Dark Secret - Heaven Hill
BrickStone Restaurant & Brewery
- From:
- BrickStone Restaurant & Brewery
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.29 | pDev: 5.59%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 04, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 10, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by 4DAloveofSTOUT from Illinois
4.44/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12oz can poured into stemless glass. Vintage 2018.
Appearance: Dark midnight black body. 2 fingers tall dark brown cap that recedes to a ring of head around the glass. Nice legs noted after each sip.
Smell: Roast malt, chocolate, oak and big bourbon. Big & intense aromas.
Taste: Gourmet dark chocolates & roasty malts. Dry oak barrel with big char notes & light meaty smoke. Leather, tobacco, and molasses. Vanilla and caramel tones interweaving throughout each sip. Lightly bitter bakers cocoa finish that lingers with dry oak & bourbon for a long time after each sip.
Mouthfeel: medium bodied beer with low carbonation. Silky and chewy texture without being motor oil. Light warming alcohol presence. Very smooth & mellow sipper.
Overall: Barrel aged dark secret plus heaven hill barrels is an immediate hit. If the old school 12oz bottles of bourbon county had a "dark chocolate variant" this is what it would taste like. BrickStone knows great barrel aged stouts.
May 04, 2021Appearance: Dark midnight black body. 2 fingers tall dark brown cap that recedes to a ring of head around the glass. Nice legs noted after each sip.
Smell: Roast malt, chocolate, oak and big bourbon. Big & intense aromas.
Taste: Gourmet dark chocolates & roasty malts. Dry oak barrel with big char notes & light meaty smoke. Leather, tobacco, and molasses. Vanilla and caramel tones interweaving throughout each sip. Lightly bitter bakers cocoa finish that lingers with dry oak & bourbon for a long time after each sip.
Mouthfeel: medium bodied beer with low carbonation. Silky and chewy texture without being motor oil. Light warming alcohol presence. Very smooth & mellow sipper.
Overall: Barrel aged dark secret plus heaven hill barrels is an immediate hit. If the old school 12oz bottles of bourbon county had a "dark chocolate variant" this is what it would taste like. BrickStone knows great barrel aged stouts.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4.28/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
2018 vintage tasted in a snifter from draft at Whole Foods Market on March 29, 2019. Look is dark brown with a thick tan head. Smell and taste is bourbon and oak. Feel is full in body.
Apr 11, 2019
Reviewed by briandgilbert from Illinois
4.39/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.39/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12oz can loured into glass
Look-black! Tan head. Thick but not super thick
Smell-deep smells nice and full flavored
Taste-wow goes down nice and the flavor covers the mouth and stays on tougne for a while after, awesome!
F-great! Great flavor and taste.
Jan 25, 2019Look-black! Tan head. Thick but not super thick
Smell-deep smells nice and full flavored
Taste-wow goes down nice and the flavor covers the mouth and stays on tougne for a while after, awesome!
F-great! Great flavor and taste.
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