The Event Horizon: Spectrum 1 (2018)
Olde Hickory Brewery
- From:
- Olde Hickory Brewery
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.23 | pDev: 8.51%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 18, 2019
- Added:
- Mar 11, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Imperial Stout brewed with honey, aged in bourbon barrels with milk sugars and bourbon barrel-aged coffee
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Reviewed by Clemsongoat from South Carolina
3.15/5 rDev -25.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.15/5 rDev -25.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Decent beer, but way heavy on the barrel flavor. Looks and feels like motor oil.
I liked the base beer, but wont be getting it again. Sorry about that.
Aug 18, 2019I liked the base beer, but wont be getting it again. Sorry about that.
Reviewed by Arjen from Netherlands
4.21/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottle @ Brouwerij de Molen (volunteers gathering), thanks for sharing John & Petra! Pours a black colour with a beige head. Aroma's of sweetness, honey, (ground) coffee, roasted malts. Flavour is moderate sweet, roasted, sweet coffee. Medium bodied. Long finish with lasting coffee flavours. Delicious.
Jun 16, 2019
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.21/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Solid and viscous jet black pour with a dark brown ring. Smell is bourbon and coffee forward, with supporting honey, cream, and old fashioned bitters. Bitter coffee leads, with a dark chocolate bridge, and a finish with sugar, vanilla, and honey. Creamy, highly textured, and boozy.
Apr 23, 2019
Reviewed by oberon from North Carolina
4.27/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Came in a goblet jet black with a thinner but well retained deep beige head atop.Vanilla infused bourbon,dark fruits,and coffee roast in the nose,a nice complex aromas.Vanilla and more vanilla on the palate over top chocolate and coffee roast,the bourbon does get quite big as another has noted but it never gets 'hot'.Thick and complex it was a joy to drink yesterday at the BK in K-ville
Mar 31, 2018
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.34/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Arrives black as night with a one inch head; good retention and shards of lacing linger
Smell: Milk chocolate, coffee, Bourbon, oak and vanilla
Taste: Milk chocolate forward with coffee and Bourbon flavors building, through the middle; hints of oak and vanilla emerge, after the swallow; the finish has a strong, roasted coffee character
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with moderate carbonation; some warmth
Overall: A nice variant, with some harshness in the finish that is likely to settle down as the beer ages a bit
Mar 11, 2018Smell: Milk chocolate, coffee, Bourbon, oak and vanilla
Taste: Milk chocolate forward with coffee and Bourbon flavors building, through the middle; hints of oak and vanilla emerge, after the swallow; the finish has a strong, roasted coffee character
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with moderate carbonation; some warmth
Overall: A nice variant, with some harshness in the finish that is likely to settle down as the beer ages a bit
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