Expedition Stout - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
Bell's Brewery in Galesburg, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.38
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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.
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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8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
...whoa. All the glory of Expedition Stout with the added bonus of bourbon barrel-aging. Can’t argue with that. Unsweetened chocolate, coffee, licorice, molasses, fig, caramel, vanilla, and oak, underlined by delicious, delicious bourbon. Exceptional, even for a style where exceptional is the norm.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Apr 2019
at 01:46
8/10
Tried
on 31 Mar 2019
at 23:09
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draft in snifter after a meal. Rich and luscious palate. Roast malt and chocolate. Very smooth for the high ABV.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2019
at 19:33
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a dark brown foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of intense black chocolate notes with residual sugar notes and some nice bourbon, oak and vanilla notes. Taste is a great mix of black chocolate notes with some residual sugar notes, light tobacco notes with some smooth vanilla, oak and bourbon notes with light warming alcohol notes. Body is full with nice creamy texture and good carbonation with light warming alcohol notes. Pretty much perfect BA imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2019
at 21:50
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Craft Brewed shared with the CB crew. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of beige head that dissipates. Huge cacao nib, oak and date forward nose. Some fig and more cacao nib as it warms. Smooth oak with strong cacao nib notes. Almost some faint smoke or umami that creeps out as it warms. Tons more date, fig and prune with bourbon and more oak. Elegant, complex and deeply rewarding as a sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Craft Brewed
on 27 Dec 2018
at 02:43
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From a 12 oz bottle. Aromas of whiskey and dried plums. Flavors are sweet pit fruits with some oak and vanilla. A winner for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2018
at 00:03
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle, Wine Warehouse. Pours black with a small brown head. Aroma is dark chocolate, smoked peat, barrel, earth, caramel, light vanilla. Flavor is smooth, slightly sweet (more than slightly) chocolate, vanilla, caramel, barrel, earth, light booze. Really effing nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2018
at 00:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
02.05.2015, tap @ CBC:
Small brown slightly bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is mild and sweet, dark sugar, dark malts, coffee, mild bourbon, grass, oak, caramel, chocolate, raisins, vanilla. Taste is slightly dry boozy, oak, bourbon, cocoa, grass, weeds, bark, dark sugar, dark malts, caramel, raisins, hops. Medium to longlasting bitterness, dry boozy mouthfeel. Nice.
Small brown slightly bubbly mediumlasting head. Aroma is mild and sweet, dark sugar, dark malts, coffee, mild bourbon, grass, oak, caramel, chocolate, raisins, vanilla. Taste is slightly dry boozy, oak, bourbon, cocoa, grass, weeds, bark, dark sugar, dark malts, caramel, raisins, hops. Medium to longlasting bitterness, dry boozy mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2018
at 19:57
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
12oz bottle at Taylor's place (thx, man!). Pours a very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is bourbon, some molasses and boozy notes. Taste is similar, very silky. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2018
at 06:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle - viscous black, headless pour - rich bourbon, oak, and vanilla aroma without being overly boozy - slick mouthfeel - complex bourbon and oak flavor, with superbly masked alcohol - Cocoa, espresso, vanilla - sweet, but not overly so, with a slight balancing acidity - a tasty variant of a classic American imperial stout, but I prefer the original.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2018
at 03:42