Stoudts Barrel Aged Fat Dog Stout

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

Overall good stout. Hints of oatmeal, caramel, chocolate, and oak. The alcohol shows more than other beers with the same alcohol content. Good with chocolate and other deserts.

Bottle thanks Strasko. Pours a dark brown body with a big tan head. Aromatics are sweet malt, woodiness, a note of whiskey, and oats. Flavor is above with a noticeable bland oatmeal and subtle woodiness and just a note of whiskey.

I am cleaning out my cellar and forgot about this gem,this poured a dark black with a thin head that fades away and the alcohol was not to strong but it had a sweet bitterness to it in the finish overall a good beer.CHEERS!

Bottle courtesy Gillard. Pours black with a large mostly lasting tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of whiskey, roasted malt, and oak. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium mouthfeel with a mild to moderate amount of bitterness and well hidden alcohol. Good but I like the regular Fat Dog better.

My co-worker Rich L. just bought three bottles of this retired beer. The whiskey element is here but its rather subdued versus the coffee chocolate tones and vanilla finish. I like the oak which seems to have an almost cherry wood character to it, reminiscent of Old Dominion but with a fruity raisin malty zing to it. I enjoyed this even though its a bit more mellow than what I expected. I’m mad at myself for drinking a retired beer! Aroma was good-I detected it before I popped the hard to remove cork.

Bottle shared at Cleveland Tasting. Sweet oats and malt up front, coffee, with the alcohol coming on the back side. The barrel aging seemed quite subtle to me.

Bottle, thanks to The_Epeeist. Pours dark brown, with a brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, oak, with just a touch of whiskey and coffee. Flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, and coffee. Good beer, but would be better with more whiskey character.

25.9 oz bottle, cellared about a year. Dark brown with a spongy tan head. Nose of cocoa and molasses with faint coffee and whiskey. Milky body with sudsy carb. Taste is coffee, bittersweet chocolate and raisin. Whiskey grows with the finish.