Proper Pour: Cabernet Cask (2024)
Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.41
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Double Barrel-aged Imperial Stout | Aged in whiskey and Cabernet Barrels
Our world-renowned barrel-aging program has done it again. Returning for year 3, Proper Pour continues to blend the lines of our barrel-aged series with this distinctly wine-barrel finished bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout. Aged in 20yr bourbon barrels for almost two years before spending 5 months in mid-coast Californian red wine barrels.
Our world-renowned barrel-aging program has done it again. Returning for year 3, Proper Pour continues to blend the lines of our barrel-aged series with this distinctly wine-barrel finished bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout. Aged in 20yr bourbon barrels for almost two years before spending 5 months in mid-coast Californian red wine barrels.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
10oz pour at Hops & Bottles. Near black pour, razor thin ring of beige foam. Robust aroma, boozy, chocolate, raisins, grapes. Taste is super smooth considering the ABV, sweet, warm, chocolate covered raisins. Still a sipper, but very enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
from
Hops & Bottles
on 04 Feb 2026
at 22:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Opaque, Pitch-Black Color, Mid-Sized Mocha Color Bubbly Head, OK Retention, Thin Runny Ring of Lacing, Few Fine Strings Left Behind. Sweet, Sugary Booze Aroma. Sweet, Sugary, Warming Alcohol Heat. Same In Aftertaste: Sweet, Sugary, Warming Whiskey Barrel Sting. Smooth. Easy Going. All Whiskey, No Red Wine Barrel For Me... Good. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2025
at 18:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the February 2025 PS tasting, 2/15/24. Black, thin tan head, average retention. Aroma is wine forward with roast following. Taste is roast, chocolate, oak, wine, raisin. Full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2025
at 03:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Aromas are dark ripe fruit, dark malt, roast and a hint of toffee. Flavors are similar to nose, balanced between bitter, sweet and carbonation. Add in a touch of coffee and roast comes out a little more. Average body. Fairly easy drinking for the strength. Maybe a hint of whiskey in there somewhere but don't notice the red wine barrel. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
from
La Crosse People's Food Co-op
on 04 Sep 2024
at 23:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a pitch black with purple/brown highlights and a finger of brown head that dissipates. Big Cabernet cask and oak aromas on the nose with dark chocolate and plum aromas. Palate is similar with more Cab and oak, a touch of chocolate and warming whiskey. Finishes balanced with loud whiskey, cabernet and chocolate notes.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 31 Aug 2024
at 03:19