Buckley Reserve #1 (2019)
Transient Artisan Ales in Bridgman, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.14
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Buckley (Imperial Breakfast Stout with coffee, vanilla, and maple syrup) aged in Foeder Crafters’ first ever whiskey Foeder. After 6 months it was then aged in bourbon barrels to become a double barrel Kentuckley.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home, from an online peddler whom I can't recall, 26/12/2025.
Black topped with a tan head that dissipates to a swirl.
Nose is dark malts, dried fruit rinds, vanilla, chocolate, spice, bourbon rip.
Taste comprises chocolate, coffee bean, maple syrup, molasses, booze tunes, light spice, bourbon soak.
Full bodied, light oily fee, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid BA impy.
Black topped with a tan head that dissipates to a swirl.
Nose is dark malts, dried fruit rinds, vanilla, chocolate, spice, bourbon rip.
Taste comprises chocolate, coffee bean, maple syrup, molasses, booze tunes, light spice, bourbon soak.
Full bodied, light oily fee, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid BA impy.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2025
at 22:03
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Beerlovers bar. Haha, massive deep brown to black with very dark head. A ton of sugary malts, maple, bourbon, coffee, rye whiskey, more brown sugar, vanilla, booze. It has everything you could want: chocolate, maple, coffee, vanilla and bourbon. Very very sweet, solid boozy. Over the top. Really over the top. But really well made and so tasty... ,,😋😋
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2025
at 22:29
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle [2024] shared at "ZZT nieuw leven in blazen"-tasting. Opaque pitch black color, virtually no head. Aroma and flavor are malts, vanilla heavily, maple, (Dutch) "hopjesvla", too sweet. Way too sweet for me. Don't like it at all. Not my kind of beer. Bleh.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2025
at 20:30
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
No head on thick near black coloured body.
Huge aroma of liquorice, demerara & bourbon aroma.
Thick oily body - minimal carbonation & cloying.
Vanilla, liquorice, orange, maple, demerara & sweet tastes with huge boozy finish.
Outstanding
Huge aroma of liquorice, demerara & bourbon aroma.
Thick oily body - minimal carbonation & cloying.
Vanilla, liquorice, orange, maple, demerara & sweet tastes with huge boozy finish.
Outstanding
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2025
at 17:19
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
13th April 2025
Panda thanks to Wingman. Near opaque dark brown beer, decent bubbly dark tan head. Boozy mildly coffee accentuated nose. Airy palate, remarkably light palate all told. Decent fine carbonation. Soft dark malts, very richly flavoured. Dark malt cream, a little dark chocolate, smooth espresso coffee. Mild maple sweetness, well integrated. Everything blends together very well and some ripe fruits on the back end. The abv shows its teeth on the light and semi dry finish with some alcohol spice but, frankly, this is ridiculously drinkable for a brew well into double digits. Lovely!
Panda thanks to Wingman. Near opaque dark brown beer, decent bubbly dark tan head. Boozy mildly coffee accentuated nose. Airy palate, remarkably light palate all told. Decent fine carbonation. Soft dark malts, very richly flavoured. Dark malt cream, a little dark chocolate, smooth espresso coffee. Mild maple sweetness, well integrated. Everything blends together very well and some ripe fruits on the back end. The abv shows its teeth on the light and semi dry finish with some alcohol spice but, frankly, this is ridiculously drinkable for a brew well into double digits. Lovely!
Tried
on 13 Apr 2025
at 18:04
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is huge coconut, vanilla, chocolate, coffee, maple syrup, taste is similar, quite bitter in the finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Buckley Reserve - Blend 1 on 07 Oct 2024 at 17:50 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2024
at 16:50