Barrel-Aged Imperial Porter
Schooner Exact Brewing Company

 

Poured from a 22oz bottle into a Teku glass.

Look is pitch black with an off white head.

Aroma has a lot of vanilla and bourbon can’t really smell any malt.

Taste is a lot of bourbon with a light roast malt undertone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours black with a big foamy head that retreats rather quickly, with inconsistent lacing. Smell is chocolate and vanilla with a splash of bourbon. Taste is dark fruit, oak and bourbon, with lots of cocoa. Mouthfeel is nice and creamy, but not heavy on the tongue, with bit more carbonation than you might expect due to its otherwise smooth demeanor.

 

 

 

Very dark, near black in the Troubadour tulip. Some dark beige foam though shy on lacing. Pleasantly sudsy in the mouth. Inviting aroma of something like rum and dark grains.

The barrel flavor is dark and on the dry side. Nothing sweet and boozy about this one. Quite malty with a substantial body, while avoiding stickiness. That foamy mouthfeel gives it a deceptive lightness and refreshing quality. Flavors of bitter cocoa, roasted grain. There is quite an alcohol taste, though it's part of the fun in this case. Hoppy aromatics and that endless Bourbon nose. It still makes me think of Meyers dark rum.

A great barrel-aged brew that is more like a beer than a liqueur. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at the Schooner Exact brewery in south Seattle.

 

 

 

 

 

22oz bottle at fridge temp (41 F) split between a pair of large snifters. No bottle dates that I can see, but the label says it’s vintage 2014 (and cellar worthy).

Pours black (my first thought was, “This isn’t a porter, it’s a stout), with a decent sizes, dense brown head. Looks like plenty of carbonation. Smell is mild (probably needs to warm), a little boozy, slightly smokey, maybe a little coffee.

Taste is pretty nice. Chocolate, a little smoke, some dark plummy sweetness, alcohol is noticeable.

Mouthfeel is rich and creamy and mysteriously also gritty. Overall, I like it.