School Night
Westbound & Down Brewing Company in Idaho Springs, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Rotating|
Score
7.83
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A blend of 13-month-old Louie, English-Style Barleywine aged in Buffalo Trace and Woody Creek barrels, and 21-month-old Double Absence, Imperial Stout aged in Weller barrels.
Aromas: Baker’s chocolate, brown sugar, plums - Flavors: milk duds, dark fruit, vanilla, maple - Finish: Big smooth finish with a touch of warming bourbon heat.
Aromas: Baker’s chocolate, brown sugar, plums - Flavors: milk duds, dark fruit, vanilla, maple - Finish: Big smooth finish with a touch of warming bourbon heat.
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9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from Tavour
Appearance: dark brown with a tan head
Aroma: roasty, woody, whiskey
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, full body, long finish
Tasty
Appearance: dark brown with a tan head
Aroma: roasty, woody, whiskey
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, full body, long finish
Tasty
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 21 Dec 2025
at 00:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can.
A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, no head.
A- Cinnamon, vanilla, brown sugar, chocolate fudge, mild booze.
T- Chocolate, mild roast, bourbon, faint baking spice, molasses.
F- Full body, slightly thin texture, average carbonation, balanced finish.
O- Nice. Smells like a stout, tastes like a barleywine. Love the 8 oz cans for beers like this. More subdued than I would expected for the abv. Good stuff.
A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, no head.
A- Cinnamon, vanilla, brown sugar, chocolate fudge, mild booze.
T- Chocolate, mild roast, bourbon, faint baking spice, molasses.
F- Full body, slightly thin texture, average carbonation, balanced finish.
O- Nice. Smells like a stout, tastes like a barleywine. Love the 8 oz cans for beers like this. More subdued than I would expected for the abv. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Nov 2025
at 02:13
7.6/10
Tried
from Can
on 23 Oct 2025
at 22:12
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a transient slight dark tan head. Aroma of chocolate and bourbon. Full bodied. Not at all dry, but not really sugary. Lots of bitter. Flavor is chocolate, bourbon, dark fruit and a maple-like note. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 11 Sep 2025
at 01:53
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned 6/11/25, drunk 8/29/25.
Dark, clear. Small, tan head, quickly to ring.
Fudge but also some more roast than usual for these contemporary Imperial Stouts. Don't get much of the barleywine here, maybe just a bit of toffee-maple. Actually, there's some vanilla and more candy-like cara malts on the finish. Definitely plentiful bourbon, though not hot.
Soft, sweet, rich, warming and clean without any hot booze. Certainly a lasting spiciness and warmth from the alcohol and barrel, though. Nice mix of caramel, toffee, vanilla, fudge and dark chocolate, with more roast than usual for the style, leaving a bitter licorice note lingering. Body is chewy, slick, slightly syrupy but not cloying in texture or sugar level. All sorts of fun barrel complexity here.
Dark, clear. Small, tan head, quickly to ring.
Fudge but also some more roast than usual for these contemporary Imperial Stouts. Don't get much of the barleywine here, maybe just a bit of toffee-maple. Actually, there's some vanilla and more candy-like cara malts on the finish. Definitely plentiful bourbon, though not hot.
Soft, sweet, rich, warming and clean without any hot booze. Certainly a lasting spiciness and warmth from the alcohol and barrel, though. Nice mix of caramel, toffee, vanilla, fudge and dark chocolate, with more roast than usual for the style, leaving a bitter licorice note lingering. Body is chewy, slick, slightly syrupy but not cloying in texture or sugar level. All sorts of fun barrel complexity here.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 29 Aug 2025
at 19:38
9/10
Delicious BiL and stout blend, covered in barrel notes and oak.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2025
at 13:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
8 oz. can. Pours black, with a smaller, bubbly, tan head. The aroma is coffee, cherry wood, light brandy, pleasant tobacco, cloves, and milk chocolate. Sweet and malty, with a mellow, spicy, booziness. Heavy body, slick, and sharp. Lovely, heavy, and decadent.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2024
at 15:46
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can thanks to Megan. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is dark fruit, bourbon, wood, toffee. Slick body, chocolate, roast, raisin, toffee, wood, nice sweetness, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2023
at 02:38
8/10
Small Can, from a trade, in Brumunddal. Black with little head. Roasted malts, sweetness, barrel, oak, bourbon.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2023
at 21:57