Bourbon Barrel Aged Spetsnaz
The Grumpy Troll Restaurant and Brewery
- From:
- The Grumpy Troll Restaurant and Brewery
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Foreign / Export Stout
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 7.23%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 24, 2014
- Added:
- May 21, 2007
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by hopdog from Pennsylvania
4.42/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
On tap at the Grumpy Troll Brew Pub.
Poured a dark black color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, wood, light bourbon, and light smoke. Tastes of wood, bourbon, vanilla, chocoalte, and roasty. Bourbon was not overpowering.
Notes from 7/21/08
Nov 12, 2008Poured a dark black color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, wood, light bourbon, and light smoke. Tastes of wood, bourbon, vanilla, chocoalte, and roasty. Bourbon was not overpowering.
Notes from 7/21/08
Reviewed by Flyer from Wisconsin
4.27/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.27/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This has an amazing one-two-three punch. Its not really complex, in the sense that complex beers have flavor notes that dance around each other -- but it has big, big notes of wood, bourbon, and chocolate. It had the heaviest wood aroma Ive ever experienced (thats a good thing) although it didnt necessarily seem like oak -- not sure if the barrels were some other wood, or if the intensity of it fooled me. The bourbon was equally compelling, and the same one-two punch dominated the flavor, along with nice chocolate overtones. In theory, Id say this could use more subtlety, but the truth was that I thoroughly enjoyed this beer.
Aug 01, 2007
Reviewed by dirtylou from Oklahoma
4.15/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.15/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
approximately 6oz snifter pour for $3.50 after a long hike
appearance: served in a nice grumpy troll snifter...dark espresso colour, bordering on black...nice creamy tan head with solid retention. solid
smell: creamy dark chocolate, mocha java, very light bourbon, a touch of oak and vanilla...nice aromas and not overpowering
taste: quite tasty and very creamy...bourbon rather hidden though i feel differently about this than dapeculier...creamy dark chocolate, espresso, minimal amounts of dark fruit, milky and delicious.
mouthfeel: medium body, super creamy, nice
drinkability: high
Jul 29, 2007appearance: served in a nice grumpy troll snifter...dark espresso colour, bordering on black...nice creamy tan head with solid retention. solid
smell: creamy dark chocolate, mocha java, very light bourbon, a touch of oak and vanilla...nice aromas and not overpowering
taste: quite tasty and very creamy...bourbon rather hidden though i feel differently about this than dapeculier...creamy dark chocolate, espresso, minimal amounts of dark fruit, milky and delicious.
mouthfeel: medium body, super creamy, nice
drinkability: high
Reviewed by DaPeculierDane from Wisconsin
4.47/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Six ounce pour served in a snifter for $3.50 on a fine, sunny Saturday in May.
Appearance: Jet black with a thin head. Totally opaque. Pretty lacing but not overly clingy.
Aroma: Coffee and chocolate, and I do mean big, huge, heaping amounts of each. Bourbon isnt noticeable at all, which I adore because I am not a fan of bourbon in the slightest. Instead I find rich oak and just the right amount of vanilla to make things interesting.
Taste: Sweet dark fruits, though none of the cherry often found in BBA beers, balanced by dark chocolate and fresh coffee. Woodiness throughout. Subtle vanilla. Booziness is very subdued and controlled.
Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Balanced. Luscious on the tongue with a dry, moderately bitter finish. Exquisitely rich and warm.
Drinkability: Highly drinkable. The ABV is well hidden and the body is not too heavy. Very drinkable.
Overall impression: This is a world class beer. The troll has managed to garner all the benefits of barrel aging without compromising the style or creating a booze bomb. Im exceedingly pleased with this and hope to have at least a few more opportunities to drink it in the future.
May 21, 2007Appearance: Jet black with a thin head. Totally opaque. Pretty lacing but not overly clingy.
Aroma: Coffee and chocolate, and I do mean big, huge, heaping amounts of each. Bourbon isnt noticeable at all, which I adore because I am not a fan of bourbon in the slightest. Instead I find rich oak and just the right amount of vanilla to make things interesting.
Taste: Sweet dark fruits, though none of the cherry often found in BBA beers, balanced by dark chocolate and fresh coffee. Woodiness throughout. Subtle vanilla. Booziness is very subdued and controlled.
Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Balanced. Luscious on the tongue with a dry, moderately bitter finish. Exquisitely rich and warm.
Drinkability: Highly drinkable. The ABV is well hidden and the body is not too heavy. Very drinkable.
Overall impression: This is a world class beer. The troll has managed to garner all the benefits of barrel aging without compromising the style or creating a booze bomb. Im exceedingly pleased with this and hope to have at least a few more opportunities to drink it in the future.
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