Tyranena Devil Over A Barrel

Formerly brewed at Tyranena Brewing
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Lake Mills, Wisconsin USA

(12oz. Bottle courtesy of Headbanger).Aroma is deeply roasted with an almost seared beef tone in the back. Color is a solid black with a fine carbonation and a very tight little head. Taste is big, rich and roasted. Starting with a full body it goes down smooth with a slight sweet bite. Finish is a big bold roasted flavor that seems a little sweet with coffee and a big vanilla flavor. After taste has the bourbon coming in and just a faint bitterness. This is an amazing brew with huge complex flavors.

Tasted at the Carolina Crew gathering, Greenville NC - thanks to turd for this one! Black pour, tan head and some nice spotty lace. Creamy mouthfeel. Chocolate and bourbon aroma, slightly roasted. Coffee, chocolate, oatmeal,vanilla, and a bourbony finish. Im glad I got to try this.

This beer is superb. The oatmeal adds a creamy flavor component that complements the vanilla from the barrel aging perfectly. Tastes like a delicious cappuccino with a shot of bourbon in it. Perfectly balanced.

Pours a pitch black brew with a one finger creamy tan head. The nose is chocolatey, nice roasty coffee, sweet, light bourbon. The flavor is big on coffee and smooth roast, milk chocolate, sweet, lightly bitter. The palate is decent, a bit thin.

12oz bottle shared, thanks to thickerfreakness. This poured black with a tan head. Nose was of coffee grounds. Taste was same as nose. Mouthfeel was medium.

Bottle from iowaherkeye. Thanks Joey! Pours a deep brown with a solid tan head. Nose is roasted malts with a good amount of coffee, and just a hint of bourbon sweetness. Nice rounded flavor with more coffee, roasted malts, cocoa, and sweet bourbon. Silky smooth, yet chewy, mouthfeel. Pretty tasty porter.

After a long night of drinking and you need a cup of coffee, this is the beer for you. Has that roasted coffee noselike that pot at a diner that been sitting on the hot plate all night long. Kind of like an Irish coffee on the palate, the coffee roastiness mellows into small balanced hints of bourbon, light woody maltiness and a small amount of vanilla and sweet oatmeal. Yummy!

Thanks to thickfreakness for this bottle! Shared with MaltOMeal and thickfreakness. Very dark pour with a very thin head. Aroma is coffee, molasses and soft bourbon notes. Flavor is strong coffee grounds...rich and full. Good mouthfeel, rich and full with great coffee finish. Very enjoyable and a good meal of a beer. Thanks Charles.