Barrel Constrictor - Chocolate Hazelnut
Alpha Acid Brewing Co.

- From:
- Alpha Acid Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 14%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 29, 2026
- Added:
- Mar 09, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
Imperial Stout aged in a St. George Baller, single malt barrel conditioned with chocolate and hazelnut.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.91/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Leathery black opaque pour with a tan collar. Huge boozy hazelnut and chocolate in the nose, plus mild roast and anise hints. Taste is actually very nutty with the hazelnut, not like a hazelnut liqueur, backed by big bourbon booze, the oak is nowhere to be tasted, the chocolate then comes in with somehow more booze, I love the moment where you get the hazelnut wholly with the chocolate, but it is fleeting because the booze washes everything away for a biting finish. Feel is very boozy, I would go ahead a say the early stage of hot, thinning out the body, the nuttiness is tasted more than felt.
May 29, 2026
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