AleWerks Brewing Company Black Forest

Black Forest

 

AleWerks Brewing Company in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
Score
7.72
ABV: 9.5% IBU: - Ticks: 12
Imperial Chocolate Stout aged on montmorency cherries in bourbon whiskey barrels.
 

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

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 10/09/23. Black with a khaki head that veers edgewards. Nose is dark malts, booze, cherry skins, chocolate, mellow barrel. Taste comprises dark malts, molasses, light roast, brown sugar melt, chocolate dipped cherries, light booze. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced lick of alcohol. Tidy BA impy.

Tried on 10 Sep 2023 at 15:26


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Panda, courtesy of SHIG, pours with a deep dark colored body that supports a thin mocha colored head of bubbly foam. The aroma offers up boozy chocolate German cake followed by some malts infused with bourbony booze and faint dark fruity like esters. The taste delivers similar notes as my palate is pounced on by a fair load of bourbon booze infused chocolate and growing sweetness. To midway the sweetness gives a little ground to a nice integrated smooth sweet cherry fruit sensation that's working well here. Solid stuff with a nice barrel treatment to beer flavor balance.

Tried on 25 Aug 2023 at 02:46


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle: Poured a dark brown almost black with a huge two finger light brown head that quickly dissipated. Aroma is rich malts, cherries, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, bourbon boozy. Taste is boozym taffe, caramel, vanilla, rich roasted malts, sticky cherries. This is very tasty!

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2023 at 00:58


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, 500 ml, courtesy of nimbleprop. 2021 vintage. Black with tan head. Chocolate, cocoa, bourbon, quite boozy, some fruity in the back. Moderate sourness. Bitterish finish.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2021 at 21:47


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, shared by Max. Pours black. Chocolate, toffee, tobacco, red fruit, earthy coffee, roast. Medium body. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2021 at 05:27


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Super deep dark brown coloured body with a thick, luscious and oily tan and light brown coloured head - fairly opaque throughout, perhaps around 80%. Aroma of alcohol, bourbon, vanilla, grass, lactose, milk, cream, a dose of oak and ending with dry malts. Medium to Full-bodied; Super deep roasted malt, oak, vanilla and grainy bite with a big profile from the caramel and burnt sugars with a lot of punch and stronger notes from the alcohol, yeast and also from the caramel and molasses, which are noticeable immediately. Aftertaste shows the alcohol and toasted malt, grain, light bitterness and a more refined, if not, simplistic malt note. Aftertaste is pungent with the toasted (but still not roasted) malt (that finishes nice and pungent. Overlal, a deep and robust beer throughout the profiles, but more astringent alcohol than i remember having. Overall,a nice and deep robust beer with a ton of flaours.

Tried on 17 Jun 2019 at 08:25


8.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

Dark chocolate, coconut, almond aroma. Black, medium firm tan head. Dark chocolate, raisin, coconut, cherries. Medium body, easy carbonation. Multi-faceted and deep, but somehow still very approachable and drinkable. A liquid mashup of the trick-or-treat bag at Halloween. Masterful.

Tried on 05 Sep 2018 at 23:03


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

From a bomber. Pours a clear deep cola with a tan head. Aroma of bourbon, chocolate and dark pit fruits. Sweet and rich flavors. Very tasty.

Tried on 30 Nov 2017 at 18:23


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Black pour with a tan head. Full of sweet chocolate, molasses, cherries, light oak, some vanilla, bourbon notes. Thick and syrupy body. Quite tasty.

Tried on 25 Sep 2017 at 21:46


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

22 oz bottle shared, thanks DCLawyer! Clear dark brown with light tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate, dark fruit, cherries, oak, light whiskey. Tastes of dark chocolate, caramel, light whiskey. Medium-full body with a dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2017 at 21:01