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Edmund Fitzgerald Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel Aged)
Fitger's Brewhouse
- From:
- Fitger's Brewhouse
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 9.6%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 14.59%
- Reviews:
- 37
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 26, 2016
- Added:
- Jul 06, 2004
- Wants:
- 170
- Gots:
- 18
2010 - Imperial Stout in a first-use Woodfoord Reserve bourbon barrel.
2011 - A blend of Imperial Stout aged in 7 months in first-use Woodford Reserve barrels and first-use Maker's Mark barrels.
2012 - Imperial Stout in first-use Woodfoord Reserve bourbon barrels for 6 months.
2013 - Imperial Stout aged in first use Woodford bourbon barrels.
2014 - Imperial Stout aged in Woodford barrels for 9 months.
2011 - A blend of Imperial Stout aged in 7 months in first-use Woodford Reserve barrels and first-use Maker's Mark barrels.
2012 - Imperial Stout in first-use Woodfoord Reserve bourbon barrels for 6 months.
2013 - Imperial Stout aged in first use Woodford bourbon barrels.
2014 - Imperial Stout aged in Woodford barrels for 9 months.
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Ratings by portia99:
Reviewed by portia99 from Massachusetts
4.42/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
750ml corked and cage bottle (I am 99% sure this is the 2011 release - bottle 163 or 276) poured into a Dogfish Head signature glass.
A - Pours a deep dark brown color, good clarity around the edges...gives a bit of a thin appearance. A short finger of dark tan foam fizzes away fairly quickly leaving behind a thick collar around the glass.
S - This might be the most chocolatey smelling beer I've experienced. Super cocoa, milk chocolate aroma up front, hershey's syrup. Sweet on the nose, medium intensity bourbon, some molasses. Smells syrupy overall...not overly sweet, but a bit concentrated/reduced.
T - Chocolate comes thru loud and clear in the flavor as well. Darker chocolate mix overall - cocoa, baker's chocolate, still some milky sweet/smooth chocolate though. HInts of burnt malt, coffee, and more heavy cacao dark chocolate - 80%-ish dark. Bourbon is well integrated...probably one of the better examples of high quality bourbon barrels resulting in high quality bourbon influenced beer. Sweet, a bit of warmth on the back of the throat...just enough alcohol presence without being overdone. I can't get over how rich and chocolatey this beer tastes.
M - Medium bodied, perhaps a bit thin for the style. Warm alcohol presence, just a tingle on the lips. Dark roast, burnt, and very chocolatey...very balanced tho a touch on the sweet side, but with plenty of bitter to smooth out. Carbonation is light and appropriately so for the style and this particular example. Faint bubbles of life, but yielding an overall creaminess and smoothness on the tongue...a bit oily and coating on the tongue.
O - Overall, a rather outstanding barrel aged imperial stout. I didn't know what to expect out of this beer...my first experience with this brewery and a beer I'd never heard of when I got it. Turned out to be a very nice surprise. Super chocolatey throughout with well integrated barrel influence. One of the better beers I've had in a while.
Dec 02, 2012A - Pours a deep dark brown color, good clarity around the edges...gives a bit of a thin appearance. A short finger of dark tan foam fizzes away fairly quickly leaving behind a thick collar around the glass.
S - This might be the most chocolatey smelling beer I've experienced. Super cocoa, milk chocolate aroma up front, hershey's syrup. Sweet on the nose, medium intensity bourbon, some molasses. Smells syrupy overall...not overly sweet, but a bit concentrated/reduced.
T - Chocolate comes thru loud and clear in the flavor as well. Darker chocolate mix overall - cocoa, baker's chocolate, still some milky sweet/smooth chocolate though. HInts of burnt malt, coffee, and more heavy cacao dark chocolate - 80%-ish dark. Bourbon is well integrated...probably one of the better examples of high quality bourbon barrels resulting in high quality bourbon influenced beer. Sweet, a bit of warmth on the back of the throat...just enough alcohol presence without being overdone. I can't get over how rich and chocolatey this beer tastes.
M - Medium bodied, perhaps a bit thin for the style. Warm alcohol presence, just a tingle on the lips. Dark roast, burnt, and very chocolatey...very balanced tho a touch on the sweet side, but with plenty of bitter to smooth out. Carbonation is light and appropriately so for the style and this particular example. Faint bubbles of life, but yielding an overall creaminess and smoothness on the tongue...a bit oily and coating on the tongue.
O - Overall, a rather outstanding barrel aged imperial stout. I didn't know what to expect out of this beer...my first experience with this brewery and a beer I'd never heard of when I got it. Turned out to be a very nice surprise. Super chocolatey throughout with well integrated barrel influence. One of the better beers I've had in a while.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York
2.71/5 rDev -36.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.71/5 rDev -36.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
A huge thanks to Jeff for this one. 750ml corked and caged bottle into a Grrrz teku. #46/500. 2014 vintage. Shared with schen9303.
Pours ink black with no head and minimal lace. Soy sauce, vinegar and oxidized dark fruit on the nose. Very mellow. The taste makes it clear that this one is far over the hill. Booze, soy sauce and vinegar that's all that's present now. Ok but really oxidized. Like oak cardboard dipped in the aforementioned flavors. Boozy, heavy and lifeless on the palate. Slick and oily but it doesn't quite work with the flavors.
I'm super grateful to have gotten the chance to try this but its way past its prime by this point. Hoping I can get a sample of a new batch if they ever make it again!
Mar 26, 2016Pours ink black with no head and minimal lace. Soy sauce, vinegar and oxidized dark fruit on the nose. Very mellow. The taste makes it clear that this one is far over the hill. Booze, soy sauce and vinegar that's all that's present now. Ok but really oxidized. Like oak cardboard dipped in the aforementioned flavors. Boozy, heavy and lifeless on the palate. Slick and oily but it doesn't quite work with the flavors.
I'm super grateful to have gotten the chance to try this but its way past its prime by this point. Hoping I can get a sample of a new batch if they ever make it again!
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.42/5 rDev -19.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev -19.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Thanks to Andy, 2012?
Pours a nice creamy fizzy dark smaller head that fades fairly quickly, pitch black long legs.
Nose brings big dark malt, mild caramel and fudgey cocoa, hint fluffy nougat, mild vanilla barrel and cocoa, dark choc, hint if booze, old malts and hint oxidation.
Taste brings dried sweet syrupy malts, booze warmth, fruity esters, mild rancid like roasted dark malts, little fluffy nougat and syrupy roasted charred dark malts, acrid roast, bitter char, etc. No real barrel. Acrid sour cherry thing, oxidation.
Mouth is fuller syrupy, decent carb, little booze.
Jun 16, 2015Pours a nice creamy fizzy dark smaller head that fades fairly quickly, pitch black long legs.
Nose brings big dark malt, mild caramel and fudgey cocoa, hint fluffy nougat, mild vanilla barrel and cocoa, dark choc, hint if booze, old malts and hint oxidation.
Taste brings dried sweet syrupy malts, booze warmth, fruity esters, mild rancid like roasted dark malts, little fluffy nougat and syrupy roasted charred dark malts, acrid roast, bitter char, etc. No real barrel. Acrid sour cherry thing, oxidation.
Mouth is fuller syrupy, decent carb, little booze.
Reviewed by rudzud from Massachusetts
2.91/5 rDev -31.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.91/5 rDev -31.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Thanks to Andy for sharing this bottle, 216/500...2012? vintage
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice dark brown almost black hue with a thin mocha head that fades quickly to leave thin wisps and a light halo.
S - Aromas of possible oxidation, old stale bourbon, old chalky chocolate, dusty wood.
T - Taste is similar to the nose, loads of char, old barrels, acrid roast, old soy sauce. Just a hodgepodge of off flavours.
M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, bit heavy and syrupy.
O - Overall this beer was cool to try but certainly mediocre. Not sure how this would have been fresh but yah, ehhhh
Serving type: bottle
Jun 14, 2015A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice dark brown almost black hue with a thin mocha head that fades quickly to leave thin wisps and a light halo.
S - Aromas of possible oxidation, old stale bourbon, old chalky chocolate, dusty wood.
T - Taste is similar to the nose, loads of char, old barrels, acrid roast, old soy sauce. Just a hodgepodge of off flavours.
M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, bit heavy and syrupy.
O - Overall this beer was cool to try but certainly mediocre. Not sure how this would have been fresh but yah, ehhhh
Serving type: bottle
Edmund Fitzgerald Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel Aged) from Fitger's Brewhouse
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
127 ratings
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