Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (Knob Creek)
Blindman Brewing
- From:
- Blindman Brewing
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11.6%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.31 | pDev: 1.39%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 07, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 21, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Knob Creek Kentucky bourbon barrels aged for 232 days.
Cellared since Aug 30, 2021.
Cellared since Aug 30, 2021.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Beersnake from California
4.25/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a can at fridge temp. Pours motor oil black with pretty much zero head. The nose is fantastic - tons of bourbon comes through immediately. Vanilla, brown sugar, booze, slight black licorice, and some amazing dark fruit notes.
The taste is super smooth. Maybe it's the 2 years of age, but this is super nicely integrated. Perfect balance of bourbon, vanilla, and roasted malts. Still some nice bitterness, but it doesn't overpower. Nothing does. Just mingles nicely. Blackberries, toffee, dark bread, and slight maple.
Mouthfeel is thick bodied with a roasty aftertaste. Great stout.
Sep 07, 2023The taste is super smooth. Maybe it's the 2 years of age, but this is super nicely integrated. Perfect balance of bourbon, vanilla, and roasted malts. Still some nice bitterness, but it doesn't overpower. Nothing does. Just mingles nicely. Blackberries, toffee, dark bread, and slight maple.
Mouthfeel is thick bodied with a roasty aftertaste. Great stout.
Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)
4.37/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Knob Creek bourbon barrels.
Pours an opaque black with a half finger of reddish tan head.
Nose is caramel with big notes of vanilla, graham cracker, some chocolate, oak and bourbon.
Sweet and a little bit boozy on the palate without being hot - again caramel, brown sugar, graham cracker and a good dose of vanilla - a bit of milk chocolate giving a s’mores effect; hints of the woody barrel and smooth bourbon.
Full yet not thick or oily mouthfeel - boozy warmth, sweet but not cloying - smooth and exceptionally easy to drink.
Jul 21, 2023Pours an opaque black with a half finger of reddish tan head.
Nose is caramel with big notes of vanilla, graham cracker, some chocolate, oak and bourbon.
Sweet and a little bit boozy on the palate without being hot - again caramel, brown sugar, graham cracker and a good dose of vanilla - a bit of milk chocolate giving a s’mores effect; hints of the woody barrel and smooth bourbon.
Full yet not thick or oily mouthfeel - boozy warmth, sweet but not cloying - smooth and exceptionally easy to drink.
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