Against the Grain Brewery Bo & Luke

Bo & Luke

 

Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Brouwerij De Molen
  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.86
ABV: 13.0% IBU: 83 Ticks: 102
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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8.2
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
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


7.9
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
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
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

Tried from Draft on 11 Apr 2020 at 21:43


7.9
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
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


5.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Keg @ Northern Monk Refectory, Leeds. Black in colour and mostly alcohol only in aroma and taste. There's toasted and roasted malts in its aftertaste.

Tried on 05 Jun 2019 at 15:05


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Dive 106. Pours slightly translucent black with a cream head and excellent lacing. Bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, plum, dark chocolate, sweet vanilla, toast, earthy coffee grounds. Decent body. Good.

Tried from Draft on 16 May 2019 at 23:30