Delusion
Greenbush Brewing Company

Thanks Prager62.
Consider this an aged review as I see "MFG 11.3.16" stamped in white on the side of the label.
This was poured into a snifter.
In the appearance category, the pour was thick with a semi-glub glub sort of sound inking out into my glass. The color was dark brown close to black that had a thick finger and a half's worth of eggshell white foamy head that clung nicely and then slid into light legs that spread apart fairly nice.
The aroma captured a wonderful blend of sweet and spicy rye to meld a gentle earthy to woody barrel and then bring in some milk chocolate, some dried dark fruits and a stealthy little bit of dark chocolate compensating nicely.
The flavor finetuned the sweet to the spicy to the roast and a quivering little bitterness all deceptively roaming in and around each other. Light milk/creamy sweetness here. Exceptional balance between the spicy woody barrel to the milk chocolate creaminess in the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied and allowing it to be a nice sipper. Carbonation seemed to start to drop off just an inkling but still keeping it from becoming cloying. Nice dried dark fruity to milk chocolate and slightly pepper-like to spicy woody barrel sort of finish.
Overall, an exceptional barrel aged imperial stout well worthy of partaking in again if given the chance.

Appearance: Black, small head.

Smell: Chocolate, barrel, I do get a little cream note.

Taste: Moderately sweet, then mild chocolate. Very smooth feel, the alcohol is well hidden. Mild chocolate, light vanilla in the finish.

Overall: Brought this back from Green Bay, not sure on the age of it. Does give some milk/cream stout feelings, and the barrel does not impose too much booze into the flavor. A solid barrel-aged beer, pretty tasty stuff!

Drank 11/16/23. Bottle appears to be dated 11/21/14??

Pour is inky black with a khaki head, decent retention for a big beer. Fades to a little ring around the glass
Nose seems a bit muted - hints of bourbon, latte, sweet caramel
Taste is bourbon, port?, coffee with cream, hint of raisin, roasted malts. seems to have a bit of oxidization, but not terribly unpleasant.
Dense, creamy, chewy mouth feel.

 

 

Bottle courtesy of JohnnyHops.
I think it’s a 2017.
Very reminiscent of a bourbon county brand stout.
Same chocolate, vanilla, oaky bourbon character in the nose and taste.
Thick but not too thick, slight bourbon burn but mostly smooth.

This is like a poor answer BA expedition stout. Its so similar its uncanny. Slightly less WOW factor with each sip though. If i drank it blind and you told me it was BA expo I'd believe you.

This is a review of delusion barrel aged imperialism al cream stout. Slightly different than just delusion. Heavily dark brown with khaki cream 1/4” head that disappears quickly. Smells dark too like toffee and caramel. Taste is smooth and sips like coffee with cream. A little cocoa in there too. Aftertaste is very coffee roasted flavor. Mouthfeel is medium thick and full of tiny effervescence. Overall this is a good brew if you like coffee and cream.

 

From the 12 oz bottle in a snifter. This beastly little brew pours a
rugged brownish black with a nice head of tan foam that settles to
a thick ring, thin swirling layer, and sports some subtle lacing. Nose
of dark coffee, dark sweet chocolate, and strong astringent booze with
some rum notes. Flavors exceed the nose by presentation with a rum
and cola note over a bed of coffee and dark chocolate with sweet cream
and astringent booze with some dark breaded malt notes. Very nice
mouth feel; medium full body, medium light carbonation that gives
needed lift, and a medium to full on sweet finish that falls short
of a "dessert" brew.

Overall---excellent for a hybrid!

Cheers

Pours a dark brown with minimal head. Strong bourbon aroma with a hint of chocolate. Bourbon comes through in the taste but it has a nice smooth delivery. Good mouth feel. This one was on my "beers to look for" list and I'm glad I finally got a chance to try it.

Jan 11 2020 Review
12oz bottle. No date. Poured into a pint glass.

Pour: deep black with a two finger tan head. Lots of foamy clouds, big lacing upfront but faded fairly quickly.

Nose: sweet cream, hint of bourbon,

Taste: sweet cream, malts, bitter coffee/dark chocolate, bourbon, black licorice.

Mouthfeel: moderate carbonation. A little thin, similar to Guinness, pretty clean finish.

Overall: interesting but sweet cream, typical of a double cream stout, isn’t my favorite. Contrast with bitter hops//coffee/chocolate seems weird. Didn’t finish, not my thing, won’t buy again.

01/11/20 bottle @ home

 

 

 

12 oz bottle poured into a snifter. No clue as to how old the bottle is as there is no date stamp on it. This beer really shines as it warms: smooth, creamy of course and the alcohol is fairly subtle. Worthy of its world-class rating.

Thanks to FlintB for this 12 oz. bottle, though after having to clear my palate with steel wool, I should have followed with something tried & true. But hey, I’m not that bright.

The pour is dark enough that nothing bleeds even through the edges, with a nose of sugar-splattered leather & just a hint of barrel.

Delusion is like a virus. The beer, thankfully, is not, & lowers a boom of large flavors: lots of half-and-half, char, bourbon, baking chocolate, with a finish of green hops & black licorice. Drinks lighter than the ABV & correspondingly easy to drink.

Normally cream ales + barrel don’t work for me, but the combo here is like the unexpected joy of Pride & Prejudice (PBS version only). Very good beer.

Bottle poured into tulip

Dark brown liquid , pencil thin taupe foam cap, good lacings

Aroma of roasted malts, tobacco, dried cherries, dark chocolate, leather, whiskey

Taste of roasted malts, tobacco, whiskey, dark chocolate

Smooth, roast coffee on the finish,

Good beer

Medium black body with white swirling lacing on surface. Smells strongly of whiskey, tobacco and dark chocolate. Taste is exceptionally dark, heavy and complex. Great tobacco, whiskey, wood, dark chocolate, leather, smoke, rye, coffee, dried dark fruit, and through the sip a progressively stronger vanilla cream. Robust and chewy body with some creaminess.