Tiramisu - Barrel-Aged
Trillium Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

Poured into a tulip glass via bottle

color is a chocolate brown, with mahogany colored foam

smell is bourbon up front, followed by some molasses, brown sugar, dark fruit, baker's chocolate and faint coffee

Taste is sweet caramel and bourbon off the bat, some charred oak and vanilla follow with that faint coffee bringing up the rear

carbonation is very low

mouthfeel is full and creamy/buttery

sweet but not as pastry sweet as some other Trillium stout

very nice!

 

 

 

 

 

Pours an inky black with a loose, quarter-inch, mocha-colored head that dissipates into a tight band. Nose is a bit sharp and somewhat unanticipated - dark malts and green bell peppers. Taste reveals milk chocolate, notes of coffee, marshmallow and a kiss of green peppers at the finish. Mouthfeel is light-medium in body with a carbonation shy of assertive. Overall, interesting; however, not sure that long-term aging is recommended for this beer.

Drank from a 25.4 fl oz (750 ml) bottle purchased at Trillium Brewing Company, Boston, MA
02/26/19
Served in a tulip

Review #1725

Inky pitch black appearance. Super slick, oily and viscous in the glass. A thin, bubbly, saddle brown cap topped the liquid but it quickly dissolved. No lacing or head retention whatsoever.

Coffee dominated in the aroma. Rich, robust, darker roast coffee. Loads of vanilla. Subtle brown sugar notes were apparent as well. Nice amount of sweetness. There was a really interesting herbal-like booziness too. An Italian amaro came to mind. As the beer sat, the coffee presence decreased and the herbal notes intensified.

The flavor profile was huge. Loads of roasted malts on the front end. Strong vanilla notes too. Moderately sweet. Espresso came through big time in the center. Some brown sugar as well. More roastiness on the back end. The beer finished with big, boozy bourbon notes and some lingering, oaky barrel character.

Fantastic full bodied mouthfeel. Creamy, frothy and smooth on the palate. The liquid contained a fine, zippy effervescence that fluffed up nicely. After a few sips, the beer left a super sticky film on my lips.

Barrel-Aged Tiramisu is a terrific pastry stout, but I still prefer the non-barrel aged version over it. The bourbon notes and the barrel aging seemed to mellow the adjuncts and subdue the overall sweetness. This is almost an entirely different beast from the original.

 

This is a pretty amazing beer but really one note - the overall impression I got from it was drinking bourbon first, then beer. I usually love the barrel taste but in this case it was a little too overwhelming and I couldn't really taste the adjuncts as much as I would have liked. I'm not dinging it for taste as much as I didn't not enjoy it (just to superimpose the dreaded double negative, yet one with a perfect purpose...); the bourbon taste was still awesome, just a little too dominant for me. Otherwise, it had all the other components of a great BA stout.

Very dark brown appearance with a nice light brown head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is a slightly sweet vanilla, coffee and chocolate blend. Taste is a very pleasant blend of bourbon, vanilla, coffee and chocolate.

Super thick, smooth, cakey, rich chocolate, immense coffee aroma, mild bourbon, oak, creamy vanilla and lactose sweetness, brown sugar, tiramisu notes

L -- Motor oil black in the glass with a thin ring of light brown head. Looks almost still
S -- Coffee syrup, bourbon, oatcakes, light nuttiness, chocolate syrup, marzipan, marshmallow. Has this mild vegetal aroma too, which throws things off a little
T -- Vanilla cake, earthen oakiness, milk chocolate, cold brew coffee, mild bourbon. The barrel aging cuts through the sweetness of the base beer just the right amount
F -- Thick, viscous, creamy mouthfeel. Minimal silky carb.
O -- Just missed out on the bottle release of this one, but managed to snag on draft at Fort Point. It's good but not Earth shattering, so don't worry if you miss out on this one

87/100