Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project Wildcat

Wildcat

 

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.05
ABV: 12.6% IBU: - Ticks: 5
50% Imperial Stout
35% Imperial Stout in Heaven Hill Barrels
15% Imperial Stout in Angel's Envy Barrels
 

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8/10
Pours dark from bottle with brownish almost purplish fringe head. Deep bourbon vanilla, oak, port wine
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 02:14

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle shared by Shane at the October 2023 PS tasting, 10/14/23.Near black, thin tan head, average retention. Aroma of roast, raisin, whisky, oak, baker's chocolate, honey. Taste is roast, raisin, chocolate, oak, whiskey, vanilla. Almost no heat. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2023 at 00:34

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Tip Tap draught, 10/14/23. Dark, possibly clear. Deep purple highlights. Tan head quickly fades to ring. Nose has a quick shot of bourbon liquor and wood followed by big chocolate, light alcohol and heavy dark fruit. Some charred malt and vanilla lingering. Clean. In the mouth there's the same bourbon liquor-like character up front, very dry and strong. Malt crowds in and gives some light syrup to the texture as an onslaught of prune begins. Don't really get much more from the barrel for the remainder of the beer. It's SO dark fruit-forward it's ridiculous. Like a glass of prune juice. Would have guessed this was brewed with prunes. Some lingering soy, molasses and caramel sweetness.
Tried from Draft on 15 Oct 2023 at 14:52

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft at the Denver taproom - inky black - deep notes of molasses, coffee, dark fruit, brown sugar - notes of cherry skin and strongly tannic notes - some acidity at the end, but nothing I would characterize as sour - it's got enough heft and complexity to be a sipper, but is not over the top - I dig it.
Tried from Draft on 14 Sep 2023 at 20:49

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Well. Imperial Stout from Crooked Stave and it's on the sour side. No surprise. Still that kind of beer as sour is to me not the best. Furthermore I'm not a huge molasses fan in beer. There is some roast and coffee in there along with some dark malt.
Tried from Bottle from Steve's Liquor Store on 09 Sep 2023 at 19:14