Stoudts Barrel Aged Fat Dog Stout

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

750 ml bottle

Thanks to Blake for sharing this at an impromptu pre-Great Taste gathering. I’ve had the regular version and actually find that preferable in some ways to this one. Compared to the ’rock stars’ on Saturday it was a shadow of what it could have been. Most of that I can attribute to the base beer itself which I find a little underwhelming.

Aroma / Appearance - The dark brown pour had a one finger head which settled slowly over time. Creamy sticky lacing clung to the sides of my glass as one would expect with a high gravity imperial stout. Oak, vanilla, anise and a trace amount of coffee do not assault the senses so much as massage them. I found it a bit weak for the style.

Flavor / Palate - Oatmeal, anise and trace vanilla notes are good but not impressive. I can easily pick on the bourbony aspects which seem to dominate more than the base beer. It is dull and lifeless for an imperial stout in my opinion. The oaky finish leaves something to be desired. Thanks for sharing Blake!

Pours to a hazy brown/black body with a large frothy light brown head that becomes thin. The aroma is chocolate, bourbon, dry wood, honey, and vanilla. The flavor is molasses, chocolate, bourbon, dry wood, and vanilla. The palate has a medium sweetness and the beer is medium bodied with an oily soft texture.

From Secret Santa! Pours black with a huge, thick, well-retained light brown head. Nice, rich chocolatey nose, with a big dark malt presence. The whiskey was there, but not huge and up in your face like other barrel aged beers I’ve had. I liked that. A little caramel in there too to round out the aromas. Very creamy mouthfeel, the whiskey gives it a nice caramel flavor to go along with the roast and chocolate malts. Seems to be balanced quite well for a barrelaged beer, sometimes tough to find. I thought this was tasty, and pretty well done.

Bottle sampled. Pours dark with ruby edges and a good size beige head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, coffee, and molasses. The flavor is smooth, chcolate, roast, slightly sweet, oak, with a nice alcohol kick in the finish.

750ml bottle. Vintage 2002 via trade with someone unkown. Aroma is malty but restrained. Pour is black with a thin but visible light brwon head. The taste is sweet and light with a nice smooth taste. Overall after BA 4th Dementia this beer tastes like nothing so I’m not super sure how to rate it.

Bottle. Black coloured with a beige head. Light roasted aroma of liquorice and chocolate with notes of vanilla and wood. Light roasted flavour of chocolate and liquorice with notes of vanilla and wood.

Bottle. A black beer with a small brown head. The aroma is of roasted malt, wood, vanilla, chocolate and coffee. The taste is also of roasted malt, wood, vanilla, chocolate and coffee, but also some whisky notes and some alcohol. Medium body with a light sweet warming finish.

Bottle. Large creamy light brown head that had a very nice lasting display of lacework. Color was very black. Heavy aroma of chocolate, coffee, burned notes and a good mix of wood, liquorish, light vanilla and whisky as well. Medium to full bodied with a soft carbonation and only the warming feeling of alcohol. Moderated sweet malty flavor with light burned bitterness. Excellent lingering sweet finish. Very nice Imperial Stout.