12th Anniversary Stout

Tree House Brewing Company in Charlton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Imperial Special

Score

7.48

ABV: 16.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 3

For our 12th Anniversary Stout, we dug deep into our barrel archives for select stand-out barrels representing our program's best efforts. This blend contains a single five year old expression of Truth blended with a different thread of Truth that was double-barreled and aged for over 24 months. At Tree House, we believe incremental gains in quality, structure, and complexity are infinite in the art and science of crafting our barrel-aged beer, and our 12th Anniversary Stout represents our current progress. As our barrel program matures, so too do the quality of our offerings. This stout represents the best of our efforts to date, and yet the best is still to come. Take a moment to celebrate with us - we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

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tiong (21241) ticked 12th Anniversary Stout from Tree House Brewing Company 6 months ago

Tried on 22 May 2025 at 15:36

tfontana (7150) reviewed 12th Anniversary Stout from Tree House Brewing Company 10 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

5 oz. pour at the brewery in Tewksbury. Opaque inky, oily black with nice viscosity. Aroma is strong bourbon, sweet malts, vanilla, hint of chocolate. Leather and tobacco as it warms. Taste follows aroma but mostly bourbon and sweet malts. Thick, syrupy texture, full body. Alcohol well hidden. It’s good but a bit forward with bourbon and sweet malt. Not transcendent.

Tried from Draft at Tree House Brewing Company - Tewksbury on 25 Jan 2025 at 19:12

8.8

Clarkvv (16327) reviewed 12th Anniversary Stout from Tree House Brewing Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Charlton draught, 6/27/24. Pretty damned pleasant surprise to see this go on draught today. Thought there'd be a special occasion for it, but no, just an unannounced random Thursday. Undetermined clarity. Chocolatey-mahogany. Tan head slowly to ring. Big chocolate-bourbon in the nose. Light char, salt, low roast, no booze. Big, dense malts, of course. Very Truth-like in that regard. Trying to be patient and let it warm/breathe. Getting rewarded with light oak and vanilla tones from the wood and spirit. Wow that's dense. Even for Tree House. Rich, malty cake batter with gooey brownie and hints of lovely soy oxidation that actually contribute to balancing the sugars/chocolate. Subtle smokiness from the aged roasted barley. Vanilla, prunes, cigars....it's all here with low roast, no cloying sugar and just a speck of warmth from the alcohol. The bourbon shows plentiful spice, acidity/alcohol dryness and various mineral-like notes with a more light-hearted fruitiness. No alcohol throughout the flavor. Pretty fantastically and carefully-aged stuff. It's not the end all be all of imperial stouts (the overall complexity could be a bit better) but it's near flawlessly-executed and has all the malt texture/depth and Bourbon you want with none of the booze, sugar, roast and tannin that you don't. More and more plum, raisin, even blueberry spice and light tobacco emerging, as it warms/breathes.

Tried from Draft at Tree House Brewing Company - Charlton on 27 Jun 2024 at 21:20