Blended With Lumber #4
Timber Ales

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing nearly opaque in the glass with a thin khaki film that dissipates to sparse patches with no lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, pecans, caramel, bakers chocolate and mild toasted cococonut. Flavor is dark toasted malt, pecans, vanilla, milk chocolate, coconut and light whiskey. Medium bodied with moderate creaminess and understated carbonation, but much better than the near still pour indicated. Another rich, flavorful blended stout from timber. The aroma was somewhat simple, but the flavor has a nice blend of the various adjuncts. Pecan is the most dominant, but there are nice, well blended chocolate, vanilla and coconut flavors too. Barrel notes, including the whiskey are light, but there is plenty going on anyway. Needs a bit more carbonation to be stellar, but still a worthy blended stout.

 

Another absolutely perfect stunning pour. Deep dark color, ridiculously great brown head a few inches thick that slowly settles.

Some nuttiness comes through on the nose.

Delicious. Rich, thick stout with noticeable hints of the conditioning, especially the pecans.

The only negative about these beers is how expensive they are - otherwise, a perfect thick delicious stout.

I was surprised to see this at our local Total Wine, so I took a chance to see how it was.
Poured darker than the normal “stout black” and had a short lived brown head which left no lacing. About par for a BA stout, even one that is only 1/3 BA.
The taste is coffee and chocolate and nutty, which I imagined as pecans but couldn’t swear to actually being able to pick them out from other possible nuts.
The vanilla I suspect got involved in the chocolate flavor I was getting, I didn’t discern it by itself.
The feel was light for an adjunct loaded, partially barrel aged imperial stout, but just a bit. Made drinking it a little too easy.
OA, a genuinely tasty stout, not overly sweet and just a little nutty.

Poured from a 120z can with no date into a snifter.
Look: Pitch, motor oil black, with no head on the pour. Dark brown lacing rests at the edges of the glass. When scrutinized in the light, an array of brown residue hangs in the liquid. Not quite sure what this is.
Smell: Insane. Rich chocolatey coffee presents itself before your nose can even meet the glass's lip, accompanied by an intense nutty coconut aroma.
Taste: Following the nose, the pecans add a distinct nutty flavor to the affair, with an acute sweetness from the vanilla beans and coconut paired with ethanol. Strong is an understatement. Unfortunately, if you told me this was barrel-aged, I'd have a hard time believing you. That flavor is all but lost.
Feel: Despite the intensity of the flavor, the mouthfeel here is not nearly as heavy as you'd think, although still quite present.
Overall: Not my favorite of Timber's offerings. It's just a bit too sweet, and there's so much going on that's easy to get lost in.

Poured from a 12oz can into a snifter. Pours a thick, oily black with minimal dark mocha brown foam head that quickly fades away. Aromas of light bourbon, pecans, chocolate and vanilla. The coconut and coffee do not come off very strong on the nose or taste. Perhaps there is too much going on here or perhaps the coconut and vanilla combine for a general sweetness. That said, it’s not crazy sweet. As it warms, on the taste, I get a cinnamon flavor which I suspect is a combination of the whiskey barrel, pecans and coffee. It’s tasty though with a full mouthfeel. Good carbonation levels. I dig it.

Blended with nuttiness, blended with bourbon, blended with sugar. Timber ales lumber release could easily be called a lot of things. But this barrel aged series settles on this coconut and pecan, choice bourbon barrels and pastry woven stout is anything but lumbering.

Vicous matte black, Blended With Lumber #4 settles ominously still in the glass, floating only a scent of decadence with no measure of froth. That swirling scent of chocolate, coffee, bourbon spice, toffee and vanilla bring tendencies of cappuccino and cake to the nose. In similar fashion, its early taste is a heavy sweetness of toffee, molasses, chocolate, candied nuttiness all to suggest the maltiness of praline.

Mouth coating and lavishly sweet and savory, the unctuous stout is unwavering in its brownie batter flavor and consistency, the invitation of Weller bourbon shines through the malt, bringing with it nuances of caramel, vanilla, toasted oak and whisky spice. Trailing into a nutty softness of pecan and coconut, the finish lightens for a vanilla-like smoothness and a coffee heavy after palate.

Plush, chewy and cloying on the finish, the stout is pastry heavy through and through. Anything more than a couple ounces at a time with certainly evoke diabetes but based on its decadent flavors, what a way to go.

 

Black as ink with thick dark tan head. Nose is slightly coffee, slightly chocolate and slightly coconut..in that order. Taste is 100% almond joy candy bar with booze! Too sweet for my taste, however for what it is a good beer

Poured at fridge temp. Pours motor oil black with a little bit of head. The nose is full of vanilla, coconut, hazelnuts, and chocolate. Not getting much coffee. Definitely a nice integration of flavors!

The taste is super smooth. Nuts, vanilla, marshmallow, caramel, chocolate, milk, slight coffee, and a slight hint of dark fruits. Thick mouthfeel. Overall, a really nice stout.