Top Sail Imperial Porter Bourbon Barrel Aged
Full Sail Brewing Company in Hood River, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.57
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After its initial release in February 2009, Top Sail was aged for about 10 months in bourbon casks from Kentucky. This extended aging presents aromas of oak, coconut and bourbon. Deep chocolate flavors warm to a full-bodied beer. Deep black in color, Top Sail Bourbon Aged Imperial Porter has a roasty malt flavor that is immensely drinkable and smooth. Very limited availability in 22oz. bottles and draught. ABV 9.85% IBU 65 [retired march 2009 - mj / unretired Feb 2010 - 5000]
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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bourbon aroma. Too much bourbon with burnt malt. Medium palate. I don’t like the overwhelming bourbon in this beer at all. It is nearly undrinkable.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2008
at 14:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bomber shared by Enniskillen; Nose of bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, and a molassey note; black with a small, glass-lacing, cinnamon head; flavor is big bourbon, vanilla, light hop bitterness, and chocolate; smells super good but doesn’t quite taste up to the nose.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2008
at 21:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of CigarCityBrew. Pours deep dark brown with mocha head. The aroma is inviting to pretty much irresistible. I get rich deep maltiness, chocolate, sweet molasses and some faint burnt malts. There’s also equal amounts of wood and bourbon notes that don’t cover up and hide the tasty base beer. The taste has way more bourbon and wood barrel notes in it than the nose led onto. I pretty much only taste bourbon with just faint malt and molasses sweetness out deep into the background. It grows on me though where the base goodness does start to peer through more and more as the ounces are consumed.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2008
at 08:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Slightly hazy dark brown. Rich, thick aroma - lots of toffee, bourbon, wood, coffee, nuts, all in balance. Rich, chewy toffee palate. Decadent and sublimely balanced. Full Sail has a certain restraint in their beers that I feel really lends itself to things like barrel-aging.
Tried
on 07 May 2008
at 16:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From the same bottle Holdenn brought to the FS pre-DLD party! Warm and inviting smell, deep brown color, a tinge of light. Very smooth taste of dark malts, fruit leather. Low in roasties to keep the ale side of this to the fore. I couldn’t pick out much from the barrel besides a big warming alcohol, but I’m well into several tasters when this came up.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2008
at 12:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
sample at DLD - Pours black with a thin tan head. The aroma is of dark roast malt, chocolate, and bourbon. The flavor is led by those roast malts. The bourbon is very apparently but it works alright. This one does seem kind of light for what it is. I was expecting a bit more robust body. Some chocolate flavors come through well and overall it’s a very good quality brew.
Tried
on 27 Apr 2008
at 15:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared by Dickinson beer (thanks, Paul!) - dark brown beer, amber around the edges - light oak, bourbon, and chocolate malt in the aroma, with light notes of roast, spices, and vanilla - soft carbonation - oak and vanilla are prominent, but the bourbon is quite mild - a bit of spicy alcohol, and some notes of tobacco and slightly burnt wood - quite subdued for a BA beer, which makes it quite enjoyable.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2008
at 11:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at The Front Door Boise. Pours out a almost black topped with a small tan head. A big bourbon aroma and tast. I also picked up some Almond Joy on this. You know Coconuts, vanilla, and chocolate. It still is pretty hot. I have a few bottles to age. I know the BA Black Gold aged very well I hope this turns out to be the same.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2008
at 23:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle courtesy of mreusch who gave the KC crew this bottle to sample, even though he was unable to make the csbosox tasting on 3/7/08. Very cool of you Matt, thanks. Pour is black with some brown on the edges. Head is khaki and fades fast. Aroma of oak barrel and burnt roastiness. Some heat comes through on the nose. Taste is soft, the wood, and roasted coffee porter elements soften and meld in a nice mix / blend. The wood was a nice complement to this beer. Really nice one. The heat only appeared slightly in the after taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2008
at 16:01
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask @ Bittercreek Alehouse: Pours a rich black with an immense, creamy brown head. Thick sheets of lacing coat the glass. Aroma is heavy with bourbon, light coffee and chocolate. Flavor brings out a little oak, as well as more chocolate. Plenty of bourbon is present, should be able to mellow nicely with age. Creamy and rich. Another delicious treat from Full Sail.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2008
at 14:03