Pastrytown - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
Other Half Brewing - Center Street
- From:
- Other Half Brewing - Center Street
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.43 | pDev: 4.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 26, 2020
- Added:
- Mar 15, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
A blend of 1 and 2 year bourbon barrels conditioned on Madagascar vanilla.
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Reviewed by aleigator from Germany
4.6/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours night black with a dark brown, bubbly head, slowly fading down to a thicker espresso like lacing.
The nose is full of vanilla, almost featuring a wet feet scent you get from smelling high grade dried vanilla beans, smooth, spicy bourbon and lots of bakers chocolate. This has a noble hop quality to it as well, which turns out to be a flowery quality from the vanilla in this, highlighted by soft, wooden appearing toffee and lighter caramel. This begins utmost intriguing with a well balanced, complex nose, showcasing a truly decadent, vanilla leaden ba imperial stout.
The beer drinks smooth, full bodied with a great softness to it, calming the noteable bourbon heat in this effectivly. Although you can tell this is a huge and complex beer, it drinks quite easy, due to it perfectly balanced mouthfeel.
Tastes of spicy licorice, earthy vanilla and lots of whipped cream among bakers chocolate and toffee. Chocolate turns a bit sweeter then, due to the uprising bourbon barrel in this, bringing melted caramel and some rock sugar to the table, enhancing the vanilla in this, while integrating a warming oak characteristic. Finishes mellow with roasted malts, a huge load of fudge and prevailing, toffee covered vanilla, ending with a long lasting, dry and warming spicy bourbon presence.
This is a great beer. It reveals new nuances during each sip while exhibiting a rock solid, well balanced foundation. The beer is huge, complex and ever changing, a real sipper for a long winter night with a perfect interplay between vanilla and bourbon.
Feb 09, 2020The nose is full of vanilla, almost featuring a wet feet scent you get from smelling high grade dried vanilla beans, smooth, spicy bourbon and lots of bakers chocolate. This has a noble hop quality to it as well, which turns out to be a flowery quality from the vanilla in this, highlighted by soft, wooden appearing toffee and lighter caramel. This begins utmost intriguing with a well balanced, complex nose, showcasing a truly decadent, vanilla leaden ba imperial stout.
The beer drinks smooth, full bodied with a great softness to it, calming the noteable bourbon heat in this effectivly. Although you can tell this is a huge and complex beer, it drinks quite easy, due to it perfectly balanced mouthfeel.
Tastes of spicy licorice, earthy vanilla and lots of whipped cream among bakers chocolate and toffee. Chocolate turns a bit sweeter then, due to the uprising bourbon barrel in this, bringing melted caramel and some rock sugar to the table, enhancing the vanilla in this, while integrating a warming oak characteristic. Finishes mellow with roasted malts, a huge load of fudge and prevailing, toffee covered vanilla, ending with a long lasting, dry and warming spicy bourbon presence.
This is a great beer. It reveals new nuances during each sip while exhibiting a rock solid, well balanced foundation. The beer is huge, complex and ever changing, a real sipper for a long winter night with a perfect interplay between vanilla and bourbon.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.6/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at OH Roc in Bloomfield, NY.
This one pours a ridiculously thick looking dark black color, with a very small head and no lacing.
This has a ridiculously fresh candied vanilla aroma to it - sticky cake frosting and bourbon vanilla goodness, with chocolate fudge, molasses, bourbon, and coffee.
This is definitely utterly absurd. There’s quite a load of vanilla here - just so fresh and sweet without being cloying. The barrel is nice, sticky and caramel flavors, but no real oakiness. There’s also coffee and a bunch of sweet fudge character.
This is thick and slightly syrupy, with no sign of the booziness at all - it’s surprisingly pretty drinkable.
This is absolutely one of the best OH stouts I’ve ever had.
Apr 26, 2019This one pours a ridiculously thick looking dark black color, with a very small head and no lacing.
This has a ridiculously fresh candied vanilla aroma to it - sticky cake frosting and bourbon vanilla goodness, with chocolate fudge, molasses, bourbon, and coffee.
This is definitely utterly absurd. There’s quite a load of vanilla here - just so fresh and sweet without being cloying. The barrel is nice, sticky and caramel flavors, but no real oakiness. There’s also coffee and a bunch of sweet fudge character.
This is thick and slightly syrupy, with no sign of the booziness at all - it’s surprisingly pretty drinkable.
This is absolutely one of the best OH stouts I’ve ever had.
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