Into The Barrel Artisan Project Bourbon Chocolate Buddha
Made In PONG DANG

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From:
Made In PONG DANG
 
South Korea
Style:
Imperial Pastry Stout
ABV:
8%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
3.23 | pDev: 8.98%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 19, 2016
Added:
Mar 26, 2016
Wants:
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Gots:
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Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.52 by AngEo from Texas

Apr 19, 2016
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Reviewed by amano_h from Oregon

2.93/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
The rotten cheese-y diacetyl is masked heavily by the choco powder addition (it does, however resurface once you give it some time) which is pretty much all you get on the first whiff. Faint dried raisins and dark roast coffee on the backend once the brew warms up.

It's actually quite amazing what just two extra weeks in the barrel does for a beer; boozy bourbon dominates all the way from the palate burning all in its path all the way down to the stomach. It could be because I came straight here after working out, but this brew feels a lot heavier than its 2 week younger predecessor.

I did get a little sidetracked, but there is a pleasant dark chocolate-y bitter that follows the lacto-sweet bourbon burn as well.

Medium-light body with a creamy initial mouthfeel which dissipates quickly like its predecessor. Light carbonation as expected from a beer of the style. The extra booze actually makes the light-ish body a lot more tolerable; Into the Barrel should have made this one its first batch.
Mar 26, 2016