Agamemnon - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
Omnipollo

 

 

 

Vintage 2015 bottle.
Bought at Systembolaget in Sweden September 18 - 2015.

This beer has matured for almost 4 years in my beercellar and I'm nervous that it is as good as I want it to be!

I pours black with almost no head.

Wow! This four year old beer smack my face with a nose full of dark chocolate, prune, rasisin and Bourbon.
Taste is in the same area: Dark chocolate, Oak Bourbon barrels, raisin, prune, coffee, vanilla, whipped cream and in the end Bourbon again.
Soft and smooth mouth with a ful body and light carbonation.
Perfection!

 

 

Black in color. Tan head.

Typical omnipollo stout base with lots of sweetness and cake batter. The barrels are there and the maple is there, but I feel like this is beginning to fall off. It just wasn't in your face like most omnipollo stouts.

 

On tap. Smell is a bit off-putting. Get some vinegar notes and roasted malts. Flavor is a bit vinegary. Possibly the maple syrup going bad? Not sure. Overall a very underwhelming beer, especially with the hype. Bummer

 

 

 

375ml bottle at Brasserie V in Madison, Wisconsin. Served in minisnifter glasses split between me and a friend.

Pours a dark black body, oily and opaque. Half finger white head, short retention, not much lacing, as expected. Smells of a rich bourbon and dark chocolate up front, with a distinctly maple sweetness in the background that comes out more as it warms up. Other aromas included a bit of grainy roast and nuttiness, but for the most part, it was bourbon and maple playing well together. Flavour was a mix of dark chocolate, roast, bourbon and charred oak, all playing together halfheartedly until the beer starts to open up, and the maple strolls in and starts mingling in with the other players. A very nice, complex beverage where no one adjunct really takes over. Mouthfeel is medium-fuller bodied, lighter on carbonation, on the lightly slick side with a sweet maple and bitter baker's chocolate finish.

 

 

 

Chocolate and booze. Silky smooth mouth feel. Hint of Bourbon on the nose and taste. Pretty hot. Delicious but pricey

 

Impressive offering from Omnipollo. I have had this bottle for a few months and was recently warned by a friend that one he recently drank was starting to turn—luckily no green apple, all good on that front. Actually surprised at the heat on a nearly year old beer...

Decadent, syrupy mouthfeel with a strong yet short fizz assault. Silky, creamy chew. Oily as The Situation at the shore in August. Black strap molasses, dark (this beer is opaque) roasted malts, BITTER espresso, vanilla bean, bitter-sweet baking chocolate. Fudge, brown sugar, prune. Overripe black cherry, dark plum, blackcurrant, fresh peppercorn. Touch of licorice & caramel. So many other "sweets" at play, the maple gets lost in the shuffle UNTIL sip end when when you're hit by a sublingual swell that rolls forward, up and around finishing on the tip. Just the tip. Hot, boozy bourbon oak. Nothing creepin' on you, this beer is cajones across the nose. That being said, a heat/sweet/bitter profile that aligns with my particular balance preferences...

Tasty, complex beer. Wish I had another bottle. And wish a little cheaper/more accessible.

A: Pitch black with a dark brown head that quickly dissipates
S: Bourbon, oak, vinous, sweet, maple
T: Roasty, bourbon, burnt grain, coffee, licorice, bitter chocolate, brown sugar
M: Thick, creamy, light carbonation
O: Maple is listed right on the bottle yet I do not detect this in the flavor (possibly contributing to mouthfeel?.) Huge barrel character but lately I appreciate more balanced barrel character.

 

 

Pours as black as the night, with a dense, dark brown, bubbly head. Showcases a slick viscosity after swirling, revealing alcohol legs and tiny bubbles at the rim of the glass.

Smells of hot, boozy bourbon, featuring scented wood and toasted coconut hull among crushed peppers. Scorched malts and potting soil form the beer's profound maltiness, entangled into honeyed vanilla.

Has a supersoft mouthfeel, due to its low carbonation and silk maltiness. Unfortunately it almost gets completely lost after the swallow, due to a harsh booziness.

Tastes of bakers chocolate, earth and burned walnut shell, facing a pungent, overly aggressive Bourbon bite, almost numbing my tongue, as its spiciness unfolds. This leads to a dry bitter chocolate appearance among oak and coconut, trying to get over the harshness of the barrel. Finishes surprisingly sweet with licorice, toffee and spicy oak, quite thin after the previous barrel explosion.

This is missing balance, to be able to transform into an enjoyable beer. I don't detect no maple syrup at all, which gets probably hidden underneath the over the top alcohol bite. Flavors do not come together in this at all, distracted and washed away by the omnipresent booziness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

375 mL bottle. Inky black body. Smell is fudgy chocolate, deep roasted malts, booze. Faint bourbon. I don't get much bourbon in the taste either. Still very fudgy and rich. Heavy nutty malt flavor, too. Very roasty in the finish. Maple syrup aftertaste. Heavy and boozy body. Delicious, although I don't get much of the maple syrup or bourbon.

 

Bottled "dated" with an expiration date of 1/1/18; drank on NYE in a tulip glass

 

 

 

From High Spirits Liquors in Providence (they still have a few bottles).

So pumped I got to try this one. It's what I expected. Sweet, bourbon, maple, stouty goodness.

Not too complex. Just a smack in the face of flavor.

Great beer. Worth the $18? If I wasn't in college, yes.

 

From tap. Bourbon, oak, maple syrup and a hint of caramel (in both smell and taste). Sweet, bitterness with a thick mouthfeel. Such a treat!

 

This was a truly an underwhelming beer, given the buzz surrounding its US release.

Bitter roast on the palate and very thin on the feel. No sweetness to the beer at all. The advertised maple syrup was not there.