Laughing Dog Bourbon Barrel Aged The Dogfather Imperial Stout

Brewed by Laughing Dog Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Ponderay, Idaho USA

Tap @ Bittercreek: Pours pictch black. The nose is bright and roasty with light oaky notes and ample vanilla, chocolate, coffee and other prerequisite imperial stout things. The flavor is balanced and delicious; not much in the realm of bourbon aged though. I like it when sometimes a barrel aged beer shows a good balance of the original idea melded with the barrel. Sometimes you get too much barrel though. In this case, there’s not enough. It’s great, but not enough different to be worth emulating.

Tap @ EcoBrew Fest - Pours dk brown with a small tan head...boubon dominated this brew in each sense, so I did not enjoy it quite as much as the original one...aroma is bourbon, wood, vanilla and cocoa...flavour is similarly bold, nice bitterness from the oak and charred coffee, balances well with the dark malt...still a fun brew, but a terrific argument in itself for everyone burnt out on BA Imperial Stouts...

Super bitter aroma and taste with a lot of coffee notes and a slight oak note from the barrels.

Black-bodied with a diffuse chocolate colored head. Lustrous roasty notes emanate from the glass as bourbon and vanilla tendrils punch their way out. Characterized by a solid backbone of roast flavor with strong oaky and woody notes. Bourbon is impossible to miss. Almost overpowering. A potent winter brew fit for winter time consumption.

Dark as night, a wonderful example of the style!!! Let it warm up a bit for the full effect.

On tap at Naked City. Pours black with a small tan head. Malty coffee aroma, huge coffee and alcohol in the taste- just a little more and you’d be drinking Kahlua. Nice thick mouthfeel, but the alcohol probably seeps through a little too much.

Bigwoodfest. Black with a tan head. Nice blackened malt aroma with dark raisons and whiskey. Smooth, rich flavor mirrors the aroma with wood cocoa and bourbon vanilla riding a roasty malt base. Very good.

Bourbon Barrel Aged The Dogfather Imperial Stout On cask @ The Front Door Pours out a nice black topped with a small tan head. Talk about a a great aroma of sweetness and the Bourbon. Very tasty plenty of sweetness. I picked up some Vanilla, Dark chocolate, roast coffee, wood, and some more of the bourdon. This stuff will only get better with age. I hope the alcohol will mellow a little. Better than the non aged one.