Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cheers to Mike for sharing this one. Pours copper with beige head. Aroma and flavor, wheat, caramel malts, thick grainy palate, bready and malty resembling cookie dough with some light notes of hops.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
courtesy from a good BA trade. Pours dark orange with thin off white head. Aroma is filled with bourbon, notes of caramel, brown sugar and malts. Flavor, caramel, malts, some chocolate and plenty of bourbon palate while the overall wood is very mild. Medium carbonation with a boozy mouthfeel. Another outstanding CW beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cloudy red dark amber with a medium deep beige head. Sweet aroma with bourbon, caramel, toasted malt, wood and ripe fruits. Sweet flavour with toasted malt, caramel, ripe fruits, bourbon, figs, vanilla and oak. Finished sweet with warming alchol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Courtesy of Dan. Pours thick black with beige/mocha head. Aroma is just another CW hit. Bourbon comes alive and fills the nose with barrel goodness. Coffee is present adding a great dimension to the aroma. Flavor, malty with strong coffee presence. Found the bourbon to be sub par to some other CW bourbon beers. Hints of caramel malts, light bitter chocolate and a warming bourbon mouthfeel, lots of coffee roast on the palate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours clear copper with thin white head. The aroma is mildly malty sweet with a touch of earthiness and spicy hops. The taste starts with a mild roasted malt astringent note and hop bite then very quickly becomes more rich with malt sweetness and some pretty solid nuttiness. It ends some lingering earthy to spicy hop notes and some refreshing dryness.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Beer #38 of 42 at GTMW, 8-8-09. The server said this was a barrel-aged version. I’ll need to check it out. Very nice stout appearance. Very apparent coffee smell, as well as an alcohol and bourbon smell. I need to sit down to taste this. Nice sharp coffee taste predominates over any alcohol. I’m clearly not in a condition to review many more beers, but this one is well worth having discovered.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22oz bomber. Opaque brown-black color with a whole lot of floaties. Big luscious tan head. Smooth chocolate coffee aroma with some alcohol warmth. Mystery ABV sort of makes this a hard one to judge. Some upfront hop and cocoa bitterness lead to a thick sandy chocolate mocha smooth sweet finish. I would guess A decently high ABV, probably not higher than 8, and not under 6. Big, thick, rich coffee flavor. A respectable beer for sure, pretty intense.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle. Thick brown-orange color with a white head. Pleasant banana-clove aroma. Relatively mild carbonation for the style, which accentuates the smooth creaminess. Mild lemony clove bitterness balances it out. A touch maltier than your typical Hefeweizen. Overall pretty middle of the road, drinkable, and unoffensive.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12oz bottle courtesy of CaptainCougar. Thanks! Opaque brown-black color, thick tan head. Roasty chocolate aroma. The moderate ABV really helps this one to shine in my opinion. Smooth and watery mouthfeel in some respects, but lots of flavor. Mild coffee and vanilla notes. The bourbon isn’t hyper-pronounced, but rather melds in perfectly with the other flavors. Really quite mellow and well done, this is a great Stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12oz bottle. 2009 version. Thick brown toffee color. Thin head, quickly dissipates. The aroma is rather brutal, with thick syrupy bourbon going for the kill. There is a light hop crispness that leads to a rich, malty sweet, caramel-fig aftertaste. Actually a pretty nice example of the style, doesn’t really come off overbearing, even at 11.2%. I really have trouble getting over the aroma, which in my opinion, brings this one down a notch. Either way, a big and bold beer, uniquely well done.