A Dance To Please The Gods
Fort George Brewery + Public House
- From:
- Fort George Brewery + Public House
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 13.9%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 29, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 28, 2025
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BOURBON BARREL AGED STOUT & BARLEYWINE BLEND
Every brewer is familiar with the capriciousness of beer. The yeast giveth and the yeast taketh away. Months in the barrel can bloom a weak stout or wither the strongest ale and sometimes the difference between something good and something great is a week on either side of your projected packaging date. Fortunately for you - you’ll only ever know about our successes.
Successes like this Stout and Barleywine blend - aged in Westward Whiskey Barrels for 24 months, 10yr Heaven Hills Bourbon Barrels for 20 months, and Russell Rye Whiskey for 13 months. It’s a Dance to Please the Gods.
Bottled exclusively for Lovell Auto Co.
Every brewer is familiar with the capriciousness of beer. The yeast giveth and the yeast taketh away. Months in the barrel can bloom a weak stout or wither the strongest ale and sometimes the difference between something good and something great is a week on either side of your projected packaging date. Fortunately for you - you’ll only ever know about our successes.
Successes like this Stout and Barleywine blend - aged in Westward Whiskey Barrels for 24 months, 10yr Heaven Hills Bourbon Barrels for 20 months, and Russell Rye Whiskey for 13 months. It’s a Dance to Please the Gods.
Bottled exclusively for Lovell Auto Co.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
4.09/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Enjoyed in a snifter at Tall Trees Taphouse in Hillsboro, OR.
Look:
The darkest brown that is not black, with a thin head of creamy tan foam that shrinks to a rough surface and enduring collar. Spotty lacing, gorgeous legs.
Smell:
This smells like a Fort George barrel-aged blend from the get-go. It starts off sweet, with plenty of bourbon, and gets sweeter as it warms. The barleywine component seems to be stronger up front, offering a profile of dates, caramel, prunes, and a little plum and red grape around the edges. The imperial stout component is dialed back, but contributes dark chocolate and some char.
Taste:
Unlike the nose, the imperial stout component dominates over the barleywine. It starts like Fort George Matryoshka with an extra serving of bourbon. Sweet dark chocolate (high cacao percentage) and a tableau of black cherries, plums, and dates. The barleywine offers more rich fruit around the edges, plenty of figs with some strawberry and raisin. A ripple of caramel. A drying cloud of dark roasted malt. A nimbus of bourbon and alcohol. Finishes with the aforementioned array of dark fruit, dark chocolate, caramel, and a purely gratifying amount of bourbon.
Feel:
Medium-heavy, more like barleywine than imperial stout. Velvety texture with a prominent and cozy alcohol warmth. Subdued carbonation which still provides a good and necessary edge.
Overall:
If I take a sip and close my eyes, it's like I'm sitting in the Lovell Taproom at Fort George Brewery in Astoria, OR. That's where you find the big barrel-aged beers and one-offs on tap. While Fort George's barrel-aged beers tend towards overly sweet these days, there are some delicious exceptions to that rule, and this is one of them. The barleywine and imperial stout components share the table agreeably, and there's plenty of bourbon for both. I'm glad I had the chance to try this. If bottles were available here, I fear I would happily pay a premium to take one home.
Sep 29, 2025Look:
The darkest brown that is not black, with a thin head of creamy tan foam that shrinks to a rough surface and enduring collar. Spotty lacing, gorgeous legs.
Smell:
This smells like a Fort George barrel-aged blend from the get-go. It starts off sweet, with plenty of bourbon, and gets sweeter as it warms. The barleywine component seems to be stronger up front, offering a profile of dates, caramel, prunes, and a little plum and red grape around the edges. The imperial stout component is dialed back, but contributes dark chocolate and some char.
Taste:
Unlike the nose, the imperial stout component dominates over the barleywine. It starts like Fort George Matryoshka with an extra serving of bourbon. Sweet dark chocolate (high cacao percentage) and a tableau of black cherries, plums, and dates. The barleywine offers more rich fruit around the edges, plenty of figs with some strawberry and raisin. A ripple of caramel. A drying cloud of dark roasted malt. A nimbus of bourbon and alcohol. Finishes with the aforementioned array of dark fruit, dark chocolate, caramel, and a purely gratifying amount of bourbon.
Feel:
Medium-heavy, more like barleywine than imperial stout. Velvety texture with a prominent and cozy alcohol warmth. Subdued carbonation which still provides a good and necessary edge.
Overall:
If I take a sip and close my eyes, it's like I'm sitting in the Lovell Taproom at Fort George Brewery in Astoria, OR. That's where you find the big barrel-aged beers and one-offs on tap. While Fort George's barrel-aged beers tend towards overly sweet these days, there are some delicious exceptions to that rule, and this is one of them. The barleywine and imperial stout components share the table agreeably, and there's plenty of bourbon for both. I'm glad I had the chance to try this. If bottles were available here, I fear I would happily pay a premium to take one home.
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