Bourbon Barrel Aged Awesome Jenkins - Blanton's (Batch 2)
Thin Man Brewery
- From:
- Thin Man Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 14.88%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.39 | pDev: 2.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 07, 2022
- Added:
- May 10, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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GOLD WAX: This batch of Awesome Jenkins was aged in Blanton's Bourbon barrels for over a year before bottling. Jet black in appearance, the beer has complex notes of chocolate, roasty malt, vanilla, marshmallow, bourbon & oak. Sweet but not cloying, this is a beer that is ready to drink now or can be laid down for years to come.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut
4.24/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Batch 2 (no bottling date; released on 4/17/21, so presumably bottled within a few days of that date); consumed on 1/6/22
Pours a glossy, motor-oil black body capped with a finger and a half of fluffy, fairly dense mocha foam; sub-par head retention fizzles out to nothing beyond a few vague spots of cap, a larger, creaky collar, and minimal-nolacing holding to the walls of the glass.
Aroma opens to malted milk balls and barrel-laden vanilla as nutty cacao nibs semi-sweeten bourbon caramels while a prickly oak intensity builds over the middle; booze-touched cherry find the back end, a brief, wispy dark fruit interlude before a burnt toffee reduction closes.
Taste of dark cocoa is intertwined with nutty milk chocolate upfront, hints of caramel guiding toward a rounded barrel presence peaking over the mid-palate before phasing into more splintery oak and lightly smoked char on the back end, while melted marshmallow fades into the finish.
Mouthfeel features a body on the lighter side of medium along with a rounded spritz of fluffy, moderate carbonation; a creamy texture over the mid-palate holds through a tempered, boozy punch sporting a distant char, while a slick, easy finish is delicately contrasted with an expanding warmth.
Executed with an understated competence weaving an ultra-refined semi-sweet malt profile with a bourbon presence imbued calmly and naturally throughout; a pillowy, inviting texture ensures this remains a pleasurable drink from start to finish.
Jan 07, 2022Pours a glossy, motor-oil black body capped with a finger and a half of fluffy, fairly dense mocha foam; sub-par head retention fizzles out to nothing beyond a few vague spots of cap, a larger, creaky collar, and minimal-nolacing holding to the walls of the glass.
Aroma opens to malted milk balls and barrel-laden vanilla as nutty cacao nibs semi-sweeten bourbon caramels while a prickly oak intensity builds over the middle; booze-touched cherry find the back end, a brief, wispy dark fruit interlude before a burnt toffee reduction closes.
Taste of dark cocoa is intertwined with nutty milk chocolate upfront, hints of caramel guiding toward a rounded barrel presence peaking over the mid-palate before phasing into more splintery oak and lightly smoked char on the back end, while melted marshmallow fades into the finish.
Mouthfeel features a body on the lighter side of medium along with a rounded spritz of fluffy, moderate carbonation; a creamy texture over the mid-palate holds through a tempered, boozy punch sporting a distant char, while a slick, easy finish is delicately contrasted with an expanding warmth.
Executed with an understated competence weaving an ultra-refined semi-sweet malt profile with a bourbon presence imbued calmly and naturally throughout; a pillowy, inviting texture ensures this remains a pleasurable drink from start to finish.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.48/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
This one pours a fairly dark inky black color, with a small head, and not much lacing.
This smells like roasted malt, licorice, smoke, vanilla, oak, spice, and bourbon.
This is super old school, and works really well for me. It feels distinctly European in execution, rather than American. There's that licorice, smoke, dark chocolate, and big roast character. The barrel adds some earthy vanilla, there's lots of oak spice, caramel, tobacco, and maybe even some coconut. As the beer warms up a bit, some additional molasses, vanilla, and caramel sweetness come forward.
This is medium bodied, very creamy, with barely any booziness to it. It's pretty drinkable for what it is.
I imagine this might not bring all of the pastry boiz to the yard, but it works quite well for me.
May 10, 2021This smells like roasted malt, licorice, smoke, vanilla, oak, spice, and bourbon.
This is super old school, and works really well for me. It feels distinctly European in execution, rather than American. There's that licorice, smoke, dark chocolate, and big roast character. The barrel adds some earthy vanilla, there's lots of oak spice, caramel, tobacco, and maybe even some coconut. As the beer warms up a bit, some additional molasses, vanilla, and caramel sweetness come forward.
This is medium bodied, very creamy, with barely any booziness to it. It's pretty drinkable for what it is.
I imagine this might not bring all of the pastry boiz to the yard, but it works quite well for me.
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