Barley Island Beastie Barrel Stout

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: Stout
Noblesville, Indiana USA

Opaque, black with a thick, overcarbed, chunky, light brown head. Very nice vanilla and oak aroma coupled with a soft oatmeal, a warm, yeast fruit, and charcoal. Carbonation and bitterness are overdone but underneath all of the aroma components are there with the roast creating a long, dry finish but also a hint of soy sauce.

22 oz bottle - Pours very dark brown with a big, enduring head. It has a heavy bourbon aroma. The flavor is dry roasted malts and quite a bit of bourbon. There’s a moderate body with okay carbonation. The finish is unremarkable. It loses something overall. I thought the bourbon dominated too much, not because there was too much bourbon necessarily, but rather because there wasn’t enough else going on. It’s alright, but drinking my way through the whole bomber I got tired of it.

Bottle: Dark brown to black pour, monster head. It took quite a while to fit this 22oz into a liter mug. Aroma smelled a little too much like sawdust and cheap booze. Flavor wasn’t much better, some roastiness, and bourbon, but at least this didn’t finish like licking a 2X4 the way their BA porter did.

Bottle shared by IMtheOptimator. Pretty ample light brown head with a thick brown body. Aroma of frash grains and some brown sugar and molasses. First impression is this is over-carbonated. It leaves me feeling like I’m drinking foam, not liquid, so it’s hard to even get to the flavor. After a few minutes the flavors start to come out. That graininess sticks around from the aroma, in both the palate and the flavor. The brown sugar is there as well, coming along with a distinct bourbon note at times. Coffee. Tasty, but not my fav.

Bottle shared by IMtheOptimator. Sweet, chocolate and coffee aroma with some vinousness and a bit of bourbon in the background. Mostly opaque dark dark brown color with a HUGE tan head. Very carbonated, bubbly and roasted coffee flavors to start with some sweet sugary notes to follow. The bourbon makes some mild cameo appearances in the background. This has just the right amount of barrel flavor. This beer is too carbonated, though.

Bottle courtesy of secret santa. Poured almost completely opaque black with a large frothy brown head. Aroma of grapes and some light coffee. Taste is some watered down coffee with a bit of buttery bourbon in the finish. Very fizzy body.

Thanks JCapriotti! The beer pours to a dark brown body with a thin tan head. The aroma is pretty nice. Raw barley grain that’s been balanced by light bourbon and vanilla. The flavor is bourbon, sweet stout, very light and kinda boring. Thin boring mouthfeel.

Dark brown body; creamy ring of a brown head. Odd aroma... green, leafy whiskey or something, along with some dry, roasty malt. Interesting aroma... not too sweet or malty. Raw, woody whiskey and dry roasted malt with some light hop hints; maybe some grass. Not meant to be aged in barrels... and/or just not aged properly.