Boathouse Reserve Barrel Aged Variation Imperial Stout (2024)
Crystal Lake Brewing

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From:
Crystal Lake Brewing
 
Illinois, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
10.3%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
4.2 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 17, 2025
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Jan 17, 2025
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For something truly extraordinary, we blended this year’s exceptional rye and bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stouts, then added fresh mixed berries, cocoa nibs and Madagascar vanilla beans. Smooth and rich with dark chocolate and ripe berry notes throughout, this beer brings layers of toasted oak, bourbon and rye whiskeys, and well-rounded creamy vanilla and smoky coffee characteristics to create an intense taste experience.
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

4.2/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Black opaque stout pour with a brown head that settles into a collar. Smells of rich dark chocolate with various dark berries with rye whiskey cutting through nicely, hint of smoky char, earth, and vanillins. Taste gets more of the bourbon barrel which lends molasses to the berries, I think it is blackberry that is the strongest of the berries, but the chocolate just sings wit the barrels, the finish is not the cleanest though as the barrel character is hit with residual sugars. Feel is cooler yet has rye, char, and roast giving some ruggedness, more classical stout. One of the better variation imho and MUCH improved over 2023, more dialed in
Jan 17, 2025