More Time to Explain
(has 2 batches)
Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.67
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Barrel-Aged Breakfast Stout
Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout brewed with lactose and finished with vanilla beans, blueberries, maple syrup, and natural flavors.
2021 Batch 001: 12.43%, Viscometer 12.5
2023 Batch 002: 13.1%, Viscometer 6.5
Fellow Innovators! Late last year we blazed through an unexpected hit of a canned sweet stout release -- there were astronauts and maple syrup! There were grizzly bears and blueberries and DeLoreans! There was #NoTimeToExplain!
We've applied that absurdly delicious finishing treatment to a mix of Fundamental Observation barrels filled throughout 2018, 2019, and 2020, then blended with a chewy, lactose-based sweet stout for a liquid that can only rightly be called: #MoreTimeToExplain!
Huge aromas of ripe blueberry and sweet maple syrup deliver waves of blueberry pancake-stuffed nostalgia. Bright blueberry opens the palate then oaky vanilla from beans and barrel hit mid-palate, tempering the sweetness of a long, maple-rich finish. Lactose delivers a creamy mouthfeel on a velvety base that drinks like the Sunday morning of a three-day weekend.
Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout brewed with lactose and finished with vanilla beans, blueberries, maple syrup, and natural flavors.
2021 Batch 001: 12.43%, Viscometer 12.5
2023 Batch 002: 13.1%, Viscometer 6.5
Fellow Innovators! Late last year we blazed through an unexpected hit of a canned sweet stout release -- there were astronauts and maple syrup! There were grizzly bears and blueberries and DeLoreans! There was #NoTimeToExplain!
We've applied that absurdly delicious finishing treatment to a mix of Fundamental Observation barrels filled throughout 2018, 2019, and 2020, then blended with a chewy, lactose-based sweet stout for a liquid that can only rightly be called: #MoreTimeToExplain!
Huge aromas of ripe blueberry and sweet maple syrup deliver waves of blueberry pancake-stuffed nostalgia. Bright blueberry opens the palate then oaky vanilla from beans and barrel hit mid-palate, tempering the sweetness of a long, maple-rich finish. Lactose delivers a creamy mouthfeel on a velvety base that drinks like the Sunday morning of a three-day weekend.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is rich, full of blueberries and maple syrup, accentuated by subtle bourbon barrels and some burnt sugars. Flavour is wonderfully cohesive, with a beautifully blend of maple syrup, blueberries, and bourbon barrels. The maple syrup is not too intense, and mixes well with the blueberries. Not one of my favourites from Bottle Logic, but it's certainly well-done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2023
at 06:00