Bourbon Barrel Stout
Anderson Valley Brewing Company in Boonville, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout Regular|
Score
6.98
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Aged for six months in bourbon barrels, this luxurious stout has a deep ebony hue and a beautiful mahogany head. The woody, vanilla-like notes imparted by the barrels mingle with aromas of fresh baked bread, toffee, and espresso and envelop the rich chocolate and roasted barley flavors with a fine bourbon character. With an exceptional balance and drinkability this beer is the closest thing to an every-day bourbon barrel aged stout the world has ever seen.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate and bourbon aroma. Bourbon and chocolate flavor. Medium bodied. Bourbon and chocolate linger with caramel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Aromas are dark malt, molasses and roast. Flavors are similar to nose, slightly more sweet than bitter and increases all qualities. Slight hints of bourbon and oak. Add in a touch of coffee. This brewery just isn't as good as it used to be.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
0.355l can. Dark brown body with a beige head. Aroma of chocolate, reisins, plums and a bit of oak. The taste shows some notes of the bourbon too not just the oak. Chocolate and raisins are present too with a hint of orange zest and some plums. I think the barrel aging works in this beer as it only gives a nice twist to it, but doesn't overpower it. Good one.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dark brown almost black with a small tan head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, and bourbon barrel. Taste is also chocolate, coffee and bourbon barrel.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Black with a medium sized tan head. Strong sharp bourbon, toasty malt and a hint of vanilla. Long finish. Full bodied.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Großartige Fassnase, herrlich Bourbon im Zinken. Optisch zum verlieben, Cappuccino-Schaum. Im Trunk cremig, Schokolade, Latte Macchiato, Pralinen, unheimlich gut trinkbar, sehr lecker.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Black. Chocolate, vanilla, bouron, caramel, some coconut, apple (acetaldehyde), sweetish, a bit bland.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can at home. Pours black, nose is vanilla, toffee, roasted, chocolate, taste is similar, thin.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is roasted malt with bourbon, vanilla, caramel, some chocolate and modest nutty notes. Flavour is moderate sweet with a light bitterness. Medium body, feels a bit weird in combination because even knowing beforehand it's a 'regular' Stout you want that thickness you associate with Bourbon barrel aging.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz. Aroma has notes of cooked veggies, whiskey, garbage, caramel, wood, funk, berries. The nasty off-notes pretty much disappear after a couple minutes, leaving a decent smelling beer. Pours very dark brown with a one finger beige head with decent retention. Taste is moderately sweet with barrel aged flavors. Kind of weird at first, but it grew on me.
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