Alpine Beer Company Nickel Stout

Formerly brewed at Alpine Beer Company (CA)
Style: Stout
Alpine, California USA

Shared with Brewfiend, JK, and Skyview. Pours a gorgeous deep dirty mahogeny color with a tiny tan head. Great sour oakyness on the nose with some tart cherry and a light alcohol kick from the Jack. The flavor is wonderfully deep and complex with a touch of ripe cherries and a healthy dose of tart cherry as well as a complimentary kick that only Jack can give. There is a nice balance of brown sugar like sweetness to keep the beer from overpowering. Very, very nice beer, and one of few Whiskey/Bourbon/etc aged beers I could drink a lot of.

Many thanks to wetherel for shipping out a growler in our recent trade. Truly a phenomenal beer. Intense oak on the nose with a hint of tart cherries, but not overwhelmingly whiskeyish. The flavor had that green oak flavor that Jack Daniels barrels seem to impart in beer but in this case it was nicely tempered by the sour cherry flavor. A little more whiskey character in the body, but not overwhelming. I would love to see this in large format bottles - well worth cellaring for a few years to see what happens.

This is a great beer. The Alpine stout has been improved. Amazing flavors of sour cherries, deep dark bitter chocolate, some port wine, and whiskey flavors. Amazing!!!

Wow! Thanks goes to brewfiend for supplying this fine brew. Pours a new opaque dark brown brew with red highlights and a fast dissolving tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, sour cherries, and oaky whiskey. Nearly has a light Flemish Sour character. Taste is full bodied, hardly any carbonation, with flavors of tart cherries, dark chocolate, and some tropical fruit. Finish is semi-sweet, bourbon/coconut flavor with a slight sour cherry aftertaste. Happy to have tried this one-time brew.

Quite exceptional. Aroma has oak and cherry. A black beer, nothing special about the appearance. Complex flavor with some malt, cherry, only a little brett character, and the most oak flavor I have ever tasted in a beer. Sour, but not as sour as a lambic or flemish red. The flavor is best when slightly chilled.

On tap 8/7/07 at O’Briens. Black (hard to fully in a bar at night!), small amber head. Aroma of oak barrels, sour fruit/cherries & whiskey. Wild and funky, sour with some bourbon and tropical fruit, dryish but rich and intense. Crazy fruit and wood finish with whiskey and cherry residuals. Wowie zowie wild!!

Draft at Tom Nickel’s O’Brien’s. Very very roasty flavor. Lots of chocolate and hints of dark cherry on the aromas. Very black pour with a nice dark tan head. Flavors were much more sour than the aromas had me expecting. Sour cherry and sour wood flavors were prominate with some roasty middle and aftertastes. Pretty tasty version of the Captain Stout.

On tap@O’Brien’s: Jet black with a wisp of tan foam in the shape of a halo. Nose is coffee, chocolate, cherry. Flavor starts with cherry followed by some chocolate then some light tartness and a semi-dry, lightly sour finish with a hint of licorice in the aftertaste. Light body is smooth with soft carbonation.