(Veek)tor 5.0
Kettlehead Brewing Company in Tilton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.93
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Aged in barrels that previously held Heaven Hill Maple Bourbon. Still big. Still mean. Still Russian.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tilton draught, 7/5/25.
Dark, undetermined clarity. Small, tan head.
Nose has a weird waxiness, earthiness and slight unfinished sugar (or is it the maple from the maple bourbon?). I don't know but it doesn't have any classic bourbon elements and there's little deep, intense fudginess from malt. No alcohol noted.
Weird flavors continue the trend with baked bean, wax and earth. No intense fudge, or soft chocolate, nothing resembling Heaven Hill that I can find. Body is medium, a bit sweet and sugary. Doesn't seem barrel-aged at all. Certainly doesn't have any of the good qualities of a Barrel-Aged stout.
Dark, undetermined clarity. Small, tan head.
Nose has a weird waxiness, earthiness and slight unfinished sugar (or is it the maple from the maple bourbon?). I don't know but it doesn't have any classic bourbon elements and there's little deep, intense fudginess from malt. No alcohol noted.
Weird flavors continue the trend with baked bean, wax and earth. No intense fudge, or soft chocolate, nothing resembling Heaven Hill that I can find. Body is medium, a bit sweet and sugary. Doesn't seem barrel-aged at all. Certainly doesn't have any of the good qualities of a Barrel-Aged stout.
Tried
from Draft
at
Kettlehead Brewing
on 06 Jul 2025
at 21:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can pour from Beer and Wine Nation. It's a viscous, opaque black with light sparkle, 2-finger-plus beige head with good retention and no lacing. Aroma is earthy malt, toffee, maple, bourbon. Taste is strong toffee, bourbon, maple, earthy malt. Mouthfeel is medium-to-full bodied with thick texture, average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, aroma and flavor could be a bit more amped up but great balance and decent complexity.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2022
at 00:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at the source. Inky black without much of a head Huge roasted coffee with bits of vanilla maple and oak tannin. Light earthy hop and dark fruit notes. Great barrel aged sipper.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2022
at 00:13