Winter Blend (2025)
Westbrook Brewing Co.
- From:
- Westbrook Brewing Co.
- South Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.54 | pDev: 6.17%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 26, 2026
- Added:
- Mar 11, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A symphony of barrel aged beers crafted for wintertime sipping. Each year our brewing team thoughtfully selects a careful blend of barrel aged beers from our wood cellar and melds them together to create a balanced and intriguing strong ale. This year's blend consists of barrel aged imperial stouts ranging from 7 years to 3 year 2 months old. There are 5 different base stouts represented and the average age of the blend is 4 years 5 months.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.23/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pitch black opaque pour with a brown ring. So it doesn’t smell like much: roasted malt and bourbon with lingering dark chocolate. Taste though opens up with molasses, toasted caramel, anise, coffee bean, rugged dry wood, and a whisper of almond to go with the bourbon and roasted malt. Feel is very warm and decently roasted, barrel character drives well, mostly smooth but more so dries out. Much better than winter blend 23
May 26, 2026
Reviewed by tobelerone from New Jersey
4.5/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This thing is massive. Super rich and very well made. Quite sweet but not cloying. Insane clinging legs for days, no head and minimal carbonation. Sticky. Getting those tawny port, boozy raisin, Ximinez sherry oxidized characteristics in a big way. Terrific stuff, maybe I’m not half the man I used to be, but soloing this 500ml is a job.
Sep 14, 2025
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
4.43/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
On tap at The Alley Downtown Taproom in Aiken, SC. Revisted a few weeks later, served from a bottle in Clemson, SC.
Appearance. Motor oil with a minimal tan head.
Mouthfeel. Super smooth and full with a slick finish.
This is a exceptional Imperial Stout, perhaps more Russian IS than American IS in style.
It's a nicely sweet (i.e., not too sweet), rich stout well worth seeking out.
Apr 17, 2025Appearance. Motor oil with a minimal tan head.
Mouthfeel. Super smooth and full with a slick finish.
This is a exceptional Imperial Stout, perhaps more Russian IS than American IS in style.
It's a nicely sweet (i.e., not too sweet), rich stout well worth seeking out.
Rated by pathman from Ohio
5/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
03/25/25 bottle @ home
Mar 26, 2025
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