Full Sail Black Gold Imperial Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged

Brewed by Full Sail Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Hood River, Oregon USA

This is a really good beer and one of Full sails best efforts. If you can get your hands on it, don’t pass it up.

Color of used motor oil with a light brown head. Rich malty scent, molasses, strong coffee, whiskey and a bit of hard to define musty funkyness. Sweet thick & rich flavors, jam packed with malts, roasty, alcohol warms all the way down, a rather dry oak finish, long warm mild burn. I wish it was snowing!

SOBA AGM tasting. Poured pitch black with hints of a head. Bourbon cask/aged wood aromas as it warms nicely. Rich sweet woody flavours with some faint toast and dark chocolate notes. A slight astringent bitter finish.

Tasted at the first ever SOBA AGM in Wellington. Impenetrably black with little head though I got the remnants of the bottle so hard to tell. Raisiny and woody aromas. Sweet and smooth in the mouth. So many flavours working together, very little bourbon, surprisingly, and a strange sweetish resiny flavour I have never tasted before and can’t quite place.

Tasted 15/09/2007. 750ml bottle, steward leftovers from BrewNZ and shared with SOBA members at our AGM. Pours an inky black with a very loose dark tan head. Bourbon, vanilla, wood and burnt sugar on the nose. Super sweet in the mouth, luscious silky mouthfeel with warming oak, roasted notes, bitter chocolate and a "greenish" note. Becomes medicinal in the middle and at the finish. Very light carbonation. Hokey pokey on the palate. Doesn’t quite hit the top marks for me, though it did pick up gold at BrewNZ.

Sample from Odeed who got it from flacoalto; Nose of bourbon and dark chocolate (smells like the 80% cacao); clear dark cherry-brown with a medium cinnamon colored head; flavor of bittersweet chocolate, vanilla, and a much subdued bourbon than the nose would make you anticipate.

(bottle from flacoalto,thanks man!)black body with reddish brown highlights.nice deep brown head that leaves some webbing.heavy oak and bourbon nose with hints of chocolate.the flavor is nothing short of awesome.brown sugar,chocolate chip cookies,fudge,cocoa,oatmeal,chocolate,coffee,roast malt,bourbon,and vanilla.the mouthfeel was full and the palate was long lasting.

Smokey, whiskey and peaty aromas, deepest brown, tiny tan head. Flavour is coffee and booze, and the barrel is pronounced. A bit harsh on the tongue, alcohol is also prevalent. Very good. Thanks blankboy.