Seasoned Skillet
Burial Beer Co.
- From:
- Burial Beer Co.
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #376 - ABV:
- 15%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,279 - Avg:
- 4.31 | pDev: 7.42%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 12
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 05, 2025
- Added:
- May 29, 2016
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 13
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
Left upon the fires for eternity. Seeped into our maniacal necessities. And heralded in the perils of our most joyous occasions. Unearthed again, as Seasoned Skillet. A 15% blend of our finest imperial stout, 80% in Willets Bourbon barrels, 20% double barrel-aged in Willets Bourbon barrels. Carefully amalgamated and touched with @counterculturecoffee to form our most delightful approach to Seasoned Skillet to this date. A quite surprising deluge of milk chocolate pecan praline, creme brulee with bourbon cream, and vanilla-frosted tiramisu.
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Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
4.24/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Many thx to CarolinaCardinals for this bottle!
A - Pitch black pour with thin caramel lacing and very little carbonation.
S - Big coffee nose that dominates along with really light Bourbon and char.
T - Bourbon, char, coffee, coffee bean, vanilla, and ends with a nice blend of oak, chocolate coffee char and some underlying vanilla.
M - Light syrupy, viscous body that's lip-smacking sticky on the lips.
O - This is really flavorful and a recommended try!
Sep 29, 2025A - Pitch black pour with thin caramel lacing and very little carbonation.
S - Big coffee nose that dominates along with really light Bourbon and char.
T - Bourbon, char, coffee, coffee bean, vanilla, and ends with a nice blend of oak, chocolate coffee char and some underlying vanilla.
M - Light syrupy, viscous body that's lip-smacking sticky on the lips.
O - This is really flavorful and a recommended try!
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
4.29/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Draft at Burial. Poured an opaque, jet-black color with a small, light brown head of foam. It left sudsy lacing. It smelled of roasted malt, chocolate, bourbon, vanilla and coffee. Sweet chocolate taste with vanilla, strong bourbon, oak and coffee.
Jul 12, 2025
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
4.46/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Received this in a trade with former BA @BMBCLT on 6-3-23. 2023 edition; consumed 5-2-24.
Beer poured black with a very nice brown head.
Nose is very nice as i am getting coffee and chocolate with notes of the barrels in the background.
Taste is a huge medium roasted malt base with notes of chocolate. The malt base accepts the coffee edition in stride and it plays well with the chocolate. Finishes with a deft warming touch of the barrel that gives notes of vanilla and the hopping keeps things in balance alongside the barrel.
Mouthfeel is medium to heavy bodied and very smooth.
Overall this is a delight to sip!
May 02, 2024Beer poured black with a very nice brown head.
Nose is very nice as i am getting coffee and chocolate with notes of the barrels in the background.
Taste is a huge medium roasted malt base with notes of chocolate. The malt base accepts the coffee edition in stride and it plays well with the chocolate. Finishes with a deft warming touch of the barrel that gives notes of vanilla and the hopping keeps things in balance alongside the barrel.
Mouthfeel is medium to heavy bodied and very smooth.
Overall this is a delight to sip!
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
4.54/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Seasoned skillet 2022
66% in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels, and 33% in Willets Bourbon barrels
15%ABV
Look - black thick great tan head rimming and lacing
Smell - so much roasted coffee and chocolate
Taste -tons of roasted coffee chocolate vanilla maple
Feel - so thick creamy light carb
Overall - incredible, so much roasted coffee
Jul 23, 202266% in Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrels, and 33% in Willets Bourbon barrels
15%ABV
Look - black thick great tan head rimming and lacing
Smell - so much roasted coffee and chocolate
Taste -tons of roasted coffee chocolate vanilla maple
Feel - so thick creamy light carb
Overall - incredible, so much roasted coffee
Reviewed by Rub_This_BBQ from Massachusetts
4.2/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
2017 bottle (seems a good enough place to write it up). Poured into a teku
pours a clear pour and deep brown in the class not jet black, looks more like barley wine
faint light roast coffee and licorice
taste toffee, raisin, and licorice.
Overall for the age it was great sipper would have been fun to with a side by side with fresh but held up well and no off flavors.
Sep 14, 2021pours a clear pour and deep brown in the class not jet black, looks more like barley wine
faint light roast coffee and licorice
taste toffee, raisin, and licorice.
Overall for the age it was great sipper would have been fun to with a side by side with fresh but held up well and no off flavors.
Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut
3.96/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Canned on 5/8/20; consumed on 12/7/20
Pours a clean, oily black hue with vague, light mahogany hues at the surface and a brief half-finger of almost creamy, khaki foam dissipating to no cap, a thin, inconsistent collar, and no lacing holding firmly to the walls of the glass.
Aroma features an earthy, medium-roast coffee and milky baker's chocolate upfront with touches of oak and bourbon interwoven delicately, though deep in the backdrop of the bouquet; burnt caramel, touches of tobacco, black cherry, and dusty cocoa synchronize/alternate fluidly over time.
Taste brings forth a steady, thoroughly intertwined milk chocolate and coffee roast as the profile builds to a pinnacle of rounded, maintained, oaky bourbon over the mid-palate, which imparts sweeter nuances of vanilla, caramel candies as it deepens with notes of burnt marshmallow, tinges of ashy malt, and rich bakers chocolate on the back end and through the finish.
Mouthfeel shows a medium body with a lower end carbonation giving in to a lighter mid-palate and vague slickness and char; slightly more heft develops firmly into the back end with an airy grit, while only mildly sticky textures are further supplemented with a moderate warming through the finish.
The bourbon barrel in this coffee-dominant stout is decidedly light, integrated as a hush in the background though coursing through the entirety of the profile; ultimately, this level of easygoing balance only carries the totality of the beer so far, leaving it both comprehensively consistent and yet unable to impress itself enough to reach that next, truly memorable level in the style.
Dec 08, 2020Pours a clean, oily black hue with vague, light mahogany hues at the surface and a brief half-finger of almost creamy, khaki foam dissipating to no cap, a thin, inconsistent collar, and no lacing holding firmly to the walls of the glass.
Aroma features an earthy, medium-roast coffee and milky baker's chocolate upfront with touches of oak and bourbon interwoven delicately, though deep in the backdrop of the bouquet; burnt caramel, touches of tobacco, black cherry, and dusty cocoa synchronize/alternate fluidly over time.
Taste brings forth a steady, thoroughly intertwined milk chocolate and coffee roast as the profile builds to a pinnacle of rounded, maintained, oaky bourbon over the mid-palate, which imparts sweeter nuances of vanilla, caramel candies as it deepens with notes of burnt marshmallow, tinges of ashy malt, and rich bakers chocolate on the back end and through the finish.
Mouthfeel shows a medium body with a lower end carbonation giving in to a lighter mid-palate and vague slickness and char; slightly more heft develops firmly into the back end with an airy grit, while only mildly sticky textures are further supplemented with a moderate warming through the finish.
The bourbon barrel in this coffee-dominant stout is decidedly light, integrated as a hush in the background though coursing through the entirety of the profile; ultimately, this level of easygoing balance only carries the totality of the beer so far, leaving it both comprehensively consistent and yet unable to impress itself enough to reach that next, truly memorable level in the style.
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