12th Anniversary Stout with Cherries
Fremont Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special Out of Production|
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7.75
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An exclusive blend of barrel-aged imperial stouts.
* Stout aged in 8-10-year old Heaven Hill bourbon barrels
* Stout aged in 8-10-year old Heaven Hill bourbon barrelswith tart Montmorency and dark tart cherries from Royal Ridge Fruits in Royal WA
* Stout aged in ex-bourbon vanilla extract barrels
Down & Dirty: Maris Otter, Lyon Munich, Carafa-1 Special, Roast Barley, Dark Crystal, Rolled Oats, Flaked Barley, 2-Row Pale, Crystal-60, Chocolate, and Carafa-2 malts with US Magnum, US Goldings, Willamette, Columbus, and Cascade hops
ABV: 11.0% IBU: 20
Color: Dark black, opaque
Aroma: Cherry up front with caramel, chocolate, vanilla and other sweet aromatics, woody notes and whiskey aromas
Flavor: Intensely sweet, with slight bitterness and high lingering sweetness in thick, full body that has smooth carbonation and some warming
Availability: Releases August 12, 2021 in celebration of our 12th anniversary
Fresh Range: Age this beer, or try one now...go on.
* Stout aged in 8-10-year old Heaven Hill bourbon barrels
* Stout aged in 8-10-year old Heaven Hill bourbon barrelswith tart Montmorency and dark tart cherries from Royal Ridge Fruits in Royal WA
* Stout aged in ex-bourbon vanilla extract barrels
Down & Dirty: Maris Otter, Lyon Munich, Carafa-1 Special, Roast Barley, Dark Crystal, Rolled Oats, Flaked Barley, 2-Row Pale, Crystal-60, Chocolate, and Carafa-2 malts with US Magnum, US Goldings, Willamette, Columbus, and Cascade hops
ABV: 11.0% IBU: 20
Color: Dark black, opaque
Aroma: Cherry up front with caramel, chocolate, vanilla and other sweet aromatics, woody notes and whiskey aromas
Flavor: Intensely sweet, with slight bitterness and high lingering sweetness in thick, full body that has smooth carbonation and some warming
Availability: Releases August 12, 2021 in celebration of our 12th anniversary
Fresh Range: Age this beer, or try one now...go on.
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8/10
Subtiele kersenbonbon, chocolade, cacao, vanille, kers, degelijk… dit vinden za dan wel beter dan bij de tilquin’s 😜
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2022
at 20:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle pour from share by AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! It's an opaque black with nice viscosity, thin cap of khaki head with fair retention and no lacing. Aroma is moderately strong earthy malt with oak, bourbon, chocolate, vanilla. Taste is strong earthy roasted malt, bourbon, wet leather, tobacco, hint of cherry. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, nice complexity in aroma and flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2022
at 23:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle with silver wax dripped all along the bottle. Aroma shows, oak, bourbon, chocolate-ish malt. Flavor is layered oak, soft layered bourbon, a little tannic. The cherry is here but very mild. BUT definitely found throughout the sip. Focused on the bourbon. Very nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2022
at 23:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Jet black with a decent light brown head. Dark chocolate and cherry notes. Rich dark chocolate and nice cherry notes. Rich and decadent.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sherbrooke Liquor Store
on 27 Feb 2022
at 03:40
8/10
Feels more cherry forward than last year but still fantastic level of barrel and chocolate base stout flavors. Still super delish chocolate cordial vibes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2021
at 00:52
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Taster shared with Matt. Appearance: brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: intense, lots of fruity notes and bourbon accompanied by chocolate and some smoky notes. Taste: very thick, fruity, lots of bourbon, nice barrel character. Overall: nice one, better than X anniversary one IMHO.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2021
at 19:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at The Beer Junction, pours jet black with a small light brown head. Aroma reveals a pretty remarkably rich bourbon barrel character, followed by light vanilla, and a touch of dark fruits — not really getting cherries. Flavour, on the other hand, reveals loads of cherries upfront, immediately followed by rich bourbon barrels. The combo of cherries and bourbon seems to be creating the syrupy, sticky palate that is undeniable. Sweet but not cloying. I really like the bourbon character, but not sure the cherry incorporation works perfectly. It's damn tasty though, just not at the level of some of their other heavy beers.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2021
at 19:40
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours black with small tan head that lasts. The aroma is spice, dark chocolate, cherry skin, tobacco, amaretto, bourbon, wood. Slick body, similar flavors to nose, boozy, nice sweetness, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2021
at 03:58