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Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout
Bluegrass Brewing Co. - East St. Matthew's
- From:
- Bluegrass Brewing Co. - East St. Matthew's
- Kentucky, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 13.91%
- Reviews:
- 327
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 12, 2021
- Added:
- Apr 07, 2006
- Wants:
- 33
- Gots:
- 16
No description / notes.
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Ratings by asabreed:
Reviewed by asabreed from New York
4.35/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12 oz. glass into a Thomas Hardy snifter, which I'm hoping serves this brew well.
Appearance: Black as expected, with no light getting through this sucker. A nice mocha-colored head dissipates fairly quickly but still lets some lines of lacing hang around.
Smell: A smooth and sweet toasted marshmallow, light but vanilla and oak-y bourbon, slight mocha and coffee, and berries,
Taste: Slightly, and somehow rich, burnt coffee, creamy mocha, chocolate powder, and toasted marshmallow, backed by some vanilla and bourbon flavors, oak and woodiness, and dark berries. Pretty wonderful stuff. Finishes slightly bittersweet with the coffee, marshmallow and bourbon dominating in such good ways.
Mouthfeel: How can this seem lighter-bodied for its seeming richness and alcohol? Well, it does unless I'm crazy. Rich enough but also light and extremely easy to drink--is it the bourbon doing this, making it lighter in the body? I can't really answer that.
Drinkability: Devastatingly delicious stuff, which I've consumed way too fast. Expensive as hell in bottles (around $4 for each), but I wouldn't mind buying a 4-pack for a treat every now and then, especially since winter's coming. I love barrel aging and have been a fan of the experiment for a while now, and this one certainly doesn't disappoint.
Oct 12, 2006Appearance: Black as expected, with no light getting through this sucker. A nice mocha-colored head dissipates fairly quickly but still lets some lines of lacing hang around.
Smell: A smooth and sweet toasted marshmallow, light but vanilla and oak-y bourbon, slight mocha and coffee, and berries,
Taste: Slightly, and somehow rich, burnt coffee, creamy mocha, chocolate powder, and toasted marshmallow, backed by some vanilla and bourbon flavors, oak and woodiness, and dark berries. Pretty wonderful stuff. Finishes slightly bittersweet with the coffee, marshmallow and bourbon dominating in such good ways.
Mouthfeel: How can this seem lighter-bodied for its seeming richness and alcohol? Well, it does unless I'm crazy. Rich enough but also light and extremely easy to drink--is it the bourbon doing this, making it lighter in the body? I can't really answer that.
Drinkability: Devastatingly delicious stuff, which I've consumed way too fast. Expensive as hell in bottles (around $4 for each), but I wouldn't mind buying a 4-pack for a treat every now and then, especially since winter's coming. I love barrel aging and have been a fan of the experiment for a while now, and this one certainly doesn't disappoint.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz bottle Batch #12 purchased a 4pk in French Lick, IN and drank in 2010. Poured into a 12oz glass.
L: Black with ruby on the edges. Thin head. Some sediment.
S: Oak, lightly smoky, caramel, coffee, wood tones.
T: Woody, smoky oak, bourbon, rather sweet but not cloying.
F: Firm, smooth. It's a sipping beer with a long full-flavored finish.
O: A very complex BBS from Blue Grass Brwg that could be cellared for multiple years. It is (was) excellent in it's style.
Oct 12, 2021L: Black with ruby on the edges. Thin head. Some sediment.
S: Oak, lightly smoky, caramel, coffee, wood tones.
T: Woody, smoky oak, bourbon, rather sweet but not cloying.
F: Firm, smooth. It's a sipping beer with a long full-flavored finish.
O: A very complex BBS from Blue Grass Brwg that could be cellared for multiple years. It is (was) excellent in it's style.
Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania
3.7/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
2009 12oz bottle poured into a tulip, the brew appears black in color with a khaki cap.
The nose is pretty mild but with a hint of oak, roasty chocolate/espresso and vanilla/caramel.
Taste has some nutty character, sweet with milk chocolate and a very clean finish with an aftertaste mildly oaky. As it warms up, the nuance of oak comes forth with caramel and vanilla.
Medium to lighter in body with moderately low carbonation. Decent
Feb 03, 2016The nose is pretty mild but with a hint of oak, roasty chocolate/espresso and vanilla/caramel.
Taste has some nutty character, sweet with milk chocolate and a very clean finish with an aftertaste mildly oaky. As it warms up, the nuance of oak comes forth with caramel and vanilla.
Medium to lighter in body with moderately low carbonation. Decent
Rated by Benjamin_Stewart from Kentucky
4.7/5 rDev +23.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.7/5 rDev +23.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
One of my favorite bourbon-barrel-aged stouts. The taste brings to mind alcoholic root beer. At least, it does to me.
Dec 27, 2014Rated by Robmgm from Virginia
3.5/5 rDev -8.1%
3.5/5 rDev -8.1%
Great nose, you get the bourbon, but light in taste and complexity
Dec 12, 2014Reviewed by uvachief from Virginia
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
Draft. Pours black but I see a little light. Little 1 finger head that lingers for a bit. Hints of bourbon under chocolate and coffee through the nose. Oddly light in the mouth with only subtle tastes of bourbon. Zero burn. Light ABV is my guess. Not creamy. Goes down extremity easy and smooth. Could drink several. No after taste . Not filling. Interesting.
Oct 26, 2014
Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout from Bluegrass Brewing Co. - East St. Matthew's
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
439 ratings
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