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
7.87
ABV: 13.0% IBU: 83 Ticks: 103
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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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft. Black. Tall. No head worth mentioning. This one has wood. And bourbon. And a but of vanilla, cocoa, coffee. A big beer.
Tried from Draft on 18 Nov 2012 at 18:37

8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
Tap at brewery. Oaky bourbon and vanilla aroma. Near black with a small tan head, light lacing. Bourbon, oak, sweet vanilla flavor. Full creamy body. Very smooth and silky, alcohol is very well hidden despite the big bourbon flavor. I’d take this over Dark Lord any day.
Tried from Draft on 06 Oct 2012 at 18:18

9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Draft. Smoky bourbon, hay, creamy vanilla malt. and alcohol aroma. Oil black with thin tan head. Sweet, smooth, creamy vanilla/caramel malt and bourbon flavor. Spectacular blending. Top of the line - on the same level as KBS and probably better than the last few years of Dark Lord. / 2013 bottle (12-21-18) - Smoked wood, bourbon, chocolate malt aroma. Black with minimal head. Very sweet bourbon, vanilla, chocolate malt, and moderately bitter hay and alcohola flaovr. Still very sweet but still very nice.
Tried from Draft on 06 Oct 2012 at 18:10