Bourbon Oktober
Vibrant Forest Brewery in Hardley, Hampshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.47
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Bourbon Oktober, our 'house' BA Imperial Stout...if you can have such a thing. Black Oktober has been aged in Bourbon barrels, 6 month for each batch. Enjoy!
The 04.08.2018 batch formed part of our Europe-wide Genetic Drift event.
The 04.08.2018 batch formed part of our Europe-wide Genetic Drift event.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from De Bierliefhebber. Aroma is roasted malt with cocoa, dark chocolate, tangy dark fruit, liquorice, unexpectedly light bourbon, and a touch of molasses. Flavour is medium sweet with a solid roasty bitterness. Body is medium to full. A fine roasty Stout, though the bourbon is a lot less expressive than I hoped for.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with a small but thick beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate, light bourbon, licorice and oak. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Light full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Scrapyard
on 05 Jun 2021
at 15:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Black. Roast, chocolate, some wood, a bit of bourbon, sweet, umami touch, light sourish hint, a bit of bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2021
at 16:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle shared with Mike. Hazed dark appearance, good tan head. Dark chocolate and roast on the nose, light bourbon. Pillowy chocolate on the palate, seamlessly integrated bourbon, not too prominent and sweet. Fairly light on the palate with nutty malt and almond coming through on the close. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2020
at 13:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Hoptimism. Sweet boozy aroma - dark fruit, liqourice, charcoal and vanilla. Dark and glossy. Creamy tan head soon shrinks. Roasty bitter with a boozy edge and underlying sweetness. Thick bodied. Creamy. Low key fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. An interesting array of taste and aroma that envelops the mouth.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Sep 2019
at 20:51
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
17 August 2019. At Gents Bierfestival X. Cheers to Anke, Kevin & the crew! Hazy black with a lasting, very thin, frothy, beige head. Aroma of coffee ground, wood, earth, dried fig, fondant, bourbon, macadamia. Taste is medium malty sweet, dried dark fruits (raisin, fig) pairing with bittersweet mocha, chocolate powder, supported by an earthy character of espresso, toast & an umami edge. Dry, toasty, earthy hoppy finish, lingering wood, vanilla & coffee, with a subtle bourbon-like glow; some coffee liqueur as well. Medium to full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Surprisingly 'drinkable' Imperial Stout, well-balanced.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2019
at 14:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl can from BeardedAvenger, thanks! A black beer with a tan head. Aroma of strong dark roasted malt, coffee, dried fruits, wood, raisins. Taste of sweet and strong dark malt, coffee, vanilla, liquorice, raisins, burned malt, sticky. Good!
Tried
from Can
on 03 Sep 2019
at 20:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Balck and oily. Aroma and flavour have loads of dark roasted malts. Not so much Bourbon.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2019
at 12:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Black. Dark chocolate, licorice and ash in the aroma. Dark chocolate, licorice, laurel and RAW alcohol in the flavor, Roasty finish. Very tasty, still typically British
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2019
at 08:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
No head to speak of; jet-black fluid. Bourbon obvious if not overpowering, wood, peat, chocolate, ganache. Dry, yet sweet taste with liquorice, and again discreet Bourbon. I Haagse Hopjes, drop /I in the finish. Very rich, alcoholwarming, but a bit... dull, dead. Not bad, good points for the restraint.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2019
at 08:42