Dark Star - Bourbon Barrel Coconut Cacao
Fremont Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
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IMPERIAL OATMEAL STOUT WITH COCONUT AND CACAO AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS
This year’s release 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 coconut and cacao 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 toasted coconut and Theo Chocolate cacao nibs.
ABV: 13.5% IBU: 50
Color: Deep black, opaque
Aroma: Chocolate, toffee and vanilla with other sweet aromatics, rich coconut, alongside oak and whiskey
Flavor: Definitely sweet with a subtle bitterness in thick body with moderate, smooth carbonation, with some warmth and moderate mouthwatering
Availability: Released February 2022, limited
Fresh Range: Age this beer, or try one now...go on.
This year’s release 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 coconut and cacao 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 toasted coconut and Theo Chocolate cacao nibs.
ABV: 13.5% IBU: 50
Color: Deep black, opaque
Aroma: Chocolate, toffee and vanilla with other sweet aromatics, rich coconut, alongside oak and whiskey
Flavor: Definitely sweet with a subtle bitterness in thick body with moderate, smooth carbonation, with some warmth and moderate mouthwatering
Availability: Released February 2022, limited
Fresh Range: Age this beer, or try one now...go on.
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Tried
on 01 Oct 2024
at 22:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap @MBCC 2024, Green Session. Oily black no head. Boozy, malty choc aroma, jammy. Roasted bitter flavour, syrupy malty sweetness, solid booze, mild choc. Not much cococnut but still good.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Aug 2024
at 19:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle pour, taster. @Mikkeller Beer Celebration 2024, Copenhagen (Denmark). 11/05/2024 [#7.435 Global - #1.450 United States of America - #21 Fremont Brewing Company] Pours black with a tan head. Aroma: bourbon barrels, coconut milk, dark chocolate and coffee beans. Taste: strong liquorice, coconut milk, roasted malts, bourbon and dark chocolate. Full bodied. Next one, please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2024
at 08:07
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pitch black color. Big dark chocolate, salty licorice, coconut, dark fruit, vanilla, . Super smooth palate nice light oak character. Semi sweet excellent depth perfectly balanced
Tried
on 22 Jun 2024
at 11:13
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours inky black, amân tan head, good lacing. Aaron's is cocoa, vanilla, toasted coconut, bourbon, malted milk powder. Flavor is merlin plus sweet, Luțu plus bitter. Integrated. Full body, creamy. Noice
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2024
at 00:43
8/10
Degelijk spul wat te weinig cocos imo
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2024
at 20:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle split at Craft Beer Junction, thanks to the Wingmane 18/10/23. Black with a tan cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is chocolate, coffee bean, mellow bourbon, dark malts. Taste comprises roast malts, coffee, chocolate pot, big coconut shavings, charr, spice, bourbon nip. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a spike of balanced alcohol buzz. Solid stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2024
at 13:20
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tried
on 14 May 2024
at 12:26
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Mikkeller Beer Celebration, Green Session. Clear very dark brown beer. Aroma of sweet dark chocolate malt, liquorice, caramel. Taste of sweet strong dark malt, caramel, coconut, vanilla.
Tried
on 13 May 2024
at 17:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
MBCC. Black with a small beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, cacao and bourbon. Flavor is very sweet. Sweet finish. Oily. 110524
Tried
on 11 May 2024
at 17:17