Bourbon Barrel Stout
Anderson Valley Brewing Company in Boonville, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout Regular|
Score
6.98
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A Luxurious Stout with Fine Bourbon Character
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.
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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7.5/10
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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.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2025
at 22:22
7/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
from
Belgian Style Ales / Monastery Greetings
on 14 Oct 2025
at 03:45
7.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2025
at 21:50
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:39
7.4/10
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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.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2024
at 23:53
7.6/10
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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.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2023
at 18:40
5.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2023
at 11:47
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2023
at 20:19
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2023
at 22:27
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Nov 2021
at 01:45