Full Sail Top Sail Imperial Porter Bourbon Barrel Aged

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

22oz bottle, courtesy of acrdz. Thanks, Mike! Pours a murky, dark chocolate color; thin khaki head with patchy lacing. Strong bourbon presence in the aroma: burnt / charred wood character, some toasty vanilla, and plenty of dark chocolate; generous and pleasant, if slightly overly ashy and charred. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: strongly roasted / burnt malts, bitter chocolate, warming bourbon-infused wood; the bourbon character is somewhat subdued, and certainly doesn’t have the depth of some of the best barrel-aged beers (BA Alesmiths, Older Viscosity, etc.). Lengthy finish shows toasty malts, cardboard and cereal, with some lingering bourbony/wood warmth.

Thanks a ton to Sam (Turdferguson) for sharing this. Pours a dark black that allows some light, the body doesn’t look too thick. Barely any head, thin and brown. The aroma was very oaky and definitely showed bourbon. Tart oak, vanilla, fruity, alcohol, roasty. The flavor was very oak heavy, tart oak flavors and some waxy tannins, chocolate, alcohol, the base beer for this does not seem to be very forward and allows the barrel aging to predominate easily. Nice barrel aging though, the oak and bourbon are very predominant without being ridiculously so. Average consistency in the mouth, not really any carbonation, warming.

bottle rom kenb: pours a good black colour with a thin line of tan head. aroma is great, good buorbon aroma with nice chocolate and very good roast. flavour is intense dark roast with some alcohol bourbon nice dark fruit very intense.

Courtesy of CigarCityBrew. Pours deep dark brown with mocha head. The aroma is inviting to pretty much irresistible. I get rich deep maltiness, chocolate, sweet molasses and some faint burnt malts. There’s also equal amounts of wood and bourbon notes that don’t cover up and hide the tasty base beer. The taste has way more bourbon and wood barrel notes in it than the nose led onto. I pretty much only taste bourbon with just faint malt and molasses sweetness out deep into the background. It grows on me though where the base goodness does start to peer through more and more as the ounces are consumed.

Bottle from BlackforestCO. Black and oliy with a small milk chocolate head. a real attractive beer.Aroma was of strong bourban, choclate, and roasted malt. The flavor was the same with creamy milk chocolate bourbon finish. Get much better as it warms up.

Thanks Holdenn for sharing this at FS pre-DLD party. Opaque black with small burnt beige head. Aroma is dark roasted malt with some fruity sweetness and purple fruit. Sweet, roasted malt, fruit, bourbon and alc is pretty subdued. Medium, watery body. NIce in flavor and aroma but a little more body would be nice. Thanks for being so generous Matt!

Bottle shared at the Cleveland tasting. Aroma was very woody. Taste was bourbon, black coffee, some chocolate and a hint of fruity sweetness...

Thanks to Emacgee for sharing this one! Jet black pour with frothy tan head and spotty lace. Chocolate and bourbon on the nose. Bittersweet flavor with big roasty notes underlined with subtle hints of bourbon, vanilla, and fig