Vital Statistics
Type: Porter (Imperial / Double)
Aged: Aged in Barrels, Bourbon
Release: Limited Single
ABV: 11.3%
Bitterness: 64 IBU
First released: 27 June 2013
From the brewer
Dates, figs and chocolate. Black currants, barrel-aged in bourbon casks. The result is an Imperial Porter with a tart berry and chocolate aroma with luscious layers of dried fruit, oak and vanilla. A fitting tribute to the 25th Anniversary of our flagship beer.
Average Scores
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After a couple months' aging, it still has a tart-bitter finish, but one that's mellowed out to the point that it seems like character rather than a mistake. I'd like to try it again with a year under its belt.
Rarely do I encounter a beer that I cannot finish. Granted it was my fourth beer of the night, but it was so intensely over the top that I could only make it through about 12 of the 16 ounces.
Great smell, complex, caramel and dark. Tons going on in the flavor, but off from the smell, dominated by a heavy, tart, almost sickly-sweet-to-dry raisin quality in the finish. Not sure it really works - sad!
Strong smell, like a tangy fruit, like opening a container of raisins. Leaves mouth somewhat syrupy and the 11.3% ABV is present as vapor-taste in mouth after a drink.