XV Barrel-Aged Stout (15th Anniversary)
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special|
Score
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by ClarkVV--thanks Clark. Inky, inky black, viscous up the wazoo! Aroma is cocoa, vanilla, background bourbon. Taste is strong fudge brownie, vanilla, earthy malt, mild bourbon. Thick, full bodied, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Super thick dessert beer. Needs more bourbon presence to offset the sweetness.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
22 oz bottle. Thank you Clarkvv for the share. Aroma is cake batter, hazelnut and chocolate. Wow, the flavor is sweet. The brownie/ cake batter character is bold. Maple candy, vanilla. The texture is very thick and viscous. Oily. Barrel is barely here. Sugary as all hell. Yikes!!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
500mL bottle drunk 7/26/25.
Dark, undetermined clarity. Tan head quickly recedes to ring.
This must have almond in it, or hazelnut, or something like that. Bourbon is moderate, tasteful, round and lightly spicy with some sweetness and no alcohol or burn. Salted caramel? Something definitely adjuncted, but it's all pretty tasteful. Though with warming and breathing, the adjunct dominates and the barrel gets lost.
Soft, sweet, malty, fudgey and with a cakey-salted caramel and hazelnut-like character. Is there lactose? Something acidic/tangy that seems lactose-like. Bourbon is spicy, sweet, not all that prominent, honestly. Light, tasteful vanilla and lingering brownie batter. Acidity ever-present to keep it drinkable, but I just don't know if I can get behind the adjunct being more prominent than the barrel. Not boozey and pretty sweet. Guess it depends how much you like brownies, hazelnut and/or salted caramel.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Сразу ощущается бочка, бурбоность, танинность, шоколада много, меньше ванили и пастри. Во вкусе много бочки, есть что то типо бурбона, ваниль, характер. Хорошо имперский стаут.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2024.
Appearance: Black colour with a small beige head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, chocolate, maples, vanilla, bourbon.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, chocolate, maples, vanilla, bourbon.
From Backlog. Taster, from Bottle, at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2024. Black with little head. Roasted Malts, Chocolate, maple, vanilla and bourbon! Smooth!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to David. Pours a dark brown with small tan head. The aroma is string maple, cocoa, bourbon, wood. Thick body, maple syrup, chocolate, roast, boozy, enjoyed this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Rated at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2024 (MBCC). Intense maple syrup overdose with some chocolate sauce, barrel and vanilla, loads of coconut and cocoa. Heavy.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at MBCC2024, Copenhagen. Colour is very dark brown with very small head. Aromas and flavours: Chocolate, vanilla, bourbon..