Bible Belt - Barrel-Aged
Prairie Artisan Ales

Poured from 2017 bottle. Dark black, thick with nice tan head. Strong pepper aroma with some chocolate and cinnamon. Taste is cocoa, cinnamon, peppers, toffee, caramel. Surprisingly a little thin on mouthfeel. Solid beer but was actually expecting a little more.

355 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 13%. Black colour, minimal tan head. Strong aroma of molasses, fusel, vanilla, whiskey and oak. Minimal carbonation. Rich and sweet flavour, notes of roast malts, sweetened coffee, molasses, chocolate, vanilla, whiskey and oak, hints of spices.

 

 

Pours an oily, pitch black color with a very small, mohagony head.

Smells of fresh pressed coffee, peas and bakers chocolate among a lighter note of wooden vanilla. The nose is defined by its prominent coffee aroma, while giving the other ingredients enough space to unfold, balanced by cinnamon and mellow toffee.

Has a mellow, creamy mouthfeel with a complex heat peak during the finish, defined by peppers and the warming barrel, showcasing the beer‘s heavy body in a great way.

Tastes of coffee, toffee an initial vegetable peppers flavor, developing a pleasant heat, which gets accompanied by the dry oak barrel perfectly. Has a barrel balanced, sweeter mid palate, with some cinnamon and milk chocolate developing a well working complexity. Finishes with a good amount of booze, smoothed out by layers of chocolate and maintaining peppers, creating a long lasting, hot aftertaste.

Very bold and well balanced this is quite a treat, with well working adjuncts among a complex malt base.

 

 

A: Poured into a snifter to a black beer topped by a dense half finger of tan head which fades slowly to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing
S: Smells of coffee, chocolate, some roasted malts, and a decent amount of bourbon barrel
T: Taste is coffee and dark chocolate with some vanilla and chili pepper notes along with some nice oaky bourbon barrel. nice roasted malt backbone as well. On the finish there's more coffee and dark chocolate with a little more oak, vanilla, and slight peppery heat.
M: This beer is full bodied with a silky feel on the palate. Carbonation is low but adequate for the style while the beer has a drying finish.
O: Overall this is a great beer. It has some really nice flavors and complexity. All the adjuncts are there and play well together while balanced very well. This is definitely one to try if you can get your hands on it.

 

 

 

 

This is another of Prairie Artisan Ales great stouts

Look: black with a thin mocca head

Aroma: coffee, chocolate, bourbon

Taste: Roasted malts, chocolate, cocoa, some coffee, pepper, and whiskey flavor. Pretty similar to the BOMB! But I think this has more chocolate and the bourbon flavor..

Feel: full creamy body

 

Smell is bourbon and chocolate. Makes me very excited to taste it. Immediately I get the chocolate notes and a tiny bit of spice. Nice thick mouthfeel. Could use a bit more carbonation though. I’m loving this. I don’t see a bottling date, but now I wish I could have had it fresh bc I’m sure the spices would come through in a favorable way. Reminds me of Prop ‘16 which I love more than most bc of the spice but now has fallen off with a smoother character as the tradeoff.

I’ll definitely pick this up again if I have the chance. Drink now rather than later too.

 

Poured from 12oz bottle into glass. Bottling date code of '010117'.
Almost a total black colored body, with just a very thin sliver of red mahogany when back lit. Less that a quarter finger of tan head, which stays around. Oily left behind lacing film.
Aroma is quite strong with the barrel, along with dark roasted malts, chocolate, a hint of dark fruit, and cinnamon. The combined smells are like a fine liqueur.
Taste is dark roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla and cinnamon, all coated with the whiskey barrel. Some dark fruit extend into the after taste, and there is no bitterness.
Thick, creamy coating mouth feel. Supporting carbonation.
The barrel is present certainly but is not overpowering, but rather adds a nuance to each other separate flavor. The spice has likely faded but is still in good balance with the malts. Tastes like a rich and decadent dark chocolate and liquor dessert. Any peppers are more of a shadow at this point, but still count as an addition.

 

A 12 fl. oz. bottle with a Julian bottled on date of 36416 (I think, as it was slightly unclear), meaning that it was bottled on 29th December 2016. Poured into a snifter glass.

Appearance: Black in colour with pretty much no head and no lacing.

Aroma: Vanilla, whisky, oak, chocolate, cocoa, caramel, roasted coffee and light spices.

Taste: Lightly sweet, whisky, oak, vanilla, caramel, roasted malts, chocolate, roasty coffee, light bitterness.

Mouthfeel: Creamy, smooth, velvety, full bodied with low carbonation.

Overall: Excellent, just so smooth to drink with wonderful notes of whisky and oak shining through. You don’t feel the 13% ABV at all, as you sip it.