Sidamo Coffee Stout (Bourbon Barrel)
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.16
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An assertive Imperial Stout aged 12 weeks in bourbon barrels and conditioned on custom roasted Sidamo coffee from Lamplighter Roasting Company, Bourbon Sidamo showcases the signature flavors of whiskey, roasted malt and Ethiopian coffee. This robust stout displays a midnight hue with a caramel head and offers a dark chocolate character laced with hints of blueberry from this unique coffee bean, rounded out by charred White Oak infused by an angel’s share of Kentucky goodness.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On draught at Mekong. Brownish-black color with a medium thick beige head that diminishes slowly. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of coffee, bourbon and vanilla. Full-bodied with flavors of roasted coffee, dark chocolate and bourbon. The finish is roasty coffee and oaky vanilla. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
Mekong Restaurant
on 30 Mar 2014
at 07:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On draft at Lost Dog in McLean VA. Pours black with a tan head. Bourbon nose. Flavor of bourbon, oak, tobacco ash and licorice. Medium heavy bodied. Smooth finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2014
at 16:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at RBWG Asheville. Pours brown with brown head. Nose and taste of dark chocolate, coffee, bourbon and oak. Medium body. Well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2014
at 14:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Rustico Alexandria. Poured a thin dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma was bourbon, vanilla, coffee notes. Lots of alcohol burn aromas, but none of the actual burn on this one. Flavor was pretty smooth alcohol notes, some bitter, dark chocolates. Vanilla, some woody notes. Pretty easy to drink, but the bourbon kind of overpowers the base beer a bit. I like the experiments that Hardywood releases, regardless.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2014
at 22:43
6/10
Tried
on 07 Feb 2014
at 20:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle (2014 Release) poured into a Belgian snifter. Pours a brownish black with almost a finger tan head. Aromas of bourbon, coconut, vanilla, coffee, roast, . Tasting notes of bourbon, berries, roast, dark chocolate, light coffee. Barrel aging seems to have faded the coffee. Great barrel character on the nose, not quite as equal on the taste. Medium body with a semi-dry finish, would like a fuller body. Think I actually prefer the non-barrel aged version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2014
at 00:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
750 mL bottle from the brewery. I wasn’t a huge fan of the base beer so hopefully this one will be mellowed out by the bourbon and a little age. Pours a dark brown color with a thin frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, mild whiskey and cherries. Slight ashen note. Medium bodied, slight lingering bitterness. A little disjointed and disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2013
at 22:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pitch black. Coffee head. Acidic dry roaster coffee and cocoa. Sweet taste. Candies and corn cocoa and licorice. Quite lovely
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2013
at 13:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle courtesy of Eric at Churchkey, thanks! Dark maroon color, tan edge head. Aroma of whiskey! Taste is similar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2013
at 17:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
750ml bottle pours a watery, opaque black with some cloudy, white head. Nose is heavy with coconut, sun tan lotion, malt, caramel, cake icing. Flavor is the same, sweet, caramel, coconut, sun tan lotion, malt, licorice, coffee. Thin mouth feel. Pretty nice. It had a different sort of barrel character I enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2013
at 17:33