Basement Barrel Aged - Portwood Whisky - RIS
HillDevils in Wouwse Plantage, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
6.94
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Our Barrels are stored in the Basement of the brewing barnhouse of the HillDevils located in the Wouwse Plantage, Holland. Every barrel has it's own unique characteristic flavours wich melt with the beer. We Aged the Big Black Boltini (Russian Imperial Stout) in the PORTWOOD Barrel for a period of 2 Months.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Buying it in the sterk, Amsterdam, during one of my trips. Bottled in 2017, opening this bottle yesterday, solid and classical imperial stout, roasty malt, cocoa, chocolate, touch of vanilla, coffee, full body, a bit boozy, bitter, some dryness.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sterk Avondverkoop
on 18 Mar 2025
at 05:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Lekkerbier, Sint Nicolaasga. Aroma is chocolate, barrel, roast, whiskey, some alcohol, some red and dark fruity notes. Mild bittersweet flavour, body could be a bit more full. Still, pretty nice BA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2025
at 11:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
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Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2020
at 14:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
I Draught /I Dense, good and layered white to yellow-cream head over virtually black beer. Roasted, burnt, chocolate, but also a tad soapy. Molasses syrup. Very roasted, sweet-bitterish, dry roast, breadcrust. Sweet is enhanced by the alcohol, but it has no boozy character whatsoever, whisky is hard or not traceable at all. Bit almondy. Well-bodied, almost no alcoholwarming, slick to viscous feel. Maybe a tad too restrained.
Tried
on 26 May 2019
at 06:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap. Pours black with moderate tan head. Aromas of black coffee, whisky and dry roasted malts. Flavors follow same with emphasis on whisky and acidic malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2019
at 15:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dunkler, würzig herber Beginn. Süffig, cremig schokoladig, alkoholisch. Cremig, geringe Karbonisierung, langer würziger Nachhall. 10/8/8/9//9
Tried
on 14 Dec 2018
at 16:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled at Billie's 2018. Black with lacy head. Aroma and flavour have roasted malts. Also a light forest fruit sweetness. Very boozy.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2018
at 10:27
8/10
Thanks! Sampled draft @ Billie’s Beer Festival 2018. Day 2. Black, little mocha head. Nose is boozy, bit hot varnish but also nice mocha, chocolate, mocha, candy. Taste is mocha, sugar, less booze, bit crude but tasty thick vanilla barrel, very solid, chocolate, molasses. Thick, big sugar. Very solid & tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2018
at 18:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Billie’s Beer Festival ‘18. Black with a tan head. Aroma of oak, whiskey barrel, chocolate, caramel and coffee. Flavour is heavy sweet. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2018
at 20:17