Full Sail Black Gold Imperial Stout Bourbon Barrel Aged

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

A black beer with a brown shine underneath a brown head. The aroma is like a well made cappuchino - coffee and chocolate, but also with more beery notes of malt. The flavor is sweet malty with primary notes of coffee, but also light notes of bourbon, leading to an end, that is dry and roasted with notes of coffee and wood that lingers for a long time. The alcohol burns lightly in the throat.

(Bottle 65 cl) Pours a dark brown - close to black - with a creamy, off-white head. Extremely oaky, bourbonish aroma. Full-bodied with tons of roasted malt that never leaves the typical ashy accents most often found in Imp. stouts. But the flavours are bourbon, bourbon and yet more bourbon. So it’s right up my alley, but will probably put many off for the same reasons. Dry finish without much bitterness. Tasted at the Oklahoma Beer tasting March 06 hosted by mjames and lilannie. 240306 and 061006

RBSG07. From 75 cL bottle. Pours black with a brown head. Aroma of oak barrels and toffee malts. Flavour is clearly barrel aged bourbon with a note of liqourice. Finish is coffee and liqourice in a dry blend.

Bottle 65cl. @ LCRBM09 - Low Countries RateBeer Meeting V, Kulminator, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Clear medium to dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090905]

Bottle. Black coloured with a beige head. Roasted aroma of bourbon and wood. Roasted flavour of wood and vanilla.

Very dark brown. Rich, balanced aroma between smooth bourbon notes and chocolatey, coffeeish malts. Soft, caramelly body with light coffee, hints of vanilla and wood. There is also a bit of alcohol heat. Quite seamless and flavourful, well-balanced. One of the better renditions of this concept.

(22oz bottle, thanks Bück Dich) Creamy, pillowy medium beige head atop charcoal black body. Aroma is medium sweet, vanilla/bourbon, some chocolate, roast. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, vanilla, some bourbon, roast/coffee. Creamy medium-full body. Alcohol becomes a bit more pronounced as it nears room temperature.

Bottle at LCRBM 5 at Kulminator. Bourbon aroma is a bit strong. You know what, I like it. Biscuity in the mouth. It’s got some very good boozyness. But I like the dark fruits and roasted malts.