7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster at the brewery - had to try this because I fucking love stroopwafels - jet black pour - nose and flavor of maple, caramel, vanilla, coffee - gets slightly cloying on the back end, tasting a little like Turkish coffee (which isn’t necessarily bad, just surprising) - good, but not stellar.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2021
at 19:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
4 ounce at the brewery - this one suffers from the same problem as the orange chocolate - tons of particulate floating around - there’s a centimeter of sludge that has settled to the bottom of my 4 ounce taster - gritty mouthfeel - unfortunately, much like the orange chocolate, this really detracts from the otherwise great flavor of the beer - the cinnamon and pepper play off one another well, never getting overly spicy - chocolate through the middle - warm, grounding vanilla is an undercurrent throughout - genuinely great flavor - terrible look and texture.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2021
at 19:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Turbid brown pour with visible hunks of orange peel in it - looks like sludge - because of the particulate in it, the mouthfeel feels grainy/gritty - too bad, because it actually tastes really good - the bright orange works surprisingly well with the chocolate and the underlying coffee and roast flavors of the stout - I would literally need to pour this through cheese cloth to make the mouthfeel more enjoyable.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2021
at 19:37
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 ounce at brewery - jet black pour - flavor is a well-integrated mixture of rich coffee and chocolate flavors and the whiskey - there’s a light alcohol burn and touches of oxidation adding a sherry-like quality way in the back - finish of warming whiskey - I dig it.
Earlier Rating: 12/1/2015 Total Score: 3.9
When they originally released this beer a year ago, I commented that it was too young, too hot, needed time to smooth out - Then it would be great - thankfully, this proves to be true, as this barrel aged version is much smoother - smooth vanilla, chocolate, oak, smoke, coffee - bourbon booziness is perhaps a little too apparent, but the fact that a 12 month bourbon aged version is smoother and better integrated than the original is nice to see.
Earlier Rating: 12/1/2015 Total Score: 3.9
When they originally released this beer a year ago, I commented that it was too young, too hot, needed time to smooth out - Then it would be great - thankfully, this proves to be true, as this barrel aged version is much smoother - smooth vanilla, chocolate, oak, smoke, coffee - bourbon booziness is perhaps a little too apparent, but the fact that a 12 month bourbon aged version is smoother and better integrated than the original is nice to see.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2021
at 19:28
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
8 ounce at the brewery - hazy dark amber - nose is heavy on the whiskey and oak, with mild oxidation - hard to tell the character of the base beer (like, I wouldn’t be able to guess what the style was) - flavor is also heavy of the whiskey and some papery oxidation character - watery in texture and thin in flavor outside of the whiskey and oxidation - some hints of the potentially rich maltiness of the base beer underneath - would like to try the non- barrel-treatment for comparison - this is meh.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2021
at 20:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint at the brewery - dark amber pour - the lager game here, for the most part, has gotten pretty strong as of late - this is another solid entry - rich nutty and bready maltiness, tempered through the middle by some grassy hop bitterness - finishing with a slight acidity to cut the rich malt character - lingering leafy, autumnal qualities - nice autumn patio beer!
Tried
on 04 Nov 2021
at 20:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint at the brewery - dark ruby/brown, nearly black - nicely dry and roasty, with underlying notes of coffee - chai spices are present but don’t overpower or overshadow the malt character - light and easy drinking while being robust enough for patio drinking in the cool Denver autumn - pretty nice.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2021
at 19:11
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pint at the brewery - hazy orange - really heavy on the cinnamon, clove, andvanilla character - moderate underlying pumpkin - tastes like the inside of a Michael’s craft store - pass.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2021
at 20:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Freshcraft. Hazy pale gold pour with a white head. Wheat, orange peel, coriander.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2021
at 13:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Hops & Pie. Clear gold pour with a white head. Citrus, caramel, pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2021
at 13:16