Finders Keepers

Breakside Brewery in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Imperial Regular

Score

7.61

ABV: 12.6%

IBU: -

Ticks: 4

We kick off our 2023 series of barrel-aged stouts with Finders Keepers. The centerpiece of this blend is some 15 month old American Imperial Stout– largely inspired by the iconic Expedition Stout that Bell’s Brewery has perfected over the last 3 decades. This beer abounds with huge notes of char, roast, licorice, and molasses. After 15 months in a mix of rye whiskey and Kentucky Bourbon barrels, it begins to round out, but it still retains a lot of punch. It’s a beer that begs to be blended.

Enter our imperial milk stout, aged even longer in a mix of Bourbon and Oregon whiskey barrels. This is one of our favorite beers. It has a huge body with distinct notes of grape candy, eggnog, and chocolate syrup. It is the perfect foil to the other stout’s bitter and roasty spikes.

The finished blend showcases a wonderfully clean rye whiskey expression as well. It is lightly floral and fruity with a distinct peppery-grainy note. We hope you enjoy this twist on a classic whiskey-barrel aged imperial stout and that the nuances of the blend shine through as you dig into a bottle or snifter!

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8.2

thorongil (8206) reviewed Finders Keepers from Breakside Brewery 2 years ago

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

(Bottle) clear, bright, very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of chocolate liqueur, cocoa, oily palate; rich, balanced flavour with a long, light bitter sweet finish

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2023 at 02:53

8.2

Douglas88 (7987) reviewed Finders Keepers from Breakside Brewery 2 years ago

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

Bottle. Expy is my favorite beer of all time. Pours a pitch black hue, a medium beige head that dies down. A big sugary nose, cocoa, big ashy barrel. Rich, chocolate cake, sweet bourbon, cherries, luscious. The treatment ends up with a much sweeter beer than Expy, but damn awesome. No heat. Lovely big beer.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2023 at 07:33

8.8

notalush (7339) reviewed Finders Keepers from Breakside Brewery 2 years ago

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

Bomber - black pour with a creamy tan lace - warm, but not overpoweringly boozy aroma - subdued but robust whiskey and oak, red wine, brown sugar - creamy texture, full body - really balanced between moderate sweetness and acidity - whiskey compliments, but does not overpower the malt character, which brings chocolate, coffee, light umami notes - tail end brings oak and moderate tart cherry and red wine tannins - really thoughtfully blended - it’s great!

Tried on 14 Mar 2023 at 23:50

Staleandfunny (6033) ticked Finders Keepers (2023) from Breakside Brewery 2 years ago

Caremel bourbon bomb

Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2023 at 17:39