Bo & Luke (Peanut Butter)
Against The Grain Brewery

 

 

 

750ml bottle from Shrubber85. Black pour with a small ring of beige head. Chocolate and peanut butter in the aroma, roasty malts. Taste comes in like a dark chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, paired with some roasty bitterness and a bit of alcohol warmth. delicious!

750 ml tan wax capped bottle, sticker on bottle says Peanut Butter 2018, 13% ABV. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with about an inch or so tan head that stuck around for a long time. Good amount of lacing, too. Aroma is nice, the brew smells like bourbon, vanilla, oak, dark fruit, smoked malt, roasted malt and peanuts. Taste is similar to the aroma, with bourbon, vanilla, oak, cherry, burnt/charred malt, smoke, rye spice, bittersweet chocolate and peanut butter flavors. Peanut comes out more as it warms, but it's not strong in either the aroma or the taste. Mouthfeel/body is full, it's slick and smooth with a moderate amount of carbonation. Overall I thought this was pretty good, I just wish the peanut butter in it was stronger but that's a very minor complaint. Definitely worth picking up if you're into barrel aged imperial stouts!

Pretty damn phenomenal really. I'm a big fan of the base beer as I love smoked beers. However, after a while the name gets sickeningly thick and ashy. Off the bat this variant mixes is an subtle but added sweetness of peanut butter. It smells like the base mixed with a barrel or roasted unshucked peanuts.