Full Sail Top Sail Imperial Porter Bourbon Barrel Aged

Formerly brewed at Full Sail Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Hood River, Oregon USA

6-1-08 bottle shared at tasting
Big black color with a tan watery head. Smell is roasted malt, honey, caramel, cinnamon and bourbon. Flavor is similar but a hint more bourbon overwhelms the other aspects and still manages to have a fairly mild flavor overall. Mouthfeel is thin and a touch on the watery side.

Bottle shared at tasting, also a bottle from BlackForestCO. Thanks!
Pours dark black with a medium sized tan head. Smell is light bourbon, roast and caramel. Taste is lightly to moderately alcoholic with bourbon and slightly thin bodied. Some roastiness too. Pretty decent, but just a bit too thin, overall.

Bottle. Nose full of bourbon and not much else. Black with a thin off-white head. Good chocolate and bourbon flavor with lighter notes of roastiness. Creamy with good carbonation that breaks up the sweetness.

22oz bottles acquired in a few trades. Poured a dark and deep brown color with an averaged sized off white head that left some lacing on the glass. Aromas of vanilla, chocolate, earthy, woody, bourbon, and some dark fruits. Tastes of wood, roast, vanilla, bourbon, and some chocolate. Alcohol content well hidden. The Bourbon and barrel aging were more present in the aromas vs. the tastes.

Bottle, 22 oz. Pours very dark brown with thin beige head. Aroma is lovely, full of bourbon, oak, vanilla, chocolate, and nuts. Flavor is rewarding and supremely balanced with roasty malts, chocolate, wood, and bourbon. The whiskey character is strong but blends so well with everything else it doesn’t matter. Mouthfeel is creamy and smooth. I wish I had purchased more, I went back and it was all gone. This one is fantastic among the best of the bourbon barrel beers I’ve had to date.

From Malt & Vine’s one-year anniversary tasting. Thanks Doug & Lizzie! Oak and Bourbon waft from the glass. It’s dark with a thin expresso bead of foam. Good roasted malt flavor that holds up well with double chocolate cupcakes.

22-oz bottle purchased at Liquor Max in Loveland, CO. Pours opaque with a small, fizzy, dark brown head, somewhat diminishing with a very thin film left behind, fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, toast), average hops (perfume), average yeast (leather) with notes of prunes, dates, figs, raisins, bourbon, and chocolate. Full bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, and a bitter-chalky finish with a slight alcohol burn. Long duration, moderate sweetness, acidity, and bitterness. This one should age quiet well.

Dark beer with mahagony hints. Whispy beige head that lasted in the chalice. Nose of bourbon and chocolate. The flavor was dominated by the bourbon, but in pleasant proportion. Also lots of chocolate, caramel, vanilla, and some roasted grains. Very tasty beer.