Bell's Brewery Bourbon Barrel Aged 30th Anniversary Ale

Bourbon Barrel Aged 30th Anniversary Ale

 

Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production
Score
7.73
ABV: 14.1% IBU: - Ticks: 19
Bell’s 30th Anniversary Ale aged for 10 months in first-use bourbon barrels from Buffalo Trace. Bell's 30th Anniversary Ale is a Russian Imperial Stout made to commemorate our 30th anniversary in 2015. Has notes of dark chocolate, dark fruit, warming, spicy, oaky and bourbon
 

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7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at WTF 6. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is roasted malt, wood, vanilla, cocoa, bourbon. Slick body, roast, vanilla, oak, licorice, boozy finish, very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2020 at 01:49



8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Sample at What The Funk!? on 10/04/2017. Black pour with a medium tan head that diminishes gradually to a film. Small patches of lacing. The aroma consists of bourbon, chocolate, malt and coffee. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky bourbon, vanilla, coffee and chocolate. The finish is oaky with a bourbon and malt aftertaste. Good beer all around.

Tried on 16 Nov 2017 at 20:48


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2017. Pours black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a lot of dark grains, roasted malts, bourbon with touches of chocolate and coffee supporting. Flavor has dark grains, roasted malts, dark chocolate and bourbon with a touch of coffee coming through.

Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2017 at 16:56


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught @ MBCC '17 [ Blue Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2017, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. [ As Bell's Bourbon Barrel Aged 30th Anniversary Stout ].Clear dark red - black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, bread, chocolate, wood, bourbon, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, bread, bourbon, dark malt, wood, alcohol, chocolate - roasted. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20170512] 8-3-8-4-16

Tried on 16 Oct 2017 at 10:59


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Tap@MBCC May 2017, Copenhagen - pours black with a tan head. Dark roasted and sweet malty, with opulent chocolate, caramel, burnt dark malty accents, wooden oak nuances, intense resonating bourbon hits, vanilla kiss into the big boozy warming finish.

Tried from Draft on 10 Jul 2017 at 09:03


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

From tap. Dark brown to black color with beige head. Malty aroma, roasted, vanilla, alcohol, chocolate, dark dried fruits, caramel, wood. Sweet and light bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 09 Jun 2017 at 11:10


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

[5/12/17] Draught at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017. Blue session. Black, tan head. Chocolate, roast, vanilla, cookie, sweet, some dark fruits, some alcohol, full-bodied.

Tried on 29 May 2017 at 07:15


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Keg at the cbc17 Blue.. M dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft spice chocolate roast malts nose.. Heavy meaty chocolate roast.. Light bourbon. heavy chocolate roast

Tried on 22 May 2017 at 08:21


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Sampled at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017. Pitch black pour with a tan head. Notes of bourbon, chocolate, lih roast, molasses, licorice. Delicious. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bourbon Barrel Aged 30th Anniversary Ale on 02 Jun 2017 at 17:04 - Score: 8

Tried on 21 May 2017 at 10:31