Gold Cup - Barrel Aged Chili Chocolate
Old Bust Head Brewing Co.
- From:
- Old Bust Head Brewing Co.
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.12 | pDev: 3.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 09, 2018
- Added:
- Apr 28, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Russian Imperial Stout brewed with chipotle chilies & cacao nibs aged in 9-year select Bourbon barrels.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by IvoryFoxhole from Virginia
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
500 mL bottle poured into Belgian ale glass and let warm for an hour.
L: Jet black with 1+F tan head with good retention. Leaves a light tan cap and ring.
S: Lots of roasted malts with a chocolate character and the faintest sense of chili heat. Pretty good.
T: Roasted malts and unsweetened cocoa. Just the faintest hint of chili and/or alcohol heat on the finish, but stays well in-hand. Picks up a bit of the barrel as well, more subtly than most barrel-aged stouts. Not too sweet or bitter.
F: Surprisingly mediumish bodied, not much carbonation to speak of. This makes it frighteningly drinkable for a 10% ABV stout, but you want to go slow anyway to enjoy the flavor.
O: Call it a mini BOMB! It's not a gigantic slap in the face of flavor, but it works very well and has to be considered this brewery's best offering to date.
Feb 17, 2018L: Jet black with 1+F tan head with good retention. Leaves a light tan cap and ring.
S: Lots of roasted malts with a chocolate character and the faintest sense of chili heat. Pretty good.
T: Roasted malts and unsweetened cocoa. Just the faintest hint of chili and/or alcohol heat on the finish, but stays well in-hand. Picks up a bit of the barrel as well, more subtly than most barrel-aged stouts. Not too sweet or bitter.
F: Surprisingly mediumish bodied, not much carbonation to speak of. This makes it frighteningly drinkable for a 10% ABV stout, but you want to go slow anyway to enjoy the flavor.
O: Call it a mini BOMB! It's not a gigantic slap in the face of flavor, but it works very well and has to be considered this brewery's best offering to date.
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