Americas Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout

Brewed by Americas Brewpub
Style: Imperial Stout
Aurora, Illinois USA

Bottle. Pours a dark brown body with a tan head. Bakers chocolate, bourbon, oak, vanilla, lots of malt and a solid bourbon warming. Awesome beer.

Dark brown/black pour. Rather dark brown head that disappated quickly. Boozy aroma, some roast malts. Taste was a little light, roast malt, caramel. A bit of tartness. Oak barrel comes through a bit as it warms. Finishes with too much alcohol. In my opinion the stout was not able to stand up to the barrel aging.

Pours black with a minimal brown head. Aroma is of cheap bourbon, malts, and caramel. Taste is first and foremost chocolate and malts, balanced with a toasty, oak and bourbon flavor. The bourbon flavors don’t overpower, they just balance. Mouthfeel is way more creamy than anticipated. This brew doesn’t rape the face like quite a few barrel aged beers. Overly drinkable.

12 oz. Ehh didn’t care too much for this Impy. Pours a rich black color with a frothy tan head. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla and bourbon. Taste of light oak. bourbon, roasted barley and chocolate with a light coffee presence. Finish is semi sweet, nothing unique about this.

Pours thick pitch black with a medium brown sudsy foam on top. Funky fridge aroma, oxidized hops, vanilla, big bourbon, coffee, raisin. First taste is strong sour cream followed by lots of vanilla, some coffee, and bourbon. Raisin finish, lots of bourbon and bitter dark chocolate. Creamy body with light fine bubbled carbonation. This stuff is pretty raw... not a whole lot of "subtlety," burns a little going down... well I love cheap bourbon and beer... so why not =p

Pours an opache black with a small brown head. Aroma is medium sweet with bourbon, vanilla andchocolate. Flavor is very sweet with roast, bourbon, chocolate and nice bitterness. Full bodied, sticky texture. Nice long bourbon and sweet finish.

Poured from a 12oz bottle and served in a snifter. This beer poured an opaque black with a few quickly fading bubbles that left a lasting ring atop the glass. No lace. The aroma of the beer was made up of heavy bourbon, bittersweet chocolate, and sugary caramel. The flavor consisted of bourbon soaked chocolate, vinous dark fruits, vanilla, caramel, and heavily roasted malt. The mouthfeel was full-bodied and slippery. Minimal carbonation. Some really nice flavors came through, but in the end, there was just too much bourbon. A little less time in the barrel would really help this beer.

on draught at oak park micro brew review 2008. wonderful head with a bourban hue staining the copious bubbles. nose is complete and utter bourban, stomping anything else to death. background notes struggle to get through the vicious wall of whiskey and cant manage much. overall the 12% is hidden pretty well and this is a nice strong beer but a bit unbalanaced in terms of palate and use of the bourban flavors. not the kind of thing that gives me a ’beer face’, actually more of a dissapointed head shake for the wasted potential. RE-RATE: now available in bottled 4-packs, ive had this a few times. it comes across as much more silky and soft in terms of mouthfeel and espically the flavor ’attack’. it is much smoother, but the bourban remains. i wish i would have had this first, then the draught -- i would have had much more respect for both being able to put it all in context.