Black Creek Stout Barrel Aged

Brewed by Black Creek Historic Brewery
Style: Stout
Toronto, Canada

Growler from the brewery. Pours like thin motor oil. Dark brown, almost black in colour. Hazy. No head. Virtually flat, super-fine carbonation. Nice chocolately smoky aroma. Taste is of raosted malt, but with hint of oak, especially in aftertaste. Different, but nice.

[2451-20090814] Cask. Mild coffee grounds grains aroma. Dark brown black body with quick bubbles. Roasted grains and coffee malt flavour with a long sweet aftertaste and wood oak fruitiness throughout. Full body, no carbonation. Heavy on the sweet oak like the Brown but can hold it better.
(@ Black Creek brewery; Toronto, ON)

2009-08-14.Aroma is mild, mild oak and dark malt, muted roast malt. (6+) Flavour of dark malt, very light roast, mild oak character is better integrated than in the brown ale. (6+) Average palate is light for a stout but good. Decent, less roast than expected from a stout, relatively dry overall impression. Pleasant but the wood becomes cumulative as the glass goes on, which I do not care for. Wooden cask in the brewery sampling area.

Cask enjoyed at the brewpub. The porter stopped up , this newly labelled. A significant woodiness, I believe purposfully done, that adds to interest.A wee roast in aroma. Virtually no head, mildly natural carbonation. Dark colour. Chocolate malt, a bit on the sweet side, drier in the finish.