Great Lakes Barrel-Aged Blackout Stout

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Pours black with a soft tan head. Burnt chocolate to the aroma. Oaky and slightly boozy/bourbon quality to it. Dark and roasty, but still a high carbonation that broke up the palate which sadly kept it from being very smooth. Pretty nice, but felt thinner then other big BA imperial stouts.

bottle from dankman38: pours black with a very little tan head. aroam is sweet almost caramel popcorn good barrel flavour, slight wiskey, good bread and some chooclate adn vanilla. flavour is deep and dark roasty malts and good chcolate. also some nice wood flavour and slight wiskey again. very good.

nice sweet chocolate aroma with some woody aroma and flavor slightly alchoholic has a vanilla coconut pina colada flavor . maybe a little diacytle? but still taste great thanks mcbackus

black pour with a thin tan head. Bourbon and vanilla aroma. Flavor was very strong bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, and just a bit of booze. Finishes silky smooth, very tasty but any more than a 4 oz pour would probably have been too much. Still very nice.

Thanks to RagallachMC for the bottle, given more than a year ago. Aroma of bourbon, coffee, roasted malts and vanilla. A bit of dark fruits. Medium sweetness and heavy body. No hops to speak of, and the bitterness is missing from the regular version. Still, it’s a classic example of a good BA stout.

Bottle. Not sure if Cole or Andy brought this one, but thank you both. Poured an opaque black color with a tan head. Thick, boozy aroma dominated by bourbon. Whiffs of vanilla and roasted malt hid in the background. Medium to full bodied. Bourbon and vanilla dominated the flavor. A bit of the beer came out underneath, but not much. Just hints of toffee, chocolate donut, and roasted stick. I’d classify this one as over-bourbonated (as they say) to some degree, but it’s a pretty good beer nonetheless.

Sampled at Sean and Ryan’s tasting party. Poured a deep reddish-black with a thick, tan head. Big brandy and toasted malt aroma. Sweet taste of brandy, oak and malt with hints of chocolate and fruit and an alcohol bite. Lingering toasted malt flavor. Rich and drinkable.

Bottle from trade with fiver29. Poured a black color with a moderate frothy brown head that diminished slowly and produced sticky legs and fair lacing. Good roasted malt, vanilla and woody aroma. Full body with a smooth texture. Complex sweet chocolate flavor with a sweet smooth woody finish of long duration. Very well balanced barrel stout.