Barrel-Aged Peppermint Bark Imperial Stout
Oakshire Brewing in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.54
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Our Barrel-Aged Peppermint Bark Stout returns for its 5th year, featuring a base Rye Imperial Stout aged for 31 months in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels, then blended with peppermint bark candy, peppermint sticks, and cocoa nibs. This jet-black brew offers delightful notes of peppermint and chocolate, creating a unique holiday sipper that's perfect for enjoying with friends and family.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very dark, no head. There's a lot of mint on this, some chocolate. It comes across strong on the nose. On the palate it does the peppermint chocolate thing quite well, actually. The stout is rich enough, with bitterness and dark chocolate. The mint is still powerful, but I remain conflicted with this combination. I mean, it's hilarious to put this in Heaven Hill, but at the same time I think the barrel lends the right elegance to this. So it seems to sit at the high end of what one can do with this.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2024
at 06:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 473mL can. Black with no head. Earthy mint, chocolate, some feint woodiness in the background, not a ton of bourbon here, decent.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2024
at 06:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Pours black. Aroma a lot of dark chocolate and some mint and candy. Dark chocolate, notes of peppermint and boozy warmth. Wonderfully well-blended. Fantastic.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2024
at 06:06
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can, pours jet black with a small brown head. Aroma is loaded with peppermint bark, bourbon barrels, some cocoa, and and woody oak. Flavour is extremely rich, with intense peppermint bark, cocoa, bourbon barrels, and dark sugars. So much peppermint, chocolate and bourbon. Man, this comes together beautifully. I was skeptical of a peppermint BA stout, but this is beautiful.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2024
at 06:05