Bourbon County Brand Stout - Sir Isaac's
(has 1 batch)

Bottle. A- Cocoa, graham cracker, brownie. A- Dark brown color, brown liquid, brown head. T- Fig, bourbon, brown sugar, cocoa, whisky, oak. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- About a year or so of age. A bit pricey at $24 for a pint bottle but really tasty.

Poured from a 2022 vintage, 500 ml bottle with an August 28, 2024 best by date. Aroma is fairly fruity with lots of fig, raisin, prune and date notes. Moderately strong chocolate, toffee, dark caramel and graham cracker notes. Light roast notes. Light alcohol and bourbon notes with faint oak. Pours jet black with a medium sized, thick, dark mocha head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers on the edges. Flavor is fairly sweet with lots of graham cracker, dark caramel and toffee notes. Lighter chocolate and roast notes. Moderate bitterness and medium light alcohol notes. Moderate notes of figs with lighter notes of raisin, prune and dates. Light bourbon and faint oak notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a pretty solid BA imperial stout. The aroma is fairly fruity, but the flavor has a lot more caramel, graham crackers and overall malt character leading the way. Bourbon and alcohol notes are well integrated and not overpowering.

Panda, courtesy of SHIG, pours with a deep mahogany colored body that supports a thin light tan head of bubbles. A swirl of the glass tosses up almost mead like legginess leaving behind a mild brown stain. The modest aroma offers up sweet smelling reduced sugars and thin brighter bourbon and booze bleeding into sherry and sugar stewed plums. Nice. The taste delivers smooth slick velvety booze soaked sugars. I get a wafer of chocolate that's neither here nor there and then rich sweet malts, a murmur of supple bourbon leading to a modest booziness and warming sensation. Another tug and sweet sugary plums are noticed as well as hints of muted woodiness. Solid sipper experience.

Panda courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Black colour, thin tan foam head and aroma of chocolatey malt, coconut, dried fruit, vanilla, oak barrel. Taste is sweetish, dark malty, chocolate, dried fruity, caramel, vanilla, oaky, booze, with some roasty bitterness. Smooth, full bodied, soft carbonation, boozy with vanilla and oak at the finish. Very drinkable.

Bottle shared at shigs place in Newport news Virginia. Many thanks to shig for this one. An opaque black brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is rich meaty roast, alcohol, dried fruits, prunes. Brown sugars cakey. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, earthy honey, stout. Meaty roast, liquorice, woody notes. Super rich gooey fruit cake, woody roast,. Super

Bottle at SHIG place tasting, big thanks to the SHIG, 16/04/23. Black with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is chocolate, coffee, booze, dried fruit rinds, raisins, charr, spice, molasses. Taste comprises chocolate, bourbon, toffee, booze, figs, dates, molasses. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid.

Bottle thanks to MrsSHIG: Poured a deep brown with a tan ring head. Aroma is dark fruits, fig, sticky, chocolate, boozy, vanilla. Taste is dark figgy, chocolate, boozy, toffee, vanilla, caramel, alcohol.

Malmö team tasting at Palace Hall, Malmö, Sweden (15/04/2023) - sweet and roasted dark malty with lots of rich chocolate, some fudge and toffee, getting the fig notes coming through nicely, dark dried fruity figs, bourbon infused malty base, lingering sweet dark malty close. Beautiful.