Junie Reserve #1
Transient Artisan Ales

11/19/23 bottle @ home

A - Pours pitch black with a fizzy dark brown head.

S - Aroma is dark chocolate, roasted malts, oak and a light salinity.

T - The taste is dark chocolate, roasted malts, caramel, black coffee, molasses and a big kick of McKenna barrel.

M - Full body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with crisp drying finish.

O - This is nicely done. Tons of barrel throughout.

Pours a dark cola brown and settles black in the glass with a sudsy mocha colored head that sizzles and disappears quickly.

The nose has a big bourbon and rich cocoa profile, and there’s also a nice bit of caramel as well.

The taste mirrors the nose, with big bourbon and cocoa flavors up front, lots of roasty malt mid-palate, and a delicious caramel flavor at the back of the palate. Very delicious stuff.

The mouthfeel is chewy and creamy, as expected. This is very well done, IMHO.

 

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing opaque black in the glass with a thin dark chocolate head that dissipates to sparse patches with slight lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, dry caramel, dark chocolate and molasses. Flavor is dark toasted malt with mild char, bourbon, dark chocolate, dry caramel and dark dried fruit. Bourbon and molasses in the finish. Medium bodied with moderate creaminess, nice mouth feel. A complex, very rich barreled stout. I'm getting a lot of bourbon, but not really much rye character. Deep chocolate and moderate caramel in pleasant balance. Although I'm a fan of rye flavors, this is so rich and decadent that I'm not missing that particular element. A bit boozy, but a stellar barreled stout. Nicely done.