Whiskey Barrel Stout
(has 3 batches)
Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.71
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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.
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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to a generous trader. Pours black. Tan soapy head. Nose of booze, roast chocolate malt, coffee and vanilla. Taste is silky chocolate, oak chips, roasted malts, roast coffee and vanilla beans. Roasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2011
at 17:16
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draft at Salud, the finisher of a long barrel aged beer session. Aroma has vanilla, dark roast coffee, whiskey. Taste is sweet vanilla, fruity coffee, tannins, soft roast. Very tasty.[br]10/7/2017: Draft at Salud, the finisher of a long barrel aged beer session. Aroma has vanilla, dark roast coffee, whiskey. Taste is sweet vanilla, fruity coffee, tannins, soft roast. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Oct 2010
at 16:50
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle #5686. Deep opaque brown-black body, thick puffy tan head. Complex nose with chocolate, heavy bitter roast, burnt caramels, and licorice. Earthy and dusty. Chocolaty body with licorice, soy, coffee, and warming alcohol. Soft and silky, somewhat thin, with faded bitter hops in the finish. Perhaps a bit oxidized. Lacks the heft of most imperial stouts, but is still fairly complex, if not a standout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2010
at 18:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee aroma with some hints of chocolate and licorice. Roasted malty coffe and chocolate flavor with some weak hints of vanilla, Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish with some weak hints of bourbon in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2010
at 11:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
@RichmondX Gathering Thanks kinz-750ml bottle-pours a big foamy brown head and black color. Aroma is roasty/sweet chocolate-dark malt, wood, dark fruit. Taste is boozy, roasty/sweet chocolate-dark malt, wood, dark fruit, hops bite. Not my style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2010
at 10:51
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at the 10th Richmond RateBeer Gathering courtesy of Kinz on 01/16/2010. Clear dark black body with a small creamy off-white head. Big roasted malt, molasses, caramel and rum soaked fruit aroma. Sweet rum soaked fruit, caramel, roasted malt, chocolate and light vanilla flavor. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation. - 8/5/8/4/17 - 4.2 Bottle courtesy of Lithy via Butters on 01/09/2010. Bottle Batch 2008-1 #11957 of 11960. Very dark black body with a small creamy tan head. Sweet vanilla, oak, molasses, caramel and rum soaked fruit aroma. Sweet vanilla, roast, light smoke, caramel, molasses and rum soaked fruit flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a very smooth finish for 11%. 8/5/8/4/16 - 4.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2010
at 10:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a huge brown foamy head with great retention and perfect lacing. Aroma of dry roasted barley malt with some coffee notes and some sweet lingering notes with some bourbon notes as well. Taste is a complex mix between some roasted malt notes with light bitterness that is offset by lingering sweetness and some coffee notes with a slightly overwhelming bourbon finish. Body is quite full with some creamy notes and some perfect carbonation with slightly apparent alcohol notes. I am not sure what to make of this one – complex and somewhat balanced though a lot more bourbon then I would have liked.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2010
at 19:40
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 mL bottle courtesy of Kinz. Thanks! Pours a dark brown color with a medium head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, bourbon, light smoky notes and light dark fruit notes. Taste is deep dark roasted malts, smoke, tobacco, raisins, vanilla, bourbon, spicy hop notes. Full bodied. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2010
at 15:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 75cl.Clear dark dark red brown color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, coffee, wood notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration, chocolate, a alcohol burn / warm finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20090913]
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2009
at 04:16