2019 Anniversary Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Raised Grain Brewing Company
- From:
- Raised Grain Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 0.24%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 08, 2020
- Added:
- Dec 16, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4.21/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a one pint can on October 26, 2019. Their award-winning Black Walnut stout aged in Four Roses Bourbon barrels for their fourth anniversary.
Mar 08, 2020
Reviewed by TheGent from New Jersey
4.23/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Review of the Rye and Bourbon side-by-side
Look
The beers look the same. They pour opaque black, with a finger or two of tightly packed light brown foam. Before I start drinking, the head settled down to a thin layer across the top of the beer, leaving thick streaks of lacing on the glass. Very attractive looking imperial stouts. No visible carbonation. As I drink the beers down just wonderful streaks and blots of lacing.
Smell
Both beers have sweet malt aromas with gentle and warming hints of the 10% ABV, along with oak barrel characteristics. About as much I desire. Both also have a fruitiness to the aroma, but this aspect is more intense in the bourbon barrel aged version. I would call it fresh plum. A lot of charred oak on both beers. The rye version seems sweeter to me, which provides a more well-rounded aroma when taking the high level of char and oak into consideration. Both are very nutty. Walnut. Also with prominent espresso aromas.
Taste
On the tip of tongue, some semi-sweet chocolate that provides a nice balance between sweet and bitter. Chocolate cherry cordial. Some vanilla and sweet bourbon notes. The sweetness shifts quickly to a dry and bitter stout. The finish is long and dry with a lingering oak and espresso bitterness. I think that the rye version is little sweeter and bit more complex due to some rye spice, but not much.
Feel
Both stouts are medium bodied. Rounded feel. Warmth in the pipes with a touch of sticky sweetness on the lips. The bitterness defines the finish on both. It lingers forever.
Overall
Both beers are very enjoyable and great examples of whiskey barrel aged stouts. They start out semi-sweet and quickly shift to dry and bitter, both of which are defining characteristics of the beers. In a sea of pastry and additive-laden impression beers (I enjoy both), it is refreshing to have a drinking beer that showcases the base stout and the influence of a Whiskey barrel for what it is. Nothing more, nothing less. Drinkable for the ABV, huge barrel and oak presence, great base stout
Dec 16, 2019Look
The beers look the same. They pour opaque black, with a finger or two of tightly packed light brown foam. Before I start drinking, the head settled down to a thin layer across the top of the beer, leaving thick streaks of lacing on the glass. Very attractive looking imperial stouts. No visible carbonation. As I drink the beers down just wonderful streaks and blots of lacing.
Smell
Both beers have sweet malt aromas with gentle and warming hints of the 10% ABV, along with oak barrel characteristics. About as much I desire. Both also have a fruitiness to the aroma, but this aspect is more intense in the bourbon barrel aged version. I would call it fresh plum. A lot of charred oak on both beers. The rye version seems sweeter to me, which provides a more well-rounded aroma when taking the high level of char and oak into consideration. Both are very nutty. Walnut. Also with prominent espresso aromas.
Taste
On the tip of tongue, some semi-sweet chocolate that provides a nice balance between sweet and bitter. Chocolate cherry cordial. Some vanilla and sweet bourbon notes. The sweetness shifts quickly to a dry and bitter stout. The finish is long and dry with a lingering oak and espresso bitterness. I think that the rye version is little sweeter and bit more complex due to some rye spice, but not much.
Feel
Both stouts are medium bodied. Rounded feel. Warmth in the pipes with a touch of sticky sweetness on the lips. The bitterness defines the finish on both. It lingers forever.
Overall
Both beers are very enjoyable and great examples of whiskey barrel aged stouts. They start out semi-sweet and quickly shift to dry and bitter, both of which are defining characteristics of the beers. In a sea of pastry and additive-laden impression beers (I enjoy both), it is refreshing to have a drinking beer that showcases the base stout and the influence of a Whiskey barrel for what it is. Nothing more, nothing less. Drinkable for the ABV, huge barrel and oak presence, great base stout
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