Dark Star - Bourbon Barrel Spice Wars
Fremont Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.82
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Bourbon barrel-aged Dark Star finished with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, vanilla, and clove.
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8.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2026
at 14:56
7/10
Tried
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:57
Tried
on 13 Oct 2024
at 12:22
7/10
Tried
on 13 Oct 2024
at 00:33
7/10
Tried
on 12 Oct 2024
at 20:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda at home, thanks to Ed Danlo. A jet black coloured pour with a halo of khaki head. Aroma is medium sweet, brown sugars, boozy fruit cake, big funky bourbon barrel, woody coconut, jammy notes. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, layered malts, meaty roast, bourbon, mellow funk, boozy. . Palate is thick and chewy, oily, mellow carbonation. Lovely.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2024
at 20:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour, taster. @Mikkeller Beer Celebration 2024, Copenhagen (Denmark). 11/05/2024 [#7.434 Global - #1.449 United States of America - #20 Fremont Brewing Company] Pours dark brown with a small mocha head. Aroma: strong spiced roasted malts, oak barrels, cocoa beans and roasted earthy hops. Taste: strong spiced malts, bourbon, herbal syrupy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2024
at 08:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Black brown colour, thin beige rim and aroma of rich malt, chocolate, caramel, bourbon, oak barrel, vanilla, spices. Taste is sweet, malty, chocolate, fruity, sweets, vanilla, with notes of bourbon, spice, booze and roasted, earthy bitterness. Full bodied, soft carbonation, drying roasty malty spiced bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2024
at 15:33
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
5/5/2024. Bottle from Beer Republic online. 2018 limited release. Pours black with a small beige head. Aroma is super spiced with nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, allspice, chocolate, ginger biscuit, roasted malt, bourbon. Moderate sweetness, medium spiced bitterness. Quite full bodied, very smooth, soft carbonation. Great aroma and looks, didn’t quite have the wow expected first time around but coming back for another glass later, it got there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2024
at 08:33
8/10
Spice us gentle. Great barrel character.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2024
at 15:08