Dark Hollow
Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.57
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Dark Hollow blends the miracle of two crafts--brewing and distillation--to create a work greater than the sum of its parts. An Imperial Stout has been aged in charred American oak bourbon barrels still dripping with uncut whiskey. For 100 days the young beer patiently breathes in and out of the wood, gaining complexity, character, and serious attitude. This ale is always bottle conditioned and can be enjoyed immediately upon its release from the brewery...or five years later, when you dust off the last vintage bottle from your cellar to share with good company.…
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample, brown bottle, 1 pint 9.4 ounces, from and with Chad Francis (thank you!), savoured in October 2014; eye: black, opaque, tiny ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: roasted barley, woody, light hops, light chocolate, slight coffee; mouth: roasted barley, woody, light hops, light chocolate, slight coffee, light acridness, acrid finale with presence of roasted barley, medium body, below-average carbonation, harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bouteille brune, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, de et avec Chad Francis (thank you!), savourée en octobre 2014; œil : noire, opaque, petit anneau de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, boisé, léger houblon, léger chocolat, très léger café; bouche : orge torréfiée, boisé, léger houblon, léger chocolat, très léger café, légère âcreté, finale âcre avec présence d’orge torréfiée, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, texture râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2015
at 16:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is roasted malt and wood. Medium mouth, similar flavors to aroma, nice barrel character, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2015
at 16:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Flavour is coffee, malt, licorice, hop, vanilla, bourbon, chocolate. Full body. Very nice beer. KRS 080814.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2015
at 03:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Shared bomber, snifter. Smooth and mild palate for a bourbon stout. I found that interesting, but I didn’t pick up the complexity described by others.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2014
at 17:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black pour with tan head. The aroma carries cocoa, vanilla, roast malts and a sweet fruitiness similar to chocolate covered cherries. The flavor is well balanced between the sweetness and the roast. No hops here. The bourbon also isn’t pronounced enough to be picked out.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2014
at 15:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and bourbon. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and rather bitter with warming alcohol. Oily. 121114
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2014
at 13:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black with medium light brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, bourbon, little vanilla and wood. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, sweet, bourbon, vanilla, little liquorice and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2014
at 13:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Christers. Pours black with a fading tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, vanilla, bourbon, chocolate, light dark fruit, raisin. Flavor is malt, chocolate, bourbon, oak, raisin, alcohol. Medium to full body, average carbonation, light warming alcohol. 121114
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2014
at 13:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Provisional beer with stable, firm, sticky, yellowish beige head and black colour. Aroma of candi syrup, cocoa, soy sauce, old sherry, balsamic vinegar, whisky, liquorice, coffee grounds, cloves, peat, vanilla and candied fruit. Soft candi sweetness in the onset, lots of candied fruits, salty soy sauce touch, above average carbo, oily and smooth mouthfeel, caramel, very chocolatey maltiness, roasted coffee-like bitterness in the finish with warming, bourbon-like alcohol and citrussy and peppery hop bitterness. Nice one.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2014
at 06:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750mL bottle, pours black with a small light brown head. Aroma reveals loads of bourbon, followed by vanilla and some cocoa. Flavour is complex, with lovely bourbon notes, vanilla, cocoa and just enough sweetness. Bourbon barrels are use to perfection. Not extraordinary, but this is really nice. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2014
at 23:36