3/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Unprocessed grain flavor. Gold, and very light. Some honey, and a little lager yeast. I am sorry to say this just isn’t very good.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2009
at 15:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a turbid dark brown - thin wisp of lace - aroma of intensely strong coffee, moderate bourbon, vanilla beans, a touch of coconut/toasted oak - the flavor has an initial sharp bitterness from the coffee, followed by spicy alcohol - the oak and bourbon don’t manifest until the finish, but they come on strong - alcohol gets astringent as it warms - good, but somewhat over-rated (like a lot of other CW beers).
Tried
on 18 Apr 2009
at 20:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 50cl. @ [ Ulfborg Tasting ].[ As Central Waters Brewers Reserve Bourbon Barrel Barleywine ]. [ Trade by Papsoe ]. Clear dark amber color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off- white to light brown head. Aroma is light heavy malty, caramel, dark berry, raisin, prune, date, wood, oak, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily and smooth, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20081202]
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2009
at 02:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Hazy orange-tan color. Mildly sweet, subdued aroma. Easy on the palate, quite smooth and drinkable. The honey is well incorporated with the malt and crisp balanced bitterness. A little thin, but it sort of helps the honey not come off too thick. Good stuff, I’d try it again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2009
at 22:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
2009 bottling - Pours a slightly hazy ruby color - somewhat earthy oakiness in the aroma, with notes of vanilla, bourbon, toffee, cherries - the flavor is heavy with coconut and toasted oak - the wood dominates much of the beer, especially in the finish, where is starts to taste like sucking on a barrel - through the middle it tries to overcome this flaw, with sweet toffee, treacle, caramel, chocolate - but these flavors get washed out by the strong oak and peppery alcohol in the finish - less time in the barrel next time and this will be a lot better.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2009
at 00:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to pepsican. Different label, but it still read "Brewer’s Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout". Pours with a fading tan head over a deep black-brown body. Aroma of bourbon, charred wood, vanilla, chocolate, maple and a bit of smoke. Taste is a bit of sour malt, chocolate, wood, bourbon. Finish is a bit lactic, possibly bugged. Watery mouthfeel for an Imperial stout, light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2009
at 12:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from pepsican. Pours with a small khaki head that fades over an ultra dark brown body. Aroma of tar, dark chocolate, raisiny (special B), dark fruits, leather and and ash. Taste is Belgian style imperial stout with notes of chocolate, slightly metallic and vinous, and dark cherries. Slightly viscous and syrupy mouthfeel. Light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2009
at 12:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to pepsican. Pours with a large, creamy tan head over an ultra dark brown body. Aroma is strong with coffee, chocolate, tons upon tons of spicy roast, soil, cocoa dust, vanilla, oak, leather, hazelnut liqueur and something else I can’t read from my notes. Taste is coffee, vanilla and hazelnut creamer. A bit salty in the finish. Not a lot of residual sugars, but it works well. Mouthcoating and a bit syrupy, light carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2009
at 12:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Courtesy of Gillard. Pours dark brown with amber edges and mocha head. The aroma is coffee with a backbone of chili peppers, chocolate, molasses and mild burnt malts. The taste is smooth goodness spiking first with a pulse of chili peppers and then quickly moving into chocolate, molasses as well as roasty to burnt malts. This is smooth, rich and deliciously good.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2009
at 22:41
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle. Thick chocolate black color with a big luscious tan head. Roasty chocolate coffee aroma. Mild carbonation brings out some serious Milk Stout qualitites, very lactic, smooth, creamy. There is some initial hop balance that gets taken over by the big chocolaty malt. A little syrupy, lingering chocolate aftertaste. I really enjoyed this beer a lot, imperial and yet not concerned with being an alcohol bomb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2009
at 22:51