Full Sail Top Sail Imperial Porter Bourbon Barrel Aged

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

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.

2008 brewmaster reserve, 9.85 abv. Almost black pour with creamy dark brown head. Heady alcoholic aroma with syrupy malt and maybe figs. Roasted dark chocolate flavor ending in slightly bitter malty licorice. Wonderful taste, although not quite full enough on the palate. Great beer.

Slightly hazy dark brown. Rich, thick aroma - lots of toffee, bourbon, wood, coffee, nuts, all in balance. Rich, chewy toffee palate. Decadent and sublimely balanced. Full Sail has a certain restraint in their beers that I feel really lends itself to things like barrel-aging.

my favorite full sail ever. oaky slightly vinous. tiny brash acidic bits of sour lemon maybe even a little chlorine, against a big broad base of wood, whiskey, coffee, toffee, touch of smoke. body is thinning fast. warming and alcoholic

(Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a small tan head. Aroma of vanilla, oak, roastiness, rye, and chocolate. Flavor of sweet chocolate, roasted malt, and bourbon.

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.

Thanks to RiversideAK for this one and to SuzyGreenberg for a back up bottle! Black pour, tall lasting mocha head. Complex aroma, bourbon, coffee, dark chocolate. The flavor follows the aroma. Nice one!

(bottle from blackforestco.thanks man!cap reads f.s. 42)dark brown with red highlights.thick brown head that leaves nice lacing on the glass.the aroma is awesome.i pick up oak,bourbon,vanilla,chocolate,powdered cocoa,dark fruits,and some alcohol.flavor is a mix of alcohol,chocolate,marshmallows,cocoa,roasted malts,and dark fruits.really nice,although its a bit boozy.