Full Sail Black Gold Imperial Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged

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

Brewmaster Reserve 2009

9/17/2009: Full Sail Black Gold Imperial Stout... Aroma: Vanilla and softly roasted malts, a touch of chocolate, plenty of bourbon! Appearance: Opaque black with a quickly dissipating ivory head. Flavor: Dark fruits at first which quickly turns to semi-sweet chocolate and lots of vanilla and BOURBON galore in the dry. Palate: Medium-full, average palate, soft mouthfeel. Overall: The bourbon definitely pops out in the finish and builds with each; not quite as rich or big as I had hoped, but still darn good.

1 pt. 6 fuild ounce bottle ( Alc. 10.% by Vol.) from bitbucket. Thank you, Bob! Rating #298 for this beer.

[9/5/08] Bottle sample during LCRBM at Kulminator in Antwerp. Black-colored with a brown head. Aroma of whiskey, chocolate, some espresso, oak, dark fruits and alcohol. Sweet alcoholic flavor of chocolate, oak and whiskey. Full-bodied. A bit over the top.

bomber from a trade. pours black with a tan head, thin around the edges. aroma of sea salt, charred barrel, bourbon, black malts. the flavour starts with caramel and choco malt, then the vanilla wood hits, then the char, finishes salty. decent but not the best bourbon stout ive had.

Bottle thanks to Todd (I think). Pours near black with tan head. Smells like wood, bourbon, roast chocolate and coffee notes. Some vanilla. Not overpowering. Very good.

Pours a dark black allowing light with a one finger light tan head. The nose shows some tobacco, wood, bourbon, some alcohol, mild notes of chocolate and coffee. Flavor is bourbon and oak, some vanillins, tanic, great wood character but not much stout. Palate is a tad thin with some vanillins.

2009 bottle. This opaque black ale poured with a rich tan head and a pervasive whiskey aroma. There is a nice roasted malt flavor that is somewhat masked by alcohol and a slight sourness. The taste improves as the beer warms, but it needs some aging to cut the sharpness from the bourbon barrell.

This beer is close to greatness. Received this one in a trade, cheers Ryan! Pours a nice all black liquid with an inch of frothy mocha head. Lacing is poor, but I blame the not exactly beer clean glass. Scent is a nice bourbon but if there is anything else, it is masked by the all too powerful bourbon. One dimensional. Taste at first got a 8. A little more complex but make no mistake this is a bourbon forward stout. Roasted malt comes up bit in the aftertaste. Letting it warm up a little added a few more complexities and brought this to a 9 Medium high in body and low-med carbonation. Close. I have a feeling some age would do wonders here, otherwise a few small tweaks and we would have legendary status.

22 oz. bottle into a glass-FIRST DRINK- WOW, bourbon, strong alcoholic flavor. HALF GLASS-This is a sipping beer for sure.LAST DRINK-Mellows as it warms, good imperial stout, although i think i would have preferred the regular imperial stout over the bourbon barrel aged one, just my personal preference.