Breakfast With Woodford
Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- From:
- Block 15 Brewing - Southtown Tap Room
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 4.42 | pDev: 2.71%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 23, 2021
- Added:
- Jan 25, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Beersnake from California
4.27/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured at fridge temp. Pours jet black with little head. Nose is very coffee forward. Maple syrup and chocolate come through. A bit of bourbon and some roasted malts. Very smooth.
Taste is really nice. Dry. Coffee, toffee, bourbon, licorice, roasted malts, vanilla, and dark fruit. Figs, blackberries, and cherries. Very nice indeed. After 4 years, this is still tasting amazing.
The mouthfeel is thick and creamy. Perfect for a breakfast stout. Overall, this is a great one that is still tasting great.
Dec 23, 2021Taste is really nice. Dry. Coffee, toffee, bourbon, licorice, roasted malts, vanilla, and dark fruit. Figs, blackberries, and cherries. Very nice indeed. After 4 years, this is still tasting amazing.
The mouthfeel is thick and creamy. Perfect for a breakfast stout. Overall, this is a great one that is still tasting great.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
4.43/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Bottle:
The beer has a clean black look initially coming out of the bottle but gets a little murkiness as I switch glasses. This is not noticeable in the glass. The head is a nice light mocha/medium tan, and has some staying power. There's some clinging to the glass, but not too much lacing. Light at the edges shows a dark brown and betrays the perceived murkiness of the mid-to-late pour.
The nose isn't overly powerful, initially, but does have a solid backbone of fresh dark roast coffee. There are hints of chocolate and coconut and maybe even just a little of the roasted malt. Let it warm a tad, though. Warmth brings out some lovely sweeter notes to counter the more easily perceived notes - vanilla, chocolate, bourbon, and even the maple syrup as a lingering scent.
The coffee backbone extends into the taste. Oddly, my initial sips showed a more mocha, creamy side with a touch of sweetness than my impression as the beer warmed. Coconut and vanilla were in the mix. With warmth, the bold, unsweetened coffee sorta comes forward - with perhaps a more raw bakers chocolate as an accent. There is still some vanilla/coconut from the barrel aging, but there's also some barrel tang that starts to come out. As this grows, the maple syrup joins the vanilla, and the bourbon itself makes a brief appearance in the very back of the taste.
Feel is fairly thick and mostly creamy, without being too heavy. There's a nice little pop of carbonation that helps, as does the high note of the wood tang coming through. There's only the slightest tingle from that bourbon heat in the background.
The nose and taste both seemed to shift and almost swap places with warmth. The initial nose was subdued while the opening sips were exciting (if leaning sweet). The nose blossomed and the taste seemed to lose some distinction. The end product of the taste was still very nice, and I wouldn't mind grabbing this again if I happened to be around when it was offered (which I understand isn't a too wide a window at this point).
Feb 18, 2018The beer has a clean black look initially coming out of the bottle but gets a little murkiness as I switch glasses. This is not noticeable in the glass. The head is a nice light mocha/medium tan, and has some staying power. There's some clinging to the glass, but not too much lacing. Light at the edges shows a dark brown and betrays the perceived murkiness of the mid-to-late pour.
The nose isn't overly powerful, initially, but does have a solid backbone of fresh dark roast coffee. There are hints of chocolate and coconut and maybe even just a little of the roasted malt. Let it warm a tad, though. Warmth brings out some lovely sweeter notes to counter the more easily perceived notes - vanilla, chocolate, bourbon, and even the maple syrup as a lingering scent.
The coffee backbone extends into the taste. Oddly, my initial sips showed a more mocha, creamy side with a touch of sweetness than my impression as the beer warmed. Coconut and vanilla were in the mix. With warmth, the bold, unsweetened coffee sorta comes forward - with perhaps a more raw bakers chocolate as an accent. There is still some vanilla/coconut from the barrel aging, but there's also some barrel tang that starts to come out. As this grows, the maple syrup joins the vanilla, and the bourbon itself makes a brief appearance in the very back of the taste.
Feel is fairly thick and mostly creamy, without being too heavy. There's a nice little pop of carbonation that helps, as does the high note of the wood tang coming through. There's only the slightest tingle from that bourbon heat in the background.
The nose and taste both seemed to shift and almost swap places with warmth. The initial nose was subdued while the opening sips were exciting (if leaning sweet). The nose blossomed and the taste seemed to lose some distinction. The end product of the taste was still very nice, and I wouldn't mind grabbing this again if I happened to be around when it was offered (which I understand isn't a too wide a window at this point).
Reviewed by John_M from Washington
4.46/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
On tap at NWIPA the other day.
The beer pours a blackish brown color with excellent head retention and considerable lacing. The nose on this beer is terrific, and one gets the impression the beer has seen considerable bourbon barreling aging. Aside from the great bourbon aroma, one picks up considerable coffee, vanilla, dark chocolate and a hint of licorice. The flavor profile replicates the nose, with the bourbon and coffee seeming to dominate. The beer is full bodied and a bit boozy (I think some short term cellaring would benefit this beer), and the finish is long and flavor infused. Alcohol is well integrated into the flavor profile otherwise, though you can certainly tells it's up there a bit.
Very impressive beer from B15. My understanding is that this is supposed to be a variant of the 2017 Super Nebula, but this beer is very different from the regular SN, and it's hard for me to believe that SN is the base beer in BWW. In any event, this is excellent stuff, and a beer I was surprised and pleased to see at NWIPA.
Edit from 9/19/20. Just finished off my last bottle of this last night. Still really, really good, but I think this needs to be drunk up. I felt like the flavor profile was starting to fade just a tad, and it's now drying out a bit on the finish. That being said, this is still a terrific, very enjoyable beer from B15.
Feb 18, 2017The beer pours a blackish brown color with excellent head retention and considerable lacing. The nose on this beer is terrific, and one gets the impression the beer has seen considerable bourbon barreling aging. Aside from the great bourbon aroma, one picks up considerable coffee, vanilla, dark chocolate and a hint of licorice. The flavor profile replicates the nose, with the bourbon and coffee seeming to dominate. The beer is full bodied and a bit boozy (I think some short term cellaring would benefit this beer), and the finish is long and flavor infused. Alcohol is well integrated into the flavor profile otherwise, though you can certainly tells it's up there a bit.
Very impressive beer from B15. My understanding is that this is supposed to be a variant of the 2017 Super Nebula, but this beer is very different from the regular SN, and it's hard for me to believe that SN is the base beer in BWW. In any event, this is excellent stuff, and a beer I was surprised and pleased to see at NWIPA.
Edit from 9/19/20. Just finished off my last bottle of this last night. Still really, really good, but I think this needs to be drunk up. I felt like the flavor profile was starting to fade just a tad, and it's now drying out a bit on the finish. That being said, this is still a terrific, very enjoyable beer from B15.
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