Bourbon Sidamo Coffee Stout
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery

Bourbon Sidamo Coffee StoutBourbon Sidamo Coffee Stout
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From:
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
10.3%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.03 | pDev: 8.44%
Reviews:
72
Ratings:
451
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 01, 2019
Added:
Mar 02, 2013
Wants:
  49
Gots:
  113
Imperial Coffee Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels
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Ratings by TheSixthRing:
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Reviewed by TheSixthRing from California

3.8/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
2016 Release

Appearance - Pours dark, cola brown with a tinge of ruby when held to light. The head is cocoa powder in color and peaks just over a finger's width. Fair retention, breaking down to a thin, broken layer of suds across the surface. Not much for lacing, save a few small spots left on their lonesome.

Smell - Fudgy aroma with notes of coffee and sweet bourbon character, namely vanilla and a touch of oak.

Taste - Fair flavor profile; kinda dies on the tongue. Milk chocolate upfront, then notes of coffee saturated with creamer. Distant bourbony vanilla, with ghostly traces of oak. The finish is mostly cream and chocolate with light, tingly berry tartness a slight boozy warmth.

Mouthfeel - Goes hand-in-hand with the flavor; near full in body with a mostly flat level of carbonation. Smooth and slightly creamy, but there's no life here. Thins out in the finish.

Overall - I've been pretty spoiled with all the rich, amazing BA Impys produced out here on the West Coast. Between Abyss, Parabola, Drake's BA Drakonic and a slew of others, we've got it good. I was excited to try this, but ultimately disappointed with how average it was. It's not bad, but there's a lot left to be desired here.
Apr 08, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.35 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

May 01, 2019
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Rated by OompaMentor from Georgia

4.25/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Whale - DLD 5/5/2018
(2016 Bottle)
Jan 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by bigred89 from Maryland

Aug 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.11 by Prost76 from New Hampshire

May 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by MTKATL from Georgia

May 20, 2018
 
Rated: 4.23 by mjpolzin from Wisconsin

Mar 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by mpenske from California

Dec 31, 2017
 
Rated: 3.92 by DoubleDaisyCutter from District of Columbia

Dec 19, 2017
 
Rated: 4.1 by Kurmaraja from California

Oct 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4.35 by gobuccos from Ohio

Oct 23, 2017
 
Rated: 4.3 by madelf66 from Pennsylvania

Aug 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by McBraniel from Virginia

Aug 06, 2017
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

3.99/5  rDev -1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery "Bourbon Sidamo"
$7 / pint on tap @ Lynnhaven Pub, Virginia Beach, VA on 19 June 2017

Notes: Black body beneath a tan head that unfortunately displays limited retention and leaves only spotty lacing (possible dirty bar glass?). The aroma expresses sweet dark chocolate and fresh coffee with just a hint of alcohol but that doesn't carry over into the flavor. The flavor is fuller and quite rich with additional notes of golden and dark caramel, milk chocolate, and an apple-like fruitiness but I don't find much Bourbon or oak at all. Medium bodied with a bristling carbonation. I'm a little lost as I've never had the Sidamo to compare it to, but I'm guessing it's very similar as the Bourbon and oak seem to be very limited. It's not disappointing, but neither is it inspiring.

3.75/4/4/4/4 = 3.99
Jul 17, 2017
 
Rated: 4.02 by captainkrad from New Jersey

Jul 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.96 by buzzy from Pennsylvania

Jun 26, 2017
 
Rated: 4.47 by leroybrown10 from Missouri

Jun 17, 2017
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Reviewed by obywan59 from Virginia

4.32/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours pitch black with a 3 finger tan head.

Smells of bourbon, vanilla and oak. Milk chocolate more than dark. Coffee, and maybe a hint of blueberry, but I wouldn't have guessed it if I hadn't known.

Taste of sweet milk chocolate/creamy coffee. Blueberry is more evident here.

Feel is rather full. It has a bite, but it's more alcohol than carbonation. Creamy, syrupy, and very retentive.

A great beer! Rich, creamy. flavorful and aromatic. Decadent!
Jun 05, 2017
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Reviewed by zander4dawin from Texas

4.17/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Dark beer with sudsy mocha head. Dark chocolate note. Flavors of Tootsie Roll chocolate, rich vanilla bourbon, powdered chocolate milk mix. Not boozy at all.
May 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

May 14, 2017
Bourbon Sidamo Coffee Stout from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 451 ratings