Inner Space - Weller Bourbon Barrel-Aged
Barreled Souls Brewing Company

 

Big semi-sweet bourbon, quite assertive but not harsh, along with rich notes of chocolate, brown sugar, vanilla, toffee, and honeycomb.

Fairly straightforward for a BBA Imperial Stout, but excellently executed.

Part of my haul of bottles from the Bottle Society membership of 2020. Im pouring a cellar temp 500 ml bottle into my trusty snifter. The beer has been in my cellar since I picked it up at the brewery, but was bottled on 2/4/2020.
Beer pours a dark cola brown to rich chocolate color. No light passes through the glass and a small fizzy tan head of about 1 cm foams up and fades to a sturdy surface layer quickly after the pour. Some active surface bubbles are replenishing the foam, but its only retaining the surface covering.
the aroma is some dark chocolate and a good dose of sweet bourbon and brown sugar. I also get a little bit of tobacco note and some charred wood. No hop presence and no fusol heat qualities. The nose says what this beer is, a bourbon barrel aged imperial stout.
The first sip reveals a medium to thick body with a bit of a sticky texture and very fine carbonation that only tingles when I swish the beer around in my mouth.
The beer also coats my palate with each sip and leaves a bit of sticky note on my lips.
The flavor is similar to the nose, with lots of brown sugar and dark chocolate and some bourbon notes that sweeten up my palate on each sip. The beer also does leave a little bit of warmth on the swallow that reminds me of the bigger ABV that this bottle is packing.
Another awesome barrel aged stout from one of my favorites breweries. Worth a purchase or trade for if you dig bourbon aged beers.