Schlafly Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout

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

Bottle from the ass pirate Sean. Thanks. I drank this one while I watched someone lose in football and it pissed me off. wasnt the panthers either. Pours out a dark color without much of a head on it. Smell is heavily roasted coffee and chocolate and a nice subtle hint of bourbon in it. Taste is very thick, rich, and full bodied. Took a while to drain this 750, but it was done. A really good BB impy; perhaps the closest thing I have found to black gold. I would drink this again, any time any day.

2007 bottle poured into a snifter had a dark chestnut brown color and did produce a thick frothy tan head when poured from some distance. aroma has roasted coffee, dark chocolate, bourbon, oak, oats, and some funky basement. heavy mouth feel that coats the tongue. flavor has a good dose of roasted coffee and it needs to be to stand with the bourbon and toasted barrel. vanilla, sticky sweetness, alcohol, and chocolate mix nicely. this has mellowed nicely and has a nice warming to it but still is plenty chewy.

2008 bottling. Deep brown color with a dark tan head. Nice oily nutty chocolate aroma. Medium body with a silky smooth mouthfeel. Good roasty, toasty, woody, nutty, blackened malt flavors with a bourbon vanilla sweetness. Most tasty.

750 mL bottle. Poured a deep brown, nearly black with a three finger tan head. Aroma was huge and delicious. Notes of bourbon and vanilla dominate, with touches of chocolate and roasted malt present as well. The flavor was excellent and creamy as well. Strong vanilla and oak present, with a small hint of bourbon. Roasted malt is present in the base, but only as a carrier for the other flavors present. Very full bodied, with only a slight bit of carbonation. This is the best Schlafly beer I’ve sampled.

Schlafly 07 IS-750ml bottle-pours a rich tan head and black color with red tint. Aroma is dark fruit, oak, vanilla, bourbon, medium malt-caramel. Taste is dark fruit, oak, vanilla, bourbon, medium malt-caramel, alcohol. Thanks jwc215 for sharing with me STILL.

750 ml bottle - tried the 2006 (thanks to after4ever) and 2007 (thanks to bvc); 2006 - very slight sour, rich aromas of bourbon, vanilla, chocolate; drinks silky smooth with mildly dry; much more bourbon in this one; 2007 - jet black and a little more syrupy; coffee more noticeable and the bourbon less so; same smoothness; a little more raw with sweet chocolate and bitter coffee; barrel aging not as strong and a touch more in balance; wow, this is a terrific beer

Boxed 2008 750 mL bottle from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville. Pours a dark chestnut brown color with a thin head. Aroma is roasted malts, bourbon, oak, coconut, vanilla. Taste is strong bourbon with roasted malts, coffee, vanilla, cotton candy. Full bodied. Slightly bitter. Interesting and pretty good.

Bottle shared by robert at stateline. Oak aroma duh??? Brown in color almost black but lets some light through. Decent head. Taste is alot of oak/bourbon a little overdone. Chocolate roasted malt taste. Texture was thin but not watery. Not bad but not great.... Thanks robert for opening this beer.