Schlafly Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout

Brewed by Saint Louis Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Maplewood, Missouri USA

#200! 750ml. 2007 vintage. Huge thanks to bmartin08 for sending me this one! This mother of a beer poured blacker than black with a huge dark brown frothy head. Aromas are out of this world! Strong burbon, roasted malts, dark chocolate, fresh ground coffee, and nice oak hints to the nose. Flavor is very well rounded and complete throughout. Right away you get a nice coffee/roasted malt hit followed right by warming burbon. The finish is oaky and chocolatly. I loved this one so much that I drank the whole 750 my self. The flavors from the barrel really came through to turn this impy into a stellar one.

750ml bottle at 10.5% Shared wit h French Tickler and Pyrozoid. Very dark reddish black appearence with a thick creamy taned head Aroma: coffee, meringue, black cherrys, chocolate, molasse, oak and vanila. Flavor: creamy chocolate, alcohol, vanilla and black forest cake. Palate: medium creamy body, soft carbonation with a creamy oily finish.

2007 vintage. Bourbon and whiskey dominate the aroma and at first drink your pallet is killed by the whiskey alcohol flavor. That fades though into a roasted malt deliciousness with some chocolate as well. Would love to try this with a couple of years of cellaring. Nice smoky flavor profile as well.

750 ml bottle-2007 vintage. Pour is dark mahogany brown w/ruby edges. Not much of a head/lacing. Typical Imperial Stout aromas, heavy malt, dark chocolate and a hint of whiskey. Heavy warming palate. Heavy malt and dark chocolate flavor, also some vanilla hints and of coarse, a hint of whiskey. Or I could be mistaking the heavy alcohol presence as whiskey. Either way, great Impy and a big thanks to Theisti for sending this one my way.

Bouteille via trade avec Mr. Rain. Dégusté avec Pyrozoid et Agaguk. Apparence tres foncé noir avec une bonne mousse cremeuse brun leger. Aromes de meringue, sucre brun, cerise noire, olives noir, copeaux de bois spécial a gigi, lait au chocolate et plusieurs épices variés. Debut tres cremeuse avec une explosion d’amertume qui fini a nouveau vers le cremeux. Riche corps avec une bonne effervescence. Gout de gateau foret noir, alcool, anis et les copeaux magique. Tres bonne imperial stout qui as un charactere tres particulier... On ressent beaucoup plus l’alcool en se réchaufant.

Bouteille de 750 ml à 10,5%. Dégusté avec french tickler et Agaguk. Biere de couleur noir avec un moyen collet beige collant. Odeur crémeuse, épices, chocolat, meringues, vanille, sucre brun, pommettes, cerises noir et un semblant de bois. Gout tres crémeux, chocolat, vanille, sirop d’érable, épices, alcohol. et gateau foret noir.

2009-01-16. Extremely dark brown-black body has interesting highlights, modest tan head. (4+) Sweet vanilla bourbon aroma is rich without being overpowering. (7+) Flavour has more sweet bourbony vanilla but its surprisingly balanced, sweet malt core mostly defers to the bourbon barrel overtones but makes its presence known at least, very light bitterness is variable. (8+) Smooth medium to full bodied palate. Rather good, one of the rare examples of barrel aging well executed. That said, I expect it is still best enjoyed in small portions. 2006 Vintage Bottle shared by Blankboy
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