Barrel Ride
Rooftop Brewing Company
- From:
- Rooftop Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.95 | pDev: 4.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 06, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 23, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Beer is aged in bourbon barrels for over a year. It is rich, complex and velvety smooth. Expect one hell of a wild ride!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by UWDAWG from Washington
3.74/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from an undated 22 ounce bottle into a snifter at 55 degrees.
Look- Black, opaque, medium brown frothy head, small visible particulate at the margins, average head retention, slight below average lacing.
Smell- Cocoa, bourbon, roasted malt, oak, vanilla, between medium and high strength of scent.
Taste- Overwhelming burnt malt, bourbon, high strength of flavor.
Feel- Between thin and medium body, below average carbonation, mildly mouth warming, mildly mouth coating, highly bitter.
Overall- Great black and opaque appearance with visible particulate at the margins and average head retention. Bouquet was a nice mix of cocoa, bourbon, roast malt, oak and vanilla. Flavor was spoiled by an overwhelming presence of burnt malt with the only saving grace being bourbon notes shining through. Feel was much thinner than expected with only mild mouth warming and coating character. Overall this beer delivered in the appearance and bouquet categories, but fell off significantly in flavor and feel. This beer provided a significantly below average drinking experience for the style.
Jul 06, 2025Look- Black, opaque, medium brown frothy head, small visible particulate at the margins, average head retention, slight below average lacing.
Smell- Cocoa, bourbon, roasted malt, oak, vanilla, between medium and high strength of scent.
Taste- Overwhelming burnt malt, bourbon, high strength of flavor.
Feel- Between thin and medium body, below average carbonation, mildly mouth warming, mildly mouth coating, highly bitter.
Overall- Great black and opaque appearance with visible particulate at the margins and average head retention. Bouquet was a nice mix of cocoa, bourbon, roast malt, oak and vanilla. Flavor was spoiled by an overwhelming presence of burnt malt with the only saving grace being bourbon notes shining through. Feel was much thinner than expected with only mild mouth warming and coating character. Overall this beer delivered in the appearance and bouquet categories, but fell off significantly in flavor and feel. This beer provided a significantly below average drinking experience for the style.
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4.12/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pouring a cellar temp 19.2 oz can into my snifter. No date stamping on the can anywhere.
The beer pours a dark coffee color with no light passing through my glass. A creamy tan head foams up about 1.5 cm and fades to a sturdy edge layering soon after I finish pouring. I do get tight lattice when I swirl my glass.
Aroma on this is hugely bourbon, definitely dominated by bourbon notes with hints of vanilla and some brown sugar too. I also get a little dark chocolate behind the bourbon. No hop character, and while bourbon is heavy, booze and fusol notes are absent.
First sip reveals a medium body and fine spacious carbonation, actually leans towards feeling cask -esque with carbonation gentleness. the beer drinks easier than I expected for a big imperial stout.
Flavor is some dark and milk chocolate mixing together. then I get some brown sugar and molasses and the finish is rich bourbon notes. A little bit of barrel woodiness and char buried in the bourbon. No warmth or general peppery bite from the ABV. Also no hops to be found.
The beer is a little lighter and easier to drink than I anticipated, and the flavor is richer than the nose, but this is an enjoyable, non-adjuncted barrel aged imperial stout. Id drink this one again!
Apr 23, 2023The beer pours a dark coffee color with no light passing through my glass. A creamy tan head foams up about 1.5 cm and fades to a sturdy edge layering soon after I finish pouring. I do get tight lattice when I swirl my glass.
Aroma on this is hugely bourbon, definitely dominated by bourbon notes with hints of vanilla and some brown sugar too. I also get a little dark chocolate behind the bourbon. No hop character, and while bourbon is heavy, booze and fusol notes are absent.
First sip reveals a medium body and fine spacious carbonation, actually leans towards feeling cask -esque with carbonation gentleness. the beer drinks easier than I expected for a big imperial stout.
Flavor is some dark and milk chocolate mixing together. then I get some brown sugar and molasses and the finish is rich bourbon notes. A little bit of barrel woodiness and char buried in the bourbon. No warmth or general peppery bite from the ABV. Also no hops to be found.
The beer is a little lighter and easier to drink than I anticipated, and the flavor is richer than the nose, but this is an enjoyable, non-adjuncted barrel aged imperial stout. Id drink this one again!
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