Bo & Luke (Cognac Barrel)
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.24
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Bo & Luke with secondary aging in Cognac barrels.
2014 release - burgundy wax.
2014 release - burgundy wax.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle thanks to Josiah. Pours a very dark brown with no head. The aroma is strong smoke, brandy, wood, roast. Medium mouthfeel with nice smoke, sweetness from brandy, very impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2014
at 20:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at EBF on 3/22/14
Dark mahogany to ebony brown body has a very voluminous head of tan nature displaying strong retention. Clarity is indiscernible.
Very little cognac in the nose, which is nice as that’s a pretty strong characteristic. Maybe some sweet, grainy, candied grape-like notes on the finish, upon warming, but the main force of the beer seems to be a strong caramel-toffee sweet maltiness with plentiful roast and some dry vanilla and drying bitterness from the hops. Green, rather juicy and not tacky or resinous, thankfully. Tending on the sweet side, though not really underattenuated or anything, just a rather thick, sweet, rich beer. Could actually benefit from additional barrel tannin/cognac dryness. Good though, and if this is actually 14% abv, then consider me impressed, as it certainly dosent come across nearly that strong (there is certainly some alcohol and sharpness, but the massive body helps allay that somewhat). Good, if not terribly memorable, for the style.
Dark mahogany to ebony brown body has a very voluminous head of tan nature displaying strong retention. Clarity is indiscernible.
Very little cognac in the nose, which is nice as that’s a pretty strong characteristic. Maybe some sweet, grainy, candied grape-like notes on the finish, upon warming, but the main force of the beer seems to be a strong caramel-toffee sweet maltiness with plentiful roast and some dry vanilla and drying bitterness from the hops. Green, rather juicy and not tacky or resinous, thankfully. Tending on the sweet side, though not really underattenuated or anything, just a rather thick, sweet, rich beer. Could actually benefit from additional barrel tannin/cognac dryness. Good though, and if this is actually 14% abv, then consider me impressed, as it certainly dosent come across nearly that strong (there is certainly some alcohol and sharpness, but the massive body helps allay that somewhat). Good, if not terribly memorable, for the style.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2014
at 15:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the EBF Saturday Nice cognac treatment little smokey nice choc and roast. Nice beer
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Mar 2014
at 09:10