Central Waters Brewers Reserve Bourbon Barrel Cherry Stout

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

Bottle: Dark brown pour with a smaller tan head. Aroma is of cherry cordials with bourbon. Nice. Flavor is cherry and chocolate with the bourbon barrel accent. A bit chalky and light roasted malt. Flavor gets a bit muddled. Still, I like cherries, I like bourbon, and I like imperial stouts; so this was great to try. Thanks Pepsican.

Pours a deep brown with a light brown head. Aroma is of chocolate, cherries and diacetyl. Flavor is diacetyl and cherries.

(bottle from kingpinipa i think)black body with brown highlights.nice brown head that leaves lacing on the glass.it takes a few sniffs but i pick up vanilla,bourbon,brown sugar,caramel,and chocolate.flavor is sour cherries,bourbon,vanilla,chocolate,and wood.i cant really say i dug the sourness in it.maybe i got an infected bottle?

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.

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.

Dark pour with some nice lacing. Aroma is quite complex. A bit woody, cherry, merlot and some roasted malts and coffee. Flavor is sweet, oak, some faint bourbon, lots of cherries and red wine like tannins. A bit of tartness but not overly sour. Roasted malts and coffee with a hint of cherry vanilla at the end. Nice.

thanks to fantomas! Cherry, woody, with hints of vanilla in the aroma. Pours dark brown with pink edges. Cherries come out right away, tart berries, then a huge oak flavor, bourbon, old wood, vanilla beans, with a slightly tart finish and little alcohol burn (not sure how much is in there but i taste it alittle)

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Black in color with a cream colored head. Aroma is of roasted malts, cherries and wood. Taste is of chocolate, cherries, vanilla and bourbon.