Green Flash Bourbon Barrel Aged Double Stout

Sampled at Blind Tiger Very Special Keg Night 11/19/08: Very good. Not VERY good. Taste profile was what I expected, bourbon/vanilla touch on every sip. Well-bodied.

Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Bourbon and rich malt aroma with light roast. Bourbon, light roast, and rich malt flavor with a light sweetness. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon lingers with rich malt, light chocolate, and light roast.

Crushed with Jakebra at BSAF. Excellent. Happy. Very happy with this brew. This one kicks ass. Roasty with a dominant bourbon flavor. Usually like a more subdued bourbon flavor, but no problems with it in this one.

On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Had this after Winter Storm and it easily rivaled any of Stone’s offerings. Pours black with a ruby sheen and a faint brown head. Brimming with the flavors of bourbon and vanilla. Putting this to your lips is like biting into a chocolate ganache. Great stuff.

Tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. This is some fine, fine work by Green Flash. Nice smooth aroma of dark chocolate and subtle hop and whiskey. The flavor is like a wadded up coffee browney with bourbon sauce - really unified, almost sharpened to an edge. Reminded me exceedingly of RB Chi’s Redline and if this is what the bourbon version of that tastes like I totally get why it was a Top 50. Flash! Aaa-aaahhh...

One of my favorite imperial stouts of the year laid on Bourbon Barrels. In the non barrel aged version, the luscious chocolate flavor dominated, but now, there is a much more chewy, earthy, bourbon and vanilla presences. Took a pretty straightforward Imperial and turned it on end. Hints of oat, caramel and toffee notes. There is a more of a warming in this beer, and more complexity and dryness in the finish.

(11/2/08) Draught sample at Hamilton’s in San Diego. Black-colored with a big light brown head. Aroma of bourbon, pralines and some dark fruity notes. Sweet flavor with roastiness, dark chocolate, some burnt notes and some fruity hints. Medium to full-bodied with quite a bit of carbonation. A very good Stout.

Cask at Gingerman NYC on 1/8, one of the first drawn at 6pm. This was well worth waiting for. dark as the hold of the Exxon Valdez. This BBDS has an even greater presence of bourbon flavor than even the 2008 Goose Island Bourbon County. Outrageous, delicious, powerful, and just wish I could have hung out for a 2nd glass.