Oak Aged Black Jack Stout
DuClaw Brewing Company in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.37
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Instead of kegging the entire 2010 batch of Black Jack Russian Imperial Stout, one of our most popular December seasonal beers since it was first brewed in 1998, a small quantity was aged for two months inside of charred American oak whiskey barrels before being bottled. The result is a smoky, sophisticated Russian Imperial Stout that pours jet black with a full body, small tan head, and warm aromas of smoky malt and charred oak. Barrel aging also adds accents of charred oak, vanilla and caramelized sugar to Black Jack’s bold swirl of dark chocolate, coffee, smoky malt, and fruit flavors flavors, that balance its big, warming 8% abv. This rare, truly exceptional variant of The Brewer’s Association of Maryland Governor’s Cup 2005, 2006 and 2007 gold medal winner can be found in vintage 22 oz bottles.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Courtesy of DragonStout. Pours black with creamy light brown head. The aroma is complex with oak notes up front then sweet malts, burnt malts, hints of blue veined cheese and faint alcohol. Yummy flavors. Rich smooth burnt to sweet maltiness followed by planks of oak. Nice combination. I get a faint bourbon – whiskey like note in the background. It ends with burnt flavors mixed with oakiness. I love the flavor mixture. Big bold and smooth.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2007
at 22:28
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
RBSG 2007 Grand Tasting. Clear dark ruby body with a small frothy brown head. Sweet coffee and molassas aroma. Sweet strong coffee flavor with some oak, molassas and caramel notes.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2007
at 15:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks to the person who brought this to share at kp’s Cellar Party. We debated whether the tall, flip top bottle was filled as a growler or bottled as a regular bottle by the brewery. Black pour with a long lasting, creamy, tan head. Complex aroma of sweet and roasted malts, a bit of licorice, some coffee and vanilla. The flavor was complex like the aroma and came across the tongue with a creamy dryness that was a bit chalky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2006
at 19:07