70K
Against The Grain Brewery
- From:
- Against The Grain Brewery
- Kentucky, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #31 - ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- 95
Ranked #1,621 - Avg:
- 4.29 | pDev: 7.93%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 69
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 09, 2025
- Added:
- May 11, 2013
- Wants:
- 61
- Gots:
- 50
SCORE
95
World-Class
95
World-Class
This is essentially the 35K recipe doubled. Double roasty, double chocolatey, double creamy, double delicious. Then we decided to make it 2.5X awesome by aging it in bourbon barrels for a really, really long time. The bourbon and oak flavors perfectly compliment the massive flavors in the double mega imperial milk stout. You don’t swim in this beer, it swims in you!
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Reviewed by ilikebeer03 from Texas
3.89/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Drank 11/8/25. Canned date is indecipherable, but i believe this is reasonably fresh.
Pour is black with a nice cap of lightly cinnamon colored foam. good retention for a big at this ABV
Nose is roasty malt, chocolate, ash, some vanilla
taste roasty malt, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, i can't really say I'm getting bourbon. maybe a very subtle bit on the finish?
Smooth, creamy mouthfeel, full bodied.
A good stout, and would be very good with some bourbon character layered in, but I'm just not getting it....looking at other comments that seems to be a theme on this beer, unfortunately.
Not bad at all as an overall beer, but as a bourbon barrel aged beer, as advertised - the lack of bourbon leaves you wanting.
Nov 09, 2025Pour is black with a nice cap of lightly cinnamon colored foam. good retention for a big at this ABV
Nose is roasty malt, chocolate, ash, some vanilla
taste roasty malt, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, i can't really say I'm getting bourbon. maybe a very subtle bit on the finish?
Smooth, creamy mouthfeel, full bodied.
A good stout, and would be very good with some bourbon character layered in, but I'm just not getting it....looking at other comments that seems to be a theme on this beer, unfortunately.
Not bad at all as an overall beer, but as a bourbon barrel aged beer, as advertised - the lack of bourbon leaves you wanting.
Reviewed by Whyteboar from Michigan
4.37/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
35K is the base stout and that is, in my opinion, a rather mediocre imperial stout.
This one is much better.
The pour is dark, like oil, with a tall brown head that leaves copious amounts of lacing.
The taste leads with chocolate covered figs and moves quickly to mocha where it remains for most of the rest. The oak, if there, is lost along with the bourbon. That is okay by me.
The feel is very nicely viscous, of course with enough lactose that would be a given.
OA, I enjoyed this quite a bit.
Oct 26, 2025This one is much better.
The pour is dark, like oil, with a tall brown head that leaves copious amounts of lacing.
The taste leads with chocolate covered figs and moves quickly to mocha where it remains for most of the rest. The oak, if there, is lost along with the bourbon. That is okay by me.
The feel is very nicely viscous, of course with enough lactose that would be a given.
OA, I enjoyed this quite a bit.
Rated by Dope from Massachusetts
3/5 rDev -30.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -30.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Infected
Mar 23, 2024
Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California
1.68/5 rDev -60.8%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 1.5
1.68/5 rDev -60.8%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 1.5
I have to be high, right? Or just something. Because apparently this beer speaks to people - but not to Raul. Umm… My brother does that punk shit, and he listens to a band called Rancid. Yeah… no joke - Raid has to be the sponsor of this beer. It really does taste like a rancid orange. I’m sorry to the homie, but… Shit! I’m the one who has to drink it!
Feb 22, 2024
Rated by NCSapiens from Indiana
3.72/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Not a fan of the barrel and oats chosen for this milk stout.
Sep 21, 2023Reviewed by Boozr
3.58/5 rDev -16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.58/5 rDev -16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Roasty, boozy, and TART...not what I was expecting for a imperial milk stout. Creamy? ok, but lacked the smooth and weighty viscousness that I was expecting...especially for a beer rated at 95. Reminded me quite a bit of an OscarBlues TenFiddy, which isn't really my bag palate wise. Should have bought the single and not the 4 pack. Anyone have any High West Victory at Sea you wanna trade me?
Apr 23, 2023
Reviewed by jkblr from Indiana
2.52/5 rDev -41.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
2.52/5 rDev -41.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
16oz can stamped 02/11/27 (I'm guessing that's a best before date...) poured into a Spiegelau stout glass at fridge temp 12.2% ABV per label. The beer pours pitch black with zero light penetration and medium brown colored head. The head builds quickly and sticks leaving a huge cap and complete lacing as it recedes. The aroma is muted roasted malt and zero bourbon or barrel. The taste is tart & sweet malt with a hint of bourbon. Infected I believe. Reminds me of an foeder aged sour really. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation and a semi dry finish. Overall, poor. I don't know when these were released, but this can is bad! Wait until 2027 and you're definitely doing a science experiment...
Mar 05, 2023Rated by tp1962 from Illinois
5/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
One of the top ten imperial stouts I have had!
Oct 25, 2021
Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
4.1/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
750ml bottle poured into a snifter
2016 Vintage
A- pours jet black in color with a one-finger dark brown head that has short retention before settling to a ring
S- dark roasted and charred malt, chocolate, black licorice, oaky bourbon, hint of vanilla
T- dark chocolate and charred malt up front, followed by notes of anise, molasses and barrel oak. The finish gives more char, with some oaky bourbon on the linger
M- medium body with moderate-low carbonation leads to a slightly foamy mouthfeel that continues into the finish
Jan 01, 20212016 Vintage
A- pours jet black in color with a one-finger dark brown head that has short retention before settling to a ring
S- dark roasted and charred malt, chocolate, black licorice, oaky bourbon, hint of vanilla
T- dark chocolate and charred malt up front, followed by notes of anise, molasses and barrel oak. The finish gives more char, with some oaky bourbon on the linger
M- medium body with moderate-low carbonation leads to a slightly foamy mouthfeel that continues into the finish
Reviewed by Eddieeight from Ohio
4.48/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.48/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Purchased for $18 nov 2020 750ml bottle, 13% abv. . Like a wine bottle but I’ll be having it all to myself. Pour is lovely, dark brown with the deepest burgundy hue tinging the color. Nice half inch tan head but quickly dissipates and leaves no lacing whatsoever. Scent is of raisins, cherries, and plums, busting out with that faint hint of bourbon which I like so much. Taste is not quite as startling as some similar bourbon stouts, it is gentler and is very sweet on first sip. Notes of dark fruit and mild chocolate, but the bourbon doesn’t enter the palate until after the beer is swallowed, lingering in the aftertaste. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, with mild yet sparkling effervescence. Overall a good brew, although there’s nothing in the flavor profile that stands out or is unique compared to other similar brews. I’d be curious to try the 35k, and to compare the two since they are advertised to be similar, but this one double the intensity. Not bad for the day after thanksgiving!
Nov 28, 2020
Reviewed by peabody from Kentucky
4.21/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2015 bottle into a tulip. Lots of small brown bubbles that lace the clear glass from top to empty.
Sweet caramel/toffee and date/raisin up front. The bourbon barrel flavor is almost unnoticeable. Just a slight hint of sour oak then all flavors disappear except for the roasted malt char.
The 13% abv can't be felt at all even after the flavor leaves the palate.
Not much for the nose but this is a wonderful treat for all the other senses.
Oct 04, 2020Sweet caramel/toffee and date/raisin up front. The bourbon barrel flavor is almost unnoticeable. Just a slight hint of sour oak then all flavors disappear except for the roasted malt char.
The 13% abv can't be felt at all even after the flavor leaves the palate.
Not much for the nose but this is a wonderful treat for all the other senses.
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