Evil Twin Brewing NYC The Great Northern Barrel-Aged Series 49

The Great Northern Barrel-Aged Series 49

 

Evil Twin Brewing NYC in Ridgewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  Strong Ale - American Series
Score
7.74
ABV: 12.8% IBU: - Ticks: 13
Imperial Stout aged in Willett Bourbon barrels for 35 1/2 months blended with barleywine.

Fill Date: 02/16/22

Adjunct: Vanilla & Cacao nibs
 

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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Tiny can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is complex, with lots of bourbon barrels, dark sticky sugars, and moderate roast. Flavour has a solid bourbon barrel character, brown sugar, some molasses, and a little roast. Some nice barrel character, but not super complex malts. Good but overrated.

Tried from Can from Sherbrooke Liquor Store on 14 Sep 2025 at 15:16


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Dark brown. This has a fair bit of barrel, light vanilla. On the palate, there's a nice richness, a thickness to the body. Light vanilla, a bit of chocolate, decent barrel character but honestly I'm not getting 3 years in Willett from there. Fits into the category of "solid beer, would be stoked if a local brewery did this."

Tried from Can from Sherbrooke Liquor Store on 14 Sep 2025 at 04:26


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Stubby can. Pours deep dark brown with a tan head. Nose has nice roast, bready, decent bourbon character. Flavour has rich roasted malt, lots of dark brown sugars. There's some bourbon character, but not nearly what I would expect from 3 years in the barrels. It's a very nice beer, but not great.

Tried from Can from Sherbrooke Liquor Store on 14 Sep 2025 at 01:27


8.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Best of Beers. Black with a big light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, cocoa, vanilla and bourbon. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily. 100925

Tried from Can on 10 Sep 2025 at 20:22


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

A short can, no ounces given, that I got from Half Time a few months back. A good choice I hope, no cheap purchase, but then I do like a good imperial stout or barley wine or a combination thereof. My Great Heights snifter ready to go, I make a pour. Dark mahogany brown body with a heroic and lasting creamy dark tan head of foam. I have to say the scent is pretty swell, chocolate, grain, dark fruit and malt. Good with the nose, even better with the taste. Dark chocolate, scorched bread, raisins, some booziness, a bit of raspberries, black plums and oak. Quite tasty, just wish there was more of it. In one can.

Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2025 at 01:12


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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Nip Can. Shared by SirAlex. Pours Black with a small beige head. Soy, roast, Dark fruity, Bourbon. Slick. Ashy. Tasty. 4.3

Tried on 05 Jul 2025 at 09:23



8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Rich and sweet, pretty well balanced, some vanilla. Earthy hop.

Tried from Draft on 07 May 2025 at 17:35


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at cbj bermondsey. A hazed dark brown coloured pour with a lasting light tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, vanilla, cakey malts, fruit fruits, brown sugars,. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, black malts, fruits, cakey malts, vanilla, oak, caramel.. Nice. Palate is semi sweet and rounded, --- Beer merged from original tick of The Great Northern Barrel Aged Series 49 on 12 Feb 2025 at 18:24 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Tap at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. A thick dark hazelnut brown coloured pour with a a halo of tan head. Aroma is semi sweet caramel, sticky brown sugars, bourbon, vanilla, creme caramel. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, oily, nutty brown malts, caramel, vanilla, oak, bourbon warmth. Layered caramel brown sugars. Palate is semi sweet oily, mellow carbonation. Good.

Tried on 07 May 2025 at 17:31


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

--- Beer merged from original tick of The Great Northern Barrel Aged Series 49 on 12 Feb 2025 at 18:21 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tried from Draft at Craft Beer Junction on 07 May 2025 at 17:25