Starcleaners
Stillwater in Grand Mound, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Talking Cedar BrewingStrong Ale Regular
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Score
7.66
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A blend of barleywine ale and stout aged 18 months in a combination of bourbon and sherry barrels.
A collaboration with Bottleworks, Stillwater, & Talking Cedar.
A collaboration with Bottleworks, Stillwater, & Talking Cedar.
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8/10
American oak, leather, moderately sweet, sherry. Taste is along the same lines, moderately sweet, some berries, a lot of American oak. Nice one.
8-5-8-5-16=42
8-5-8-5-16=42
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2025
at 23:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz can. Pours black with short dark tan head. Aromas of bourbon, chocolate nougat, dark caramel, treacle, and slick roasted malts. Flavors of rich dark caramel (almost like maple syrup) raisins, sweet bourbon, more chocolate nougat, and rich roasty malts. Quite sweet but definitely tasty and very good.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2024
at 23:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Bottleworks, pours jet black with a small dark brown head. Aroma is rich, dominated by a decadent combo of bourbon and sherry barrels, followed by molasses, dark sugars, and some roast. Flavour is very rich and quite sweet, with intense sherry barrels and dark sugars upfront, with the bourbon creeping in secondarily, along with molasses and dark dried fruits. It's a bit too sweet for me, but there's a remarkable complexity to this, in no small part due to the double barrel. Wonderful.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jun 2024
at 00:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Canned, 355 ml, at Brouwer's Cafe. Black with tan head. Sweet chocolate, caramel, dried fruit, bit sugary and syrupy. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
at
Brouwer’s Cafe
on 24 Jan 2024
at 23:00
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
On tap at Churchkey. Pours a clear deep amber brown with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a nice bourbon and caramel combination with some sweet grains and a bit of Sherry coming through. Flavor has bourbon, toffee and caramel with sweet grains and a slight bite of Sherry.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2023
at 00:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ MASH 23. Sweetish, slightly roasty and heavy with barrel notes, some syrup, toffee and sherry notes, hints of figs --- Beer merged from original tick of Starcleaners on 28 Oct 2023 at 18:26 - Score: 8. Original review text: Sweetish, slightly roasty and heavy with barrel notes, some syrup, toffee and sherry notes, hints of figs
Tried
on 10 Nov 2023
at 20:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Roast, caramel. Black pour with good head and lacing.Toffee. Lots more caramel in the finish. Tap at Snally.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Oct 2023
at 20:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Snallygaster: pours black with beige head. Aroma is booze, chocolate, vanilla. Whisky, vanilla, pastry. Solid.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2023
at 01:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Snallygaster 2023. Pours black. Toffee, chocolate, biscuit, sweet syrup. Medium body. Good.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2023
at 01:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown, sticky and lots of bourbon. Light stouty roast, depth of fruity notes that integrate well, with a little help from the barrel.
Tried
on 20 May 2023
at 17:48