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Fifteen
Central Waters Brewing Co.
- From:
- Central Waters Brewing Co.
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 99
- Avg:
- 4.51 | pDev: 8.2%
- Reviews:
- 56
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 14, 2020
- Added:
- Jan 28, 2013
- Wants:
- 416
- Gots:
- 68
Fifteen and counting. We bring you an Imperial Stout aged for 26 months in 14 year-old bourbon barrels. We celebrated with you sharing our Gold Metal winning "Fourteen Fourteen". Consider this to be the more mature, well rounded, sophisticated "Big Brother", and ENJOY!
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Ratings by sweemzander:
Reviewed by sweemzander from Illinois
4.69/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.69/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
22oz. bottle poured into a snifter. Major thanks to Treebs for sharing!
(A)- Pours practically pitch black in color. Subtle tan froth that dissipated rather quick, but still left a light layer for quite some time.
(S)- A lovely rich chocolate and raisin caramel bourbon oak profile. Ever so slight vanilla hint on the finish.
(T)- Very similar to the smell. A lovely rich chocolate/vanilla/raisin bits. Just a superb barrel showing that surpasses its younger brother (14).
(M)- Very smooth and mellow carbonation level but fitting for what you are getting out of this. Just awesome barrel notes yet extremely smooth and drinkable for the style.
(O)- This really is just a superb showing of what a barrel aged stout can be like without having a massive cloying sweetness or thickness. At least for me, this exceeds the 14 in almost every way.
Apr 08, 2013(A)- Pours practically pitch black in color. Subtle tan froth that dissipated rather quick, but still left a light layer for quite some time.
(S)- A lovely rich chocolate and raisin caramel bourbon oak profile. Ever so slight vanilla hint on the finish.
(T)- Very similar to the smell. A lovely rich chocolate/vanilla/raisin bits. Just a superb barrel showing that surpasses its younger brother (14).
(M)- Very smooth and mellow carbonation level but fitting for what you are getting out of this. Just awesome barrel notes yet extremely smooth and drinkable for the style.
(O)- This really is just a superb showing of what a barrel aged stout can be like without having a massive cloying sweetness or thickness. At least for me, this exceeds the 14 in almost every way.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by AppaZappa from North Carolina
4.27/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
poured into a snifter glass, nice rich brown color with absolutely no head. smell is bourbon, malt, honey, vanilla, and slight soy. taste is malt syrup, vanilla, brown sugar, bourbon and again a bit of soy before fading into sweet lingering (slightly cloying) finish. mouth was fairly thin and this one had no carbonation.
this was a fine beer, but can't say it lived quite up to my hopes. given these guys' barrel program, i thought this would be a bit more of a 'wow'. really happy i got to have it though.
Dec 23, 2015this was a fine beer, but can't say it lived quite up to my hopes. given these guys' barrel program, i thought this would be a bit more of a 'wow'. really happy i got to have it though.
Reviewed by WI-Beer-Man from Wisconsin
4.53/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Drank this as part of our Central Waters Anniversary tasting (Fourteen Fourteen, Fifteen, Black Gold '13, 16, Black Gold '14, 17)
Much thicker/creamier mouthfeel than 1414. This was definitely a highlight from the tasting. I would guess it is at its apex right now. Delicious bourbon notes, chocolate, vanilla and slight taste of dark fruits.
Apr 13, 2015Much thicker/creamier mouthfeel than 1414. This was definitely a highlight from the tasting. I would guess it is at its apex right now. Delicious bourbon notes, chocolate, vanilla and slight taste of dark fruits.
Fifteen from Central Waters Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
99 out of
100 with
350 ratings
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