Bell's Brewery Expedition Stout - Bourbon Barrel-Aged

Expedition Stout - Bourbon Barrel-Aged

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
8.38
ABV: 13.4% IBU: 77 Ticks: 80
Russian Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels

This 12 month barrel-aged version of our award-winning Expedition Stout thirsts for travel, but is perfectly content to sit in your cellar, maturing, until you are ready. The tough part? Deciding if you want to enjoy it now or wait until later. You can't go wrong either way.
 

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark brown, no head. Looks fairly flat. Lots of bourbon on the palate. Lots of bourbon, a whack of that. It's pretty simple, which is funny. This was such a killer brew back in the day (Expedition), but many have caught up.
Tried on 05 Jun 2020 at 06:00

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
bottle. Received allotment of 4 on 5/26/20. Incredible imperial stout - roasted notes and bourbon hints. Crazy for 13%. Letting other 3 age and will report back. Outstanding
Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2020 at 01:54

9.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Pitch black color. Semi sweet nose with nice charred character, dark chocolate, vanilla, oak, bourbon, coffee, roasted malt, fairly boozy nose. Low carbonation excellent oak character. Just such good depth. The dark chocolate character is amazing
Tried on 07 Dec 2019 at 13:31

9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle shared. Pours pitch black with a small dense dark brown head. Aromas of burned wood, vanilla, fudge, dark chocolate, light malt, light booze. Taste is sweet, malty, dark chocolate, vanilla, fudge, tobacco, walnuts, tad sharp boozy bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55

8.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Tried on 30 Aug 2019 at 11:02

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Sergey's hunt, bottle; 13.4% ABV, packaged 10/16/2018
Dark brown colour. Bold aroma, loads of dark malts, bourbon, bit of molasses and alcohol. Good body strength; not ashy, but the dark malts dominate, some rye, coffee, vanilla, maybe some liquorice, and big alcohol punch.
Old school monster, and under that point of view it's excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2019 at 08:56

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks drfabulous. Black. Vanilla, bourbon, chocolate, sweet, some soy sauce, roast, some booziness, full-bodied.
Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2019 at 12:11

8.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Brown bottle, 355 ml, packaged on 10/16/2018, purchased at Griff’s Beverage Centre on May 18 2019, savoured on Stéphane’s birthday 2019; eye: liquorice, opaque, no effervescence, tiny ring of brown head, no lacing; nose: bourbon, roasted malt, alcohol, anise, molasses, chocolate, light coffee, vanilla; mouth: bourbon, roasted malt, alcohol, anise, molasses, chocolate, light coffee, alcohol warmth, light alcohol acridness, vanilla, woody, oak, finale in bourbon with presence of anise, full body, lightly below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, silky texture; overall: really good

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 355 ml, embouteillée le 10/16/2018, achetée chez Griff’s Beverage Centre le 18 mai 2019, savourée à la fête de Stéphane 2019; œil : réglisse, opaque, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : bourbon, malt torréfié, alcool, anis, mélasse, chocolat, léger café, vanille; bouche : bourbon, malt torréfié, alcool, anis, mélasse, chocolat, léger café, chaleur d’alcool, légère âcreté d’alcool, vanille, boisé, chêne, finale en bourbon avec présence d’anis, corsée, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture soyeuse; en résumé : très bon
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2019 at 22:46

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
From bottle at home thanks to Bob! Black color with beige brown head. Malty aroma, light roasted, chocolate, caramel, fudge, bourbon, wood, vanilla, light dark dried fruits and cherry-berry notes. Sweet and light bitter taste, light alcoholic. Medium to full silky oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2019 at 19:44

9.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Sometimes you stumble into a brew and this truly was the deal. Found at the Total Wine in Palm Springs and brought home to sample. The regular Expedition was highly thought of, what will bourbon barrel aging do? I deliver into my Buffalo Bayou snifter, dark, almost black, with a heavy brown head that promptly goes adios. I take a sniff, goodness. Molasses, black licorice, alcohol. And then a drink, glorious, I find semisweet chocolate, sourdough bread, berry, toffee, sweet caramel, something charred. I have to compare with Goose Island Bourbon County. Glorious indeed.
Tried on 02 May 2019 at 00:58