Mikkeller X Imperial Stout Barrel Aged Bourbon

X Imperial Stout Barrel Aged Bourbon

 

Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰

  Stout - Imperial Special
Score
7.97
ABV: 15.0% IBU: - Ticks: 30
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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
(6/29/08) Bottle sample at RBESG08 grand tasting in Plzen. Black-colored, coffee-like. Powerful aroma of burnt malt, coffee and some hard liquor-like alcohol. Sweet powerful flavor with coffee and whiskey. Full-bodied. Too overpowering.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2008 at 12:48

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled #30@RBESG Grand Tasting 2008
Thanks yespr! Pitch black color, small off-white head. Vanilla aroma with some licorice in it. Liquerish .. vanilla, whisky, some licorice, vanilla ice cream. Lots of sugar. Propably this improves after some cellaring.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2008 at 08:16

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle at RBESG08 ... BIG BIG BIG BIG thank you to Yespr, for this ... I cant belive you brought this to RBESG ... Deep Black roast ... rich spirity toasted malts ... syrupy ... balsamic vinegar ... good chocolate ... some spirits ... all round winner for me... though i think it will get better.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2008 at 12:47

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at RBESG Grand Tasting 2008. Black with thin tan head. Too much soy sauce on aroma for me. Some bourbon on aroma. It’s like a sweet oloroso sherry. Better in mouth than on aorma. Thick and really quite good towards the end. Sherry elements are excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2008 at 07:27

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled. Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is sweet malts, caramel, alcohol ,some spices, coffee and vanilla. Flavour is the same with licorice somcing in quite strong. Feels a bit "young" still.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2008 at 05:06

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
RBESG 2008, bottle, huge thanks to whoever gave us the opportunity to try it! Black body (actually extremely dark reddish colour), traces of a brown head. Nose... sweetish coffess, some sourness, soy sauce. Sweet malty taste, soy sauce again, very thick, too sweet. I really respect the beer and it’s for a great cause, but it’s really not my cup of tea.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2008 at 16:37

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
(Bottle at GT - RBESG 2008)June 29, 2008Black color, dark brown head. Oak, sweet, chocolate, coconut scent. Sweet, sugary, alcohol taste. Thick sirupy mouthfeel, low bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2008 at 11:40

7.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled at RBESG. Intensely black. Concentrated woody licorice aroma. Very sweet, (full flavoured)^2. Lots of alcohol, some syrup and wood. Viscous and complex with flavours of chocolate liqueur and plum brandy. Not at all as harsh as Mikkeller Black, this is much more refined and less assaulting. I still think that a slightly toned down version would score better by me.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2008 at 09:55

9.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
RB#5000: 75 cL bottle. Sitting on Grovlams terrace, sun slowly setting on the last day of May. I had a 40 minute bike ride in the most beautiful wheather and had one of the best burgers ever. Then this came on.

Pours pitch black with an initial dark chocolate brown head. Immediately disappearing in a slight fizzy way. Dense roasted, alcohol and burbon aroma. Dark fruity notes swept in a solid roasted malt with a smooth chocolate note and an intense flavour that keeps lingering for eternity with the smallest sip. Continued sweetness lingering through to the finish. Smooth and yet powerful with a nice barrel flavoured base throughout. Utterly wellbalanced. End is not present, the flavour simply never really ends...

Huge thanks to joergen, Thomas_E, sk8viking and Grovlam for sharing this - cheers!
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2008 at 02:33

9.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
[To celebrate my 1700th rating - a huge thanks to Cellar for sharing this awesome brew!] Pitch black with medium dark brown head. Sweet vinious aroma with notes of dark bitter chocolate, sherry, hard roasted malt, coffee and vanilla. Flavor likewise with an intense vinious and complex composition. Full bodied and such a powerfull beer. Excellent!
Tried on 04 May 2008 at 11:10