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Bourbon Barrel Stout (Clay Street Series)
Bluegrass Brewing Co. - East St. Matthew's
- From:
- Bluegrass Brewing Co. - East St. Matthew's
- Kentucky, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 8.6%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.32 | pDev: 20.48%
- Reviews:
- 178
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 28, 2019
- Added:
- May 05, 2010
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 58
No description / notes.
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Ratings by jlindros:
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.73/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.73/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Oh man, this looked so good from the bottle, then saw the lower r-avg... now I'm not so sure, but I gotta judge for myself. Bottled in June 2012, thanks to JonnyGalt (reddit) for this one.
Pours a darker colored fizzy head that hits about 1/2 a finger before fading semi quickly, no real lacing, looks like a 10% abv beer kinda head, pitch black beer.
Nose is mostly dark malts, bit of dark choc, cocoa, light roast and coffee and a bit of acrid roast. Lots of syrupy malts, caramel like but more candy dark syrup. Some oats, other dark malts, black malts, etc. Very light barrel with some vanilla and barely a hint of bourbon.
Taste starts with more dark malts, creamy milk chocolate and oats out front, with some caramel, toffee, and a bit of candy syrup. Just a touch of roasted malt and some coffee but not a lot of either, and that limits the touch of acrid flavor that seems to have died down in some of the sitting in the bottle. Nice vanilla character as well, from a touch of barrel but barely any other barrel characters and no bourbon. It brings a light chalky powdered cocoa as it goes, with light spicy hop bitterness, and some warming booze. Finish is drier but a little sticky, a bit more warming booze, more creamy milk chocolate but also powdered cocoa, hint of coffee and dark malts, and bit more vanilla.
Mouth is med to fuller bodied, fairly creamy, light but decent carb for the style, some warming booze.
Overall not bad, not a great beer, but the base stout seems like a pretty good beer. It doesn't have a whole lot of malts and flavors going on, it's not an imperial stout so fairly good for just an American stout. however, the lack of Bourbon Barrel really hits hard as I really wanted some of that.
Jan 19, 2013Pours a darker colored fizzy head that hits about 1/2 a finger before fading semi quickly, no real lacing, looks like a 10% abv beer kinda head, pitch black beer.
Nose is mostly dark malts, bit of dark choc, cocoa, light roast and coffee and a bit of acrid roast. Lots of syrupy malts, caramel like but more candy dark syrup. Some oats, other dark malts, black malts, etc. Very light barrel with some vanilla and barely a hint of bourbon.
Taste starts with more dark malts, creamy milk chocolate and oats out front, with some caramel, toffee, and a bit of candy syrup. Just a touch of roasted malt and some coffee but not a lot of either, and that limits the touch of acrid flavor that seems to have died down in some of the sitting in the bottle. Nice vanilla character as well, from a touch of barrel but barely any other barrel characters and no bourbon. It brings a light chalky powdered cocoa as it goes, with light spicy hop bitterness, and some warming booze. Finish is drier but a little sticky, a bit more warming booze, more creamy milk chocolate but also powdered cocoa, hint of coffee and dark malts, and bit more vanilla.
Mouth is med to fuller bodied, fairly creamy, light but decent carb for the style, some warming booze.
Overall not bad, not a great beer, but the base stout seems like a pretty good beer. It doesn't have a whole lot of malts and flavors going on, it's not an imperial stout so fairly good for just an American stout. however, the lack of Bourbon Barrel really hits hard as I really wanted some of that.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by 98green from Michigan
3.55/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.55/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Not sure I'm on the right beer, but I'm reviewing the standard BBA stout. On tap at Main Street location and I think on nitro. Dark black and opaque. Smell is oak and toffee. Taste brings more Carmel and that bourbon twang. Feel is very thin, and carb is nonexistent. My 2nd low carbed beer here. Is that intentional or bad process? Overall a decent BBA stout, but it won't put any whales out of business
May 30, 2016Reviewed by gopens44 from Virginia
2.97/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.97/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
This one is best described and left at as "thin, watery, underwhelming and as such, slightly useless given it's style." Now then, explained further, even though the nose comes close to carrying some depth of character in this, the wateri-ness overwhelms any bourbon, vanilla or coffee you'd expect in this type of beer. Almost as if it were watered down purposely.
Jan 17, 2016Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.61/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
On tap at AW Shucks Bar and Grill in Norfolk, VA.
This one pours a dark-ish brown, nearly black, with a small foamy head, and not a lot of lacing.
Smells like light bourbon, vanilla, and chocolate, with very little roastiness.
This is fairly tasty, but a little bit thin, unfortunately. There's a slight amount of bourbon, with some caramel, vanilla, and chocolate. It's pretty sweet with a lower level of roastiness.
This is medium bodied, a little thin, with a lower level of carbonation.
Not bad, not great.
Sep 09, 2015This one pours a dark-ish brown, nearly black, with a small foamy head, and not a lot of lacing.
Smells like light bourbon, vanilla, and chocolate, with very little roastiness.
This is fairly tasty, but a little bit thin, unfortunately. There's a slight amount of bourbon, with some caramel, vanilla, and chocolate. It's pretty sweet with a lower level of roastiness.
This is medium bodied, a little thin, with a lower level of carbonation.
Not bad, not great.
Bourbon Barrel Stout (Clay Street Series) from Bluegrass Brewing Co. - East St. Matthew's
Beer rating:
76 out of
100 with
470 ratings
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