8 Maids-A-Milking - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.73
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A rare variation to the eighth beer in our 12 Days of Christmas series. This imperial milk stout was laid to rest in bourbon barrels for over a year, and emerges this holiday season with deeper, richer, darker, more velvety milk chocolate notes, along with amplified roastiness and ripples of caramel, coconut, and vanilla character.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. Boozy Brown black pour. Sticky fruit, toffee and vanilla flavors.
Dark sweet roasted malty with lots of dark fruit shred, oozing chocolate, big bourbon coming in, full body, dark bourbon laced malty finish.
Boozy stuff, bourbon, chocolate
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at CBJ tasting, thanks to Kenneth, 27/11/24. Light black topped with a khaki cap that thins to the edge. Nose is dark malts, chocolate, caramel, rummy notes, booze, fruit cake. Taste comprises dark malts, chocolate dipped raisins, vanilla, spice, bourbon bite, brown sugars, molasses. Full bodied, oily feel, semi drying close with a rising boost offered. Solid BA impy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to William. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is bourbon, wood, licorice, leather. Similar flavors to nose, cloying sweetness, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Sample at the RB CBJ Bottleshare 27/11/2024 Dark sweet roasted malty with lots of dark fruit shred, oozing chocolate, big bourbon coming in, full body, dark bourbon laced malty finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2nd December 2024 Near opaque dark brown beer, good but fairly short lived tan head. Smooth start to the palate, good fine minerally carbonation coming through on the back end. A mellow but very pleasing chocolate malt, kinda 40% dark chocolate and 60% milk chocolate. Touch of barrel induced vanilla. Caramel and toffee underneath. Big juicy bourbon, big ripe fruits soaked through with bourbon and a strong bourbon coconut on the end. No heat even on the fairly light finish. Just a mild warming afterglow. Wow! This one aged well! Super duper bourbon centric treat.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at CBJ - big thanks to Kenneth. Pours deep brown with a small, creamy khaki head. Medium sweet flavour with bright, semi-dark stewed fruits, toffee, toasted bread, mellow booze, burnt honey. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish, rich and malty, some further toffee notes. Nicely rounded.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Thanks to Kenny. A thick dark brown black coloured pour with no head. Aroma is semi sweet, milky, bourbon barrel, raw oak, vanilla, raisin. Brown sugars. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, boozy bourbon barrel oaky tannin, vanilla, rum and raisin, nutty chocolate fruit and nut. Palate is semi sweet, oaky,
