Iron Hill Bourbon Russian Stout

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Pours with a black body with a thin head and little lacing. IT’s slightly sweet with notes of vanilla and oak, and a nice underlying chocoalte and roasty notes. The aroma is much more full of bourbon notes...almost overwhelmingly so. Full bodied, smooth and warming.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Re-rate, 1/09, draft at IH, Wilmington, quite a different experience then the one I had from NW 1.5 yrs ago. No overdone bourbon-ness at all, tasting a bit off at first with strong oak and ash notes, but which got much better with temperature. Only faint bourbon, lacked many of the sweet vanilla notes in a good way. A neat brew. Numbers an average of the two, although no two barrels are the same! Original rating, bottle, IH, NW, 7/07: Poured deep dark black color, only a few bubbles making a short appearance on the top, no head after that at all, and lacing was about nil. The aroma was maple, bourbon, cocoa, liquorice, some vanilla. The flavor was dry cocoa with some bitterness, maple, bourbon. I was expecting bourbon overkill, and didn't perceive it in this one to the extent others have (it was certainly less bourboned than the Goose Island BCS). Mouthfeel was full, oily, yet not stick, quite drinkable. A decent brew, looking forward to trying it again.