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Top Sail Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter (Brewmaster Reserve 2010)
Full Sail Brewing Company
- From:
- Full Sail Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 9.85%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.8 | pDev: 13.42%
- Reviews:
- 69
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 15, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 21, 2010
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 19
After its initial release in February 2009, Top Sail was aged for about 10 months in Bourbon casks from Kentucky.
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Reviewed by Ruger_44-Redhawk from Idaho
4.64/5 rDev +22.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.64/5 rDev +22.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Absolutely awesome! I just started opening my stored vintages. Opened on 4/14/18 after hording since 2010. This has retained it's flavor profile brilliantly. It almost has a stout feel which I prefer over porters. Thick and rich with no light penetrating. Very heavy on the bourbon! Smells strongly of bourbon. Taste of bourbon, chocolate, wood, leather, smoke and caramel. Luckily I have saved more of these.
Apr 15, 2018Reviewed by DVMin98 from North Carolina
3.61/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Deep brown color. Smell is roasted malts and some bourbon. No oxidation, even though almost 7 years old. Flavor is a fair amount of bourbon for a beer of this age. Somewhat flat, but still had a hiss when uncapped. Overall, this aged fairly well and still had a lot of the characteristics it described.
Apr 24, 2017Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
4/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Solid head on it, beige, black colored beer. Aroma was substantial bourbon, chocolate malt, oak, dark fruit, lots of burn/bitterness.
All that bitterness, dark fruit burn goes away on the tongue. Really smooth mouthfeel actually, they really counterbalanced the high degree of roastiness with some chewy malt and bourbon that hides it good. Chocolate there, but nowhere near a choco bomb.
Dec 31, 2015All that bitterness, dark fruit burn goes away on the tongue. Really smooth mouthfeel actually, they really counterbalanced the high degree of roastiness with some chewy malt and bourbon that hides it good. Chocolate there, but nowhere near a choco bomb.
Reviewed by Beerzebub from California
4.16/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.16/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Cellared for about 4 years at 55 degrees F.
Dark dark brown. A bit of tan froth.
Aroma is somewhat muted, but quite nice - dark chocolate, oily dark roast coffee beans, bourbon with a good charred/soot aspect, and a bit of earthy hops. Lacking in intensity, but deep, cohesive, and fairly complex.
Tastes like dark fruit - along the lines of dried cherry, almost red winelike - along with bourbon/char, dark chocolate, and coffee. Cohesive, balanced, and quite tasty. Long tasty finish.
Smooth, velvety texture.
This has aged surprisingly well; far better than the 2008 version I opened alongside it. Probably a good time to drink this up.
Jun 12, 2014Dark dark brown. A bit of tan froth.
Aroma is somewhat muted, but quite nice - dark chocolate, oily dark roast coffee beans, bourbon with a good charred/soot aspect, and a bit of earthy hops. Lacking in intensity, but deep, cohesive, and fairly complex.
Tastes like dark fruit - along the lines of dried cherry, almost red winelike - along with bourbon/char, dark chocolate, and coffee. Cohesive, balanced, and quite tasty. Long tasty finish.
Smooth, velvety texture.
This has aged surprisingly well; far better than the 2008 version I opened alongside it. Probably a good time to drink this up.
Reviewed by DavidST from Texas
4.03/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 22oz bottle into a tulip glass, unknown freshness. This pours a pitch black color with a large but short lived tan head. The smells are of bourbon, oak and alcohol, a little overpowering. The feel is medium to a little thicker. The taste is okay, it might need a little age, anyways I get a full coat of dark roasted malts, a mouthfull of bourbon, the alcohol is very present. Not bad though, and I do love these bourbon barrel aged beers.
Jul 13, 2012Reviewed by Beerandraiderfan from Nevada
4/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at the FW Invitational earlier this month. Nice gem, bringing a 2010 keg to the party. Poured black, good head, especially for being a bourbon barrel beer. Aroma was pretty deep, oak, bourbon, dark fruit fig, cognizant deep burnt and roasted malt.
Taste, wow, pretty smooth, not massive, but not a delicate beer either, puts itself firmly in the middle of substantial and warming. Good vanilla accompaniment. Sweet at times without going overboard (although that can be damn fine sometimes). Good thickness and consistency, neither sludgy nor thin, dare I say this is balanced, and not in the way people say their ipa is (i.e. to make up for the best part not being there or severely unrepresented). Chocolate well represented.
Drank this towards the end of the day at the festival, it was easy to taste, easy to drink, but not simplistic, and I knew with the amount of palate fatigue going on, this was pretty substantial. Would recommend.
Jun 27, 2012Taste, wow, pretty smooth, not massive, but not a delicate beer either, puts itself firmly in the middle of substantial and warming. Good vanilla accompaniment. Sweet at times without going overboard (although that can be damn fine sometimes). Good thickness and consistency, neither sludgy nor thin, dare I say this is balanced, and not in the way people say their ipa is (i.e. to make up for the best part not being there or severely unrepresented). Chocolate well represented.
Drank this towards the end of the day at the festival, it was easy to taste, easy to drink, but not simplistic, and I knew with the amount of palate fatigue going on, this was pretty substantial. Would recommend.
Reviewed by boralyl from Oregon
3.56/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A - Pours a dark tan head with decent retention that leaves a little lacing. The beer is a dark brown-black with just a bit of light coming through near the top.
S - The aroma is very bourbon forward, along with some vanilla and oak. There is a little bit of roast present as well.
M - Medium in body with moderate carbonation. It's a little thin for the style.
T - A little bit of roasted and chocolate malt are up front. It's quickly followed by bourbon, a bit of oak and vanilla. The alcohol and roasted malts intertwine into the finish.
A good beer, but the barrel character is a bit too strong for the base beer.
Mar 18, 2012S - The aroma is very bourbon forward, along with some vanilla and oak. There is a little bit of roast present as well.
M - Medium in body with moderate carbonation. It's a little thin for the style.
T - A little bit of roasted and chocolate malt are up front. It's quickly followed by bourbon, a bit of oak and vanilla. The alcohol and roasted malts intertwine into the finish.
A good beer, but the barrel character is a bit too strong for the base beer.
Reviewed by silentjay from Massachusetts
3.62/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
jet black with a smallish dark mocha head that quickly recedes to a thing spattering of film with some slight lacing left behind.
bourbon is definitely most dominant in the aroma. vanilla, wood, charred wood. nice, but one-dimensional.
very bourbony. slight molasses and chocolate. charred, but with a touch of vanilla and wood.
medium bodied. subtle carbonation, with a sticky sweet finish.
hmmmm. Not bad, but for the price and style I can see a few better alternatives. Not enough of a backbone to hold up to the bourbon barrel aging.
Mar 17, 2012bourbon is definitely most dominant in the aroma. vanilla, wood, charred wood. nice, but one-dimensional.
very bourbony. slight molasses and chocolate. charred, but with a touch of vanilla and wood.
medium bodied. subtle carbonation, with a sticky sweet finish.
hmmmm. Not bad, but for the price and style I can see a few better alternatives. Not enough of a backbone to hold up to the bourbon barrel aging.
Top Sail Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter (Brewmaster Reserve 2010) from Full Sail Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
92 ratings
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