Devil's Beard
Balsam Lake Brewery & Market
- From:
- Balsam Lake Brewery & Market
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 13.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 25, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 28, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Devil's Beard Bourbon Imperial Stout - A dark, roasty Imperial with heavy nodes of chocolate and coffee on the nose. Barreled in Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels. This beer is sure to leave a taste that will grow hair on the baldest of chins.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota
3.69/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.69/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
From a 750ml bottle. No date on the bottle.
Nice hiss and smoke upon opening the bottle. This beer is pitch black looking in the glass. Looks a bit thick while pouring into the glass. There's a 3 finger tan colored head to the beer. The head is somewhat fluffy looking and has amazing retention for such a strong beer. There's very sticky looking lacing on the glass.
Bourbon notes were hitting my nose as I opened the bottle. Up close I do get a nice bourbon barrel aroma. I also get a huge dark fruit hit to my nose that is mostly plum with a hint of raisin and fig. There's some chocolate noses hitting my nose and a caramel cola note that touches my sense of smell.
Well up front, the flavor is quite bland, and this is a big let down from the nose. When flavor hits, I get the dark fruit first followed by the caramel and cola flavors. There's notes of chocolate. Some coffee flavor.
This is quite thin for a 13.5% beer. Just a huge letdown in the thickness. This beer isn't thick or sticky at all. There's a bubbly feeling to the beer that seems out of place. Not getting any real alcohol burn or bourbon burn.
This beer started out great with how it looked and smelled. Both were amazing. Sadly, the flavor and feeling are a huge let down from what I was getting before.
Oct 25, 2025Nice hiss and smoke upon opening the bottle. This beer is pitch black looking in the glass. Looks a bit thick while pouring into the glass. There's a 3 finger tan colored head to the beer. The head is somewhat fluffy looking and has amazing retention for such a strong beer. There's very sticky looking lacing on the glass.
Bourbon notes were hitting my nose as I opened the bottle. Up close I do get a nice bourbon barrel aroma. I also get a huge dark fruit hit to my nose that is mostly plum with a hint of raisin and fig. There's some chocolate noses hitting my nose and a caramel cola note that touches my sense of smell.
Well up front, the flavor is quite bland, and this is a big let down from the nose. When flavor hits, I get the dark fruit first followed by the caramel and cola flavors. There's notes of chocolate. Some coffee flavor.
This is quite thin for a 13.5% beer. Just a huge letdown in the thickness. This beer isn't thick or sticky at all. There's a bubbly feeling to the beer that seems out of place. Not getting any real alcohol burn or bourbon burn.
This beer started out great with how it looked and smelled. Both were amazing. Sadly, the flavor and feeling are a huge let down from what I was getting before.
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