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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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Very dark brown small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, bourbon and vanilla. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, bourbon, vanilla, sweet, oak, little smoke, caramel, hop and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2015
at 16:49
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich bourbon, vanilla, fruits, chocolate, roast malt and hops. Nice and smooth. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2015
at 16:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
750ml bottle thanks to boisebeerguy. Pours out a dark brown almost black topped with a small tan head. Nose is roast malts vanilla cocoa barrel notes and some smoke. Taste is more of the dark roast malts smoke booze and some sweetness. Happy I got to try this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2015
at 15:06
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Botella de 75 cl en el momento en cimmeria el 25-01-2015. color negro intenso con espuma beige oscuro y persistente. Empieza la cosa con sabores y aromas contenidos y predominando maderas empapadas en bourbon con toques de cacaos y vainillas, con no mucha sensación alcohólica y como diciendo... ""pues esto no es para tanto""...,, pero poco a poco, y según va calentando, va cogiendo mas cuerpo, aumentando los sabores de maltas tostadas, algo dulces y ahumadas, con toques especiados, cacaos, vainillas, higos, pasas...., y la madera de bourbon,ligeramente quemada, todo ello perfectamente equilibrado y conjuntado que te hace cambiar de opinión por completo. Cuerpo medio a intenso, suave, algo espumoso, cremoso y fácil de beber que no parece que tenga 13 vol. Increíble cerveza, equilibrada en todos sus inmensos sabores.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2015
at 19:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Botella.Casa. 24/12/2014 otella. de @My Friends. Thanks! 12/03/2016 Colro negro, aromas a bourbon, sabor torrefacto, cafe, cuerpo medio.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2014
at 20:39
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong smoke, roast, wood. Medium mouth with sweet roast, strong smoke, wood, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2014
at 18:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle - Nice rich Woody and bourbon notes. Jet brown black with a rich beige head. Booze, rich dark malts and nice sweet bourbon notes. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2014
at 00:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle bought @ bierkompass.de. Pours dark reddish brown with a small fizzy mocha head that doesn’t leave much trace while dissipating. Smell is slightly sweet and malty with toasted malts, caramel, vanilla fudge, dark chocolate, sweetened dark roast coffee, smoke, charred wood, roasted coconut and hints of soil and alcohol. Taste is slightly sweet, slightly bitter and malty with roasted malts, burnt caramel, toffee, corn bread, vanilla fudge, charred wood, bourbon, oatmeal, hay, soil, sweetened coffee, chocolate and hints of alcohol and coconut milk. Mouthfeel is soft, round, tiny sparkling, tiny dry, tiny boozy and medium bodied. Finish is tiny sweet, tiny bitter and malty with roasted malts, caramel, toffee, vanilla fudge, charred wood, coconut milk, chocolate, sweetened coffee, bourbon and soil. Tasty but would have loved it if it was heavier. Feels a bit light on the mouthfeel and a bit heavy on the carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2014
at 13:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Batch 1, 2013 vintage. Aroma is slightly sweet and roasty with quite a large smoked malt character. Some moderate rye notes and light chocolate and hints of dark fruit esters. Pours a dark brown but not quite black with a thick, light mocha head that recedes to the edges. Flavor is sweet with a lot of roast and chocolate. Tons of smoked malt character with hints of bourbon and oak. Medium light bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol alcohol warmth. Overall, a really nice smoked stout but the bourbon barely comes through and the pappy barrels are a bit of a waste.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2014
at 19:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
02.07.2014, 0,75l bottle @ home:
Small slightly bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly rich, dark malts, salty licorice, oak, dark sugar, caramel, grass, whiskey, smoked peppers, soy sauce, chocolate pudding, vanilla, toast, coffee, spices. Taste is slightly sour-ish dry, oak, grass, burnt caramel, whiskey, coffee, hay, dark malts, spices, minerals. Longlasting bitterness, dry and almost a little watery mouthfeel. Fair enough, kind of expected a lot more from this one...
Small slightly bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly rich, dark malts, salty licorice, oak, dark sugar, caramel, grass, whiskey, smoked peppers, soy sauce, chocolate pudding, vanilla, toast, coffee, spices. Taste is slightly sour-ish dry, oak, grass, burnt caramel, whiskey, coffee, hay, dark malts, spices, minerals. Longlasting bitterness, dry and almost a little watery mouthfeel. Fair enough, kind of expected a lot more from this one...
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2014
at 13:42