Berrien County Stout
Arclight Brewing Company in Watervliet, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.53
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
MBCC. Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and bourbon. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish with lots of warming alcohol. Oily. 110519
saxo (29721) reviewed Berrien County Stout from Arclight Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample @ MBCC 2019, green session. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, chocolate, caramel, hops and has a nice dry bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft at Southern Grist 3rd Anniversary. Pours a deep brown to black with a small head that dissipates. Lots of bourbon on the nose with oak and cacao nib. Thin on the palate with more bourbon and oak. Chocolate is there, but definitely a bit thin. Lingering chocolate bourbon ball on the finish.Earlier Rating: 4/7/2019 Total Score: 3.7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
22 ounce bottle into snifter, 2019 vintage bottling. Pours dense pitch black color with a small dense dark tan head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, fudge, brownie batter, marshmallow, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Slight booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, fudge, brownie batter, marshmallow, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, grassy, roast, charcoal bitterness; bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, fudge, brownie batter, marshmallow, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, dark bread/crust, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, rich, bready mouthfeel that is fantastic. Light slickness, sticky hops, chalky roast, and bourbon/oak tannins. Mild increasing warmth of 8.5%, with minimal lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged Russian imperial stout! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the ABV; with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish. This is very reminiscent of Bourbon County as the name suggests, at nearly half the ABV. Insanely rich malt complexity, with perfect bourbon barrel presence/integration; and solid earthy hops against sweetness. Bit of yeast fruitiness. A highly enjoyable offering, and top tier style example.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet dark grains, roasted malts and chocolate with a strong bourbon note supporting. Flavor has strong roasted malts and bourbon with sweet dark grains supporting.