Blended With Lumber #1
Timber Ales

 

This one pours a fairly dark black color, with a small head, and a little bit of lacing.

This smells like milk chocolate, sweet vanilla frosting, roasted malt, caramel, and oak.

I get the impression that this series is about a few things – finding some balance in barrel aged beers, and making them more user friendly. But I also get the impression that this is also probably about using up some leftover beer in barrels, slamming some adjuncts through it, and blending it with fresh imperial stout. Nothing wrong that, but I just prefer Timber’s 100% barrel aged stouts, with no adjuncts. That all being said, this is still an enjoyable experience, as the vanilla is not overdone, and the base stout is quite chocolatey and tasty. I just wish there was more barrel character, as Timber’s barrel character is usually dynamite.

This is medium bodied, creamy, and not all that boozy, with a nice drinkability.

This is a bit more lightweight than Timber is normally known for, but it’s still quite tasty.

A - Pours pitch black with a very thin tan head. Light amount of spotty lacing.

S - Aroma is chocolate, vanilla, oak and heavy barrel.

T - The taste is dark chocolate, vanilla, maple, oak and some nice barrel heat in the finish.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a slick dry finish.

O - Really solid BBA stout.

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing opaque near-black in the glass with a half finger dark khaki head with good retention and light solid lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, milk chocolate, vanilla and whiskey. Flavor follows with dark toasted malt, milk and dark chocolate, whiskey and vanilla; faint coffee and woody oak in the finish. Medium bodied with moderate creaminess, nice mouth feel. I picked up a bottle of #2 in this series a few months ago locally, but never saw this one; found a bottle in Southern California. This has a half to one year on it and I think it was stored at room temperature. It is a deep, full flavored barreled stout with a nice balance of chocolate malt, vanilla from nibs and whiskey from the barrel. Well integrated. The base malt is rich and chocolatey with the big ABV well covered. I'm a fan of Timber stouts and enjoyed this vanilla and blended version. Nice sipper.

From the 12 oz bottle in a snifter. This monster imperial pours a
slick coal black with a modest head of brown foam that settles to a
thin ring, faint dusty layer, and shows some light legs. Nose of
bourbon, oak, vanilla, dark chocolate, and dark roasted malts.
Flavors hit the mark with dark chocolate fudge, oak, bourbon,
rich vanilla, moderate char, and dark berry nuances.
Mouth feel is full, smooth, moderately slick, subtle
carbonation, lightly warming, and finishing with a
sweet bitter malt note.

Overall, a very nice imperial without being overly cloying
on the sweetness spectrum.


Cheers

 

Poured at fridge temp. Pours motor oil black, with a motor oil consistency! Nice light brown head. The nose screams vanilla. Also picking up notes of chocolate, slight walnut, and a touch of roasted malts.

The taste is really good. I was expecting a one-dimensional taste of vanilla after smelling it, but this is most definitely not. A lot going on. Vanilla, burnt caramel, brown sugar, roasted malts, some dark-roasted coffee, slight pipe tobacco, and some really smooth dark fruit. Bourbon is definitely there as well, providing a nice boozy taste. Really good, with a thick mouthfeel!

12oz bottle poured into a Bissell Brothers tulip
First experience with Timber Ales; A big thanks to @jzeilinger for this!

P black w/ a tiny tan head; quick recession
N bold roast and barrel notes
T big fudge notes supplemented by nuttiness, vanilla, booze, and light cherry notes; mild-mod heat; quite tasty
Mf med-full bodied; med carb w/ a slight prickleness
O a well-executed barrel-aged imperial stout; would definitely have again, given the opportunity

Review date: 09.13.23
Bottle date: not captured

 

 

Pours a dark brown color with a minimal head that disappears quickly. Sweet aroma of vanilla and roasted malts. Taste is vanilla and caramel with a strong alcohol warmth. Thick and creamy.

 

A - Dark brown pour with dense toffee colored lacing.

S - Toasted /roasted cocoa with some booziness.

T - Toasted cocoa, oak, Bourbon and ends on the sweeter side.

M - Big silky body.

O - Really impressive and want more.