Dark Star - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Cacao Vanilla
Fremont Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.91
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Imperial Oatmeal Stout with Coffee, Cacao, and Vanilla Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Coffee Cacao Vanilla Barrel-Aged Dark Star is a blend of 24, 18, 12, and 8-month Bourbon Barrel-Aged Dark Star in 7-12-year old Kentucky bourbon barrels. This special edition adds coffee, cacao, and vanilla with the roasted and chocolate malts to complement the smooth oats and bring you a stout delight wrapped in the gentle embrace of bourbon barrel-aged warmth. A touch of sweetness dances in balance with the hops to finish with a wave, and then she’s gone.
Down & Dirty: 2-Row Pale, Roast Barley, Crystal-60, Chocolate, and Carafa-2 malts with Flaked Oats and Columbus, Willamette, and Cascade hops with coffee, cacao, and vanilla.
Coffee Cacao Vanilla Barrel-Aged Dark Star is a blend of 24, 18, 12, and 8-month Bourbon Barrel-Aged Dark Star in 7-12-year old Kentucky bourbon barrels. This special edition adds coffee, cacao, and vanilla with the roasted and chocolate malts to complement the smooth oats and bring you a stout delight wrapped in the gentle embrace of bourbon barrel-aged warmth. A touch of sweetness dances in balance with the hops to finish with a wave, and then she’s gone.
Down & Dirty: 2-Row Pale, Roast Barley, Crystal-60, Chocolate, and Carafa-2 malts with Flaked Oats and Columbus, Willamette, and Cascade hops with coffee, cacao, and vanilla.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Waxed bomber. Aroma has notes of coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, dark bread, leather, tobacco, licorice. Pours like motor oil with a half finger dark tan head that falls into a ring quickly. Taste has a moderate sweetness tempered by significant dark chocolate and black coffee-like bitterness. Lovely velvety mouthfeel. Way less sweet than I was expecting, which is welcome. It's a great beer, but I find the whole overall impression a little lacking compared to other Fremont barrel-aged beers I've had in the past. Or maybe I'm just getting burnt out on pastry stouts. I dunno.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2021
at 21:07