Central Waters Brewers Reserve Bourbon Barrel Cherry Stout

Brewed by Central Waters Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Amherst, Wisconsin USA

12ozer thx to bmartin08 via NP10-3. Pour is blackish brown with small light brown head. Aromas consist of burbon, roasted malts, vanilla, and sour cherries. Flavor is right up front with burbon, tart cherry, chocolate and finishes with coffee. I thought this one was somewhat thin for an impy. Flavors are all wonderful and create bliss in your mouth. I need to get a hold of CW other brews.

Bottle (12oz) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a very deep ruby-brown with an average size diminishing tan head. Nice aroma of bourbon (but not too much), chocolate, vanilla, caramel malt and just a bit of cherry. Flavour of chocolate and cherries along with some bourbon, spices and roasted malt. Earthy roasty bitter finish. Average bodied. Pretty good, I enjoyed it.

12oz bottle (Discount Liquor)-Pours a dark brown/light black body with a small ring for a head. Aroma of bourbon and cherries. Taste of bourbon, cherries, chocolate, and a little heat. This full bodied brew is very well balanced with nothing really being dominant. The bourbon is very well blended. Great tasting brew.

Pours brown with a tan head. Nose is chocolate cherries and a whole lot of bourbon. There’s some oak and stuff, but the bourbon dominates. Flavor is nice. Chocolate cherries with some nice heat. Light body with a dry finish. Not bad at all.

Bottle (22oz). Shared with blankboy and garthicus, my bottle courtesty of rudolf. Deep ruby-brown (not quite opaque) with a large creamy-frothy tan head. Well-balanced and not in your face - moderate roast, vanilla, oak, prunes, cherry, a hint of lemon. Taste of cherry, mild chocolate, oak, much sweeter, alcohol comes in - dry wood; odd (salty?). Light body, very lively mouthfeel, finishes fairly quickly, leaving an acidic fruitiness and tingling tongue behind. Very nice - perhaps a tad more lively and sour than an imperial stout normally is, but quite enjoyable.

Thanks to Rudy, shared by HogTownHarry with Blankboy and I. Appearance: Ruby red dark brown, lasting pancake colour head. Aroma: Chocolate, coffee, brandy, vanilla, bran, prune. Flavour: Wow, cherry pie, mince pie! Cinnamon, prunes, chocolate. Very enjoyable.

(12oz. bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, and light cherry. Flavor of cherry, chocolate, caramel malt, and bourbon.

Bottle from early spring shared with FunkyBrewster. Pours a darker brown with a thin small frothy white head. Tart cherry aroma with some bourbon and smoked cheesy yogurt fridge oxidized hops. Strong flavor of sweet tart cherries, very woody bourbon, maybe infected yogurt, creamy chocolate, hint of coffee, dry yet tangy. The stout flavors are secondary to the bourbon and cherry flavors. Medium full bodied, creamy with softer bigger carbonation. I tried this fresh and the infected qualities were not present, it was a better beer fresher. Delicious non-the-less.