Ten FIDY - Bourbon Barrel-Aged - Mocha
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
- From:
- Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 6.52%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 24, 2020
- Added:
- Mar 30, 2018
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Ten FIDY (9% ABV) was massively doused with unsweetened pure liquid cacao made by our friends at Cholaca, then dosed with Hotbox Roasters’ cold brew from Mexican coffee beans. Get it in a grande, a venti, or a trenta… just kidding, put it straight in yer mouthhole. “Ten FIDY Imperial Stout doesn’t know how to use its inside voice in the first place; and on this one, we hooked it up to a Cholaca-and-coffee amplifier and turned the volume up to 11,” said Tim Matthews, Head of Brewing Operations for Oskar Blues.
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Reviewed by PEBKAC from North Carolina
4.12/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 3.75
4.12/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 3.75
Tall boy from the Mills River brewery. Code stamped on the bottom: Smoker, Joker, Midnight, Mocha.
Duvel tulip. Black body, brown highlights. Big, overreaching, lingering brown head.
Smell is chocolate syrup, old/subtle beans, significant bourbon.
Creamy, mostly flat body is mostly mellow bourbon & a lightly sweet stout. Some Ash, lingering bitterness, faint coffee.
The lack of confident coffee is a big disappointment, but the feel, alcohol levels, un-crazy barrel, it ends up just being a pretty good, albeit expensive stout.
Jan 21, 2020Duvel tulip. Black body, brown highlights. Big, overreaching, lingering brown head.
Smell is chocolate syrup, old/subtle beans, significant bourbon.
Creamy, mostly flat body is mostly mellow bourbon & a lightly sweet stout. Some Ash, lingering bitterness, faint coffee.
The lack of confident coffee is a big disappointment, but the feel, alcohol levels, un-crazy barrel, it ends up just being a pretty good, albeit expensive stout.
Rated by OompaMentor from Georgia
4.5/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
8/15/2018
Jan 03, 2019
Reviewed by Dragginballs76 from South Carolina
4.2/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - Pours jet black with a thin mocha colored head that settles to a thin ring.
Aroma - Huge rich fudge aroma, it smells like a liquid fudge brownie. There is a little coffee peeking out but there is so much bakers chocolate and rich decadent fudge it is hard to find. Little bit of vanilla and brown sugar with a hint of bourbon.
Taste - The taste is no where near as sweet or chocolaty as the nose let on. The taste is a balance of roasted malts, bakers chocolate, vanilla, coffee beans and bourbon. There is a little barrel presence, the taste is actually not very sweet at all more bitter chocolate than sweet.
Feel - High side of medium, still slightly creamy the carbonation seems a touch high. A little warming from the alcohol with a nice dry finish.
Overall - Pretty complex flavors, the nose and taste are pretty different for me. Still really easy drinking and tasty.
Nov 28, 2018Aroma - Huge rich fudge aroma, it smells like a liquid fudge brownie. There is a little coffee peeking out but there is so much bakers chocolate and rich decadent fudge it is hard to find. Little bit of vanilla and brown sugar with a hint of bourbon.
Taste - The taste is no where near as sweet or chocolaty as the nose let on. The taste is a balance of roasted malts, bakers chocolate, vanilla, coffee beans and bourbon. There is a little barrel presence, the taste is actually not very sweet at all more bitter chocolate than sweet.
Feel - High side of medium, still slightly creamy the carbonation seems a touch high. A little warming from the alcohol with a nice dry finish.
Overall - Pretty complex flavors, the nose and taste are pretty different for me. Still really easy drinking and tasty.
Reviewed by DannyBigs from California
3.06/5 rDev -26.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
3.06/5 rDev -26.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Pretty subpar compared to the regular TF and the barrel aged TF...even comes in at a lowly 9% (you would think it would still be at least 10.5?). Nothing special here. A barrel aged Ten Fidy with coffee and cacao sounds like it would be a dream, but feel pretty let down with this one.
Nov 22, 2018
Reviewed by Prager62 from Colorado
4.23/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A Stovepipe can recently purchased at the Tasty Weasel in Longmont dated 05/16/18. Pouring in my Ten Fidy glass for the review.
Look- Pours a oily dark brown leaving a few centimeters of creamy mocha colored foam in it's wake.
Smell- Decadent dark chocolate, coffee, bourbon, brown sugar, faint vanilla.
Taste- Dark chocolate, roast, bourbon, molasses, mild tobacco/char and prominent oak in the finish.
Feel- Creamy, but noticeably thinner than other Fidy's I've reviewed.
Overall- It's mocha, coffee and barrel as advertised. An excellent barrel aged beer but I'd hoped it would be more decadent and dessert-like with a slightly sweeter taste and thicker feel. This is more like bitter dark chocolate. Definitely worth a try if you happen to wander in one of their breweries.
Nov 11, 2018Look- Pours a oily dark brown leaving a few centimeters of creamy mocha colored foam in it's wake.
Smell- Decadent dark chocolate, coffee, bourbon, brown sugar, faint vanilla.
Taste- Dark chocolate, roast, bourbon, molasses, mild tobacco/char and prominent oak in the finish.
Feel- Creamy, but noticeably thinner than other Fidy's I've reviewed.
Overall- It's mocha, coffee and barrel as advertised. An excellent barrel aged beer but I'd hoped it would be more decadent and dessert-like with a slightly sweeter taste and thicker feel. This is more like bitter dark chocolate. Definitely worth a try if you happen to wander in one of their breweries.
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