Boulevard Brewing Company Whiskey Barrel Stout

Whiskey Barrel Stout

 

Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
7.73
ABV: 11.8% IBU: 32 Ticks: 136
Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (Smokestack Series - formerly known as Imperial Stout)

Over-the-top but surprisingly approachable, this twist on the classic style starts with several types of malted barley, rye, oats and wheat. Robust flavors of vanilla, espresso, whiskey, chocolate and roasted grain are balanced by hints of date and plum, with just enough hops to round it all out. Roughly one-third of the final blend is freshly brewed beer; the rest is aged for up to a year (or more!) in both first and second use whiskey casks.
 

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3.4
Appearance - 1 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 15

A very short-lived cola-like tan head on a near black body. Chocolate, whiskey, coffee, berries and some vinous fruit on the nose. The dates and plums rise up in the taste profile to balance the chocolate and booze. Slightly vinous note adds to the bend. Some cherry and dark berry notes as well.

Tried on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:16


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

bottled. blackish pour with beige tinged. some strong malt and oaky vanilla. boozy and good.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:38


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

Opaque colour and small beige head and lace. Roasted malts, wood, oak in the nose. Medium-bodied. Toasted, vanilla sweet, some soya sauce and perhaps a bit too much wood.

Tried from Draft at Boulevard Brewing Co. Tours & Recreation Center on 12 Apr 2025 at 14:40


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Really deep brown with hardly any head. Aroma is dark roasted grains and whiskey. Taste is dark roasted grains and whiskey.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:00


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

Bottle from the lcbo. Black pour, oily, slick, with a tiny brown head. Sweet barrel, vanilla, caramels, light cinnamon, roast, coffee, soy. Oily mouth feel, silky carb. Roasty, whiskey finish, woody, vanilla, sweet, boozy caramels.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:45


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

Tasted at November Beermalade tasting in Bratislavka. Almost black color with medium beige head. Aroma of chocolate malt, rosted grain, klight coffee, vanilla, caramel, whiskey. Taste is complex with chcolate, roasted notes, vanilla, caramel, whiskey, coconut from barrel. Tasty.

Tried on 28 Dec 2024 at 13:46


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Beermalade tasting. Very full body, med-light carbonation. Quite viscous oily texture. High sweetness, high bitterness, high warmth, bordering on a bit of burn. Med-high whisky character. Very high chocolate and cocoa, rather light coffee. Medium dried fruits, light wood itself. Overall a bit harsh with the warmth, but still feeling reasonably balanced. Quite intense, and quite good.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2024 at 19:42


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Malty aroma and taste, chocolate, light roastyness, whiskey barrel notes, medium to high bitter, light sweet. Full body, creamy texture, malty choco roasty barelly bitter sweet finish. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2024 at 19:30


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

Draught @ Bronx Alehouse, Bronx (May 2023). Opaque dark brown with a creamy tan head, woodsy mocha aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter woodsy mocha taste with whisky undertones, thin body, long bitter finish with whisky aftertaste. Boozy but still good.

Tried on 06 Dec 2023 at 22:13


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

Sample. Appearance: brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: American oak, some sweetness, and chocolate. Taste: lots of dark fruits, whiskey, some roasted malts, moderately sweet. Finishes with lots of whiskey notes. Overall: quite interesting.

Tried from Can on 10 Nov 2023 at 02:58