Schell's Cave-Aged Barrel-Aged Series #4
August Schell Brewing Company

Dark brown appearance with a nice tan head that dissipates slowly. Aroma is a pleasant Slightly sweet bourbon and caramel. Taste is also a very pleasant smooth bourbon and caramel.

 

 

 

Pours a dark mahogany with some black cherry highlights it has a thin tan head. Smell is oak and bourbon some dark fruit and chocolate. Taste is off the charts ,soft mellow bourbon mixes with date and fig then chocolate all smooth with a pleasant lager malt. Mouth feel sweet and mellow with char and vanilla/chocolate, a superb finish. this is a top tier BA Lager.

 

Love this beer. I have gone through a case of it and will finally five it a score. Dark brown color with a finger of head. Some lacing is left behind. Aroma of bourbon, oak, chocolate malt, and some earthy and herbal hops. Nice flavor balance of sweet malt and barrel character. Notes of bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, char, and some licorice. Very slight hint of boozy heat. Full bodied and nicely carbonated.

12 oz. bottle. Black and a little transparent at the edges. Smells of lots of bourbon. Strong corn bourbon aroma. Oak. Vanilla. Sweet chocolate malt. Tastes of bourbon up front also. Some sweet chocolate behind it. Sweetness lingers. Oak and bourbon in the finish. Medium heavy and pretty sweet. Good, but just about as sweet as I can handle, maybe just beyond that.

 

The beer had a strong smell of bourbon and was a bit sweet for my tastes.

Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 3/23/2018. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, vanilla, toffee, brown sugar, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, nuts, and dark/brown bread; with light notes of molasses, licorice, smoke, leather, raisin, plum, fig, herbal, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, bourbon barrel, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, vanilla, toffee, brown sugar, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, nuts, and dark/brown bread; with light notes of molasses, licorice, smoke, leather, raisin, plum, fig, herbal, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Light herbal/roast/char bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, vanilla, toffee, brown sugar, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, nuts, dark/brown bread, light molasses/dark fruit, herbal, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, bourbon barrel, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with an awesome roasted bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is great. Mildly increasing warmth of 10.9%, with zero barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic Baltic porter! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, bourbon barrel, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV. Very clean lagering, not overly fruity. Very rich and complex malts, with awesome barrel integration/balance. Not overly roasty, bitter, or drying. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

 

 

 

 

Great looking beer with two fingers of creamy tan/khaki colored head. The beer itself is a dark-very dark brown.
The smell is of bourbon, vanilla, oak and barrel are very present.
The taste is very much the same. A nice bourbon with sweetness. Caramel, vanilla. Barrel is balanced but with a good presence.
Feeling is dry, leaves almost as quickly as it enters while the taste stays.
Overall, I didn't know what to expect from this but it ended up being a treat.

12oz bottle poured into a snifter.Pours a deep brown/black with a 2 finger tan head. Head doesn't last long and forms a thin ring around the glass with some lacing around the glass. Soft and sweet whiskey smell, with oak, vanilla and some chocolate, great aroma The taste is a nice vanilla and bourbon flavor. I get oak and some bitter chocolate with sweet and roasted malt. Mouthfeel is medium for a porter, but it is creamy and rich. Carbonation is soft and spot on. A delicious and tasty Baltic Porter with good amount of bourbon and vanilla. Really glad I picked one up!

 

12oz bottle, served in a snifter glass. Pours a dark black body, one finger offwhite head, good retention, bits of lacing. Smell is rich cocoa powder, light milk chocolate, raisins, toasted grain, a bit of whiskey heat and oak. Flavour is dark fruit, cocoa, milk chocolate with a bit of whiskey heat, nice complexity with the bourbon and vanillin. A bit of caramel also. Really nice complexity, balance and integration. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, good carbonation, substantial with a lot of depth, mild earthy and oaky bitterness on the backend, easy to drink nonetheless. It's not a viscous motor oil beer, but plenty of body to it. A surprisingly tasty barrel-aged Baltic Porter that belies the low sticker price for it.