ABAS Imperial Stout Blend #2 (2021)
Fonta Flora Brewery
- From:
- Fonta Flora Brewery
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 14%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.31 | pDev: 1.86%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 30, 2022
- Added:
- Nov 26, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout conditioned on vanilla beans and toasted maple bark.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4.39/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Sampling a cellar temp 750 capped bottle. Beer is courtesy of @mbgreg as part of BIF 33. Thank you!
this bottle has been in my cellar since January 2022, and it seemed like tonight was a great time to open it.
Pouring into my snifter the beer pours jet black in color and a dense creamy tan head of 1 cm foams up. I try to let the foam build, but it never gets very large and I end up totally filling my glass. This foam also subsides to a sturdy edge layer that leaves scattered lattice as I sip from the glass.
Aroma is deep chocolate fudge and hints of bourbon with some charred wood mixing in for complexity. I dont get a lot of maple character from the maple staves/bark mentioned on the label, but do get very faint hints of vanilla.
No hops and the nose isnt really boozy either.
First sip reveals a medium to thicker body with smooth texture and very fine carbonation that gently rolls across my palate.
the flavor is similar to the nose, with chocolate fudge leading the way and hints of vanilla and bourbon coming through mid way on the sip.
I never get any hop character and the fudge flavor definitely carries the day for me with hints of bourbon. This beer drinks with no impression of the 14%, which is a little dangerous.
This is a tasty big stout that is well worth the sampling if you like bigger beers, definitely has a bit of sweet note with the bourbon vanilla that shows up for the party.
May 30, 2022this bottle has been in my cellar since January 2022, and it seemed like tonight was a great time to open it.
Pouring into my snifter the beer pours jet black in color and a dense creamy tan head of 1 cm foams up. I try to let the foam build, but it never gets very large and I end up totally filling my glass. This foam also subsides to a sturdy edge layer that leaves scattered lattice as I sip from the glass.
Aroma is deep chocolate fudge and hints of bourbon with some charred wood mixing in for complexity. I dont get a lot of maple character from the maple staves/bark mentioned on the label, but do get very faint hints of vanilla.
No hops and the nose isnt really boozy either.
First sip reveals a medium to thicker body with smooth texture and very fine carbonation that gently rolls across my palate.
the flavor is similar to the nose, with chocolate fudge leading the way and hints of vanilla and bourbon coming through mid way on the sip.
I never get any hop character and the fudge flavor definitely carries the day for me with hints of bourbon. This beer drinks with no impression of the 14%, which is a little dangerous.
This is a tasty big stout that is well worth the sampling if you like bigger beers, definitely has a bit of sweet note with the bourbon vanilla that shows up for the party.
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
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
Appearance: Pours onyx colored with a thin tan film that fades to a ringlet with some islands in the middle; leggy with a few spots dribbling down
Smell: Milk chocolate and vanilla aromatics with a Bourbon coating; there is a woody character that must be the maple staves
Taste: Milk chocolate with vanilla and dark chocalate building; ; the Bourbon adds subtle balance with the maple staves adding a slight distinctiveness that is vaguely reminiscent of maple sugar
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low carbonation; it has a thickness I associate with big stouts
Overall: I was hoping that the maple staves would make more of an impact but that does not detract from the excellence here
Nov 26, 2021Smell: Milk chocolate and vanilla aromatics with a Bourbon coating; there is a woody character that must be the maple staves
Taste: Milk chocolate with vanilla and dark chocalate building; ; the Bourbon adds subtle balance with the maple staves adding a slight distinctiveness that is vaguely reminiscent of maple sugar
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low carbonation; it has a thickness I associate with big stouts
Overall: I was hoping that the maple staves would make more of an impact but that does not detract from the excellence here
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