat, spice, dark fruits, smoke, salmiak, vanilla, caramel, fudge, licorice. Very nice! I usually dont like smoke but this was darn good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 17:19