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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Heroes Beer Co., Hong Kong, Stout - Milk / Sweet Imperial

Heroes BBAIMSwPBCN&V (5th Anniversary)

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Brewery: Heroes Beer Co.
Country: Hong Kong
ABV: 10.5%
Style: Stout – Milk / Sweet Imperial
Other Notes: Bottle 138 of 999

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout with Peanut Butter Cacao Nibs and Vanilla. We’re turning 5 years old, so we’ve decided to throw all of our favourite ingredients into this! BBAIMSwPBCN&V starts with dessert-like aromas of bourbon vanilla, peanut butter, and milk chocolate. Follows through with a layered malt profile of dark chocolate, espresso beans, toffee, raisin, and maraschino cherry. Drinks with a firm bitterness that’s well balanced by the complex malt sweetness and velvety body. Subtle American oak characters add complexity to the long finish of this liquid dessert and keep you going for just a little sip more.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.33
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A boxed, black waxed, 650ml bomber, bottle 138 of 999, packaged on 4th November 2022, and with a best before date of 3rd November 2024. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Dark brown to black in colour, with a one finger tanned head that had pretty good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Light roast, milk chocolate, bourbon, wafer, peanut butter, with notes of caramel, toffee, and dried dark fruits.
Taste: Sweet, bourbon, caramel, toffee, moderate bitterness, dark chocolate, light roast, black coffee, biscuit, vanilla, and subtle nutty peanut butter.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, full bodied, with soft carbonation.
Overall: An enjoyable sipper as the sweetness is balanced by some bitterness, and it’s up there with the 2nd Anniversary beer as one of my favourites in their Anniversary lineup.

4 - Good (buy), Australia, Beer Reviews, Deeds Brewing Co., Stout - Imperial

Deeds Once More Into The Fray

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Brewery: Deeds Brewing Co.
Country: Australia
ABV: 13.8%
Style: Stout – Imperial
Other Notes: 2023 vintage

Brewer Description: (from can) This Imperial Stout was aged in Bourbon Barrels for 12 months resulting in thick chocolate notes, backed by vanilla, bourbon and oak.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.34
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 440ml can, 2023 vintage, canned on 28th September 2023. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Dark brown to black in colour with a half finger tanned brown head that had decent retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Sweet, chocolate, bourbon, caramel, and vanilla notes.
Taste: Roasty, chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, caramel, oak, with some biscuit and nutty notes.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, full bodied, with soft carbonation.
Overall: Nice classic BA style Imperial Stout. Despite the sweet aroma, it was balanced in the flavour, with good roasty and bourbon character. An enjoyable sipper.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgian Quadrupel, The Lost Abbey, USA

Lost Abbey Box Set Track #8 (Number of the Beast)

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Brewery: The Lost Abbey
Country: USA
ABV: 13.7%
Style: Belgian Quadrupel
Other Notes: Ale brewed with raisins, aged in bourbon barrels with cinnamon and chiles

Brewer Description: (from bottle) To this day, little Johnny B. Goode remains one of Sister Mary Hightower’s favorite pupils. A ray of light heaven sent she often declared. Unfortunately, she was now teaching his younger brother Damian and most assuredly was not his biggest fan. Hard to believe one mother could produce two children of such different temperaments, but God works in mysterious ways she reminded herself. Damian had been her biggest challenge this year. The kids didn’t like him. The parents didn’t trust him and most of all, there was something lurking behind those shifty beady eyes. His presence in the classroom always troubled her. She thought him evil but couldn’t prove it. She set out to test him. Damian took his turn at the chalkboard, and the impossible question was presented. What is the square root of 443.556? As Damian finished writing the last 6 for his answer, he turned winked at her and returned to his seat. She finally had her answer. Sister Mary Hightower never returned to work…

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.18
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A corked and caged 12.7 fl. oz. bottle, with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a Chimay goblet glass.
Appearance: A murky dark brown colour with pretty much no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Dark fruit, raisins, prunes, plum, figs, toffee, bourbon, faint cinnamon, light roast, and a touch nutty.
Taste: Light to moderately sweet, dark fruit, raisins, prunes, plum, fig, chocolate, toffee, boozy bourbon, cinnamon, light chili spice.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Although I’m unsure of the timeline due to a lack of bottled on or best before date, I’m pretty sure I’ve cellared this for quite a few years. The aroma and flavours were nice and intense, and it was just an enjoyable sipper.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Belgian Quadrupel, Funky Fluid, Poland

Funky Fluid I’ve Seen Footage

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Brewery: Funky Fluid
Country: Poland
ABV: 11%
Style: Belgian Quadrupel
Other Notes: Bourbon BA Quadrupel with maple syrup & vanilla

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Quadrupel aged in bourbon barrels with addition of maple syrup & vanilla.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.32
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.1

Intro: A 330ml navy blue with glitter waxed bottle, 2022 vintage, with a best before date of 30th December 2023. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: A dark brown colour with a very thin beige head that dissipated quickly, while leaving sparse to no lacing.
Aroma: Sweet, bourbon, vanilla, dried dark fruit, raisins, prunes, caramel, with notes of maple syrup.
Taste: Sweet, bourbon, raisin, prunes, figs, oak, caramel, vanilla.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: A very enjoyable sipper. The maple syrup didn’t really turn up, but the overall flavours were good.

4 - Good (buy), American Strong Ale, Beer Reviews, The Lost Abbey, USA

Lost Abbey Box Set Track #11 (Devil Went Down to Georgia)

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Brewery: The Lost Abbey
Country: USA
ABV: 12.5%
Style: Strong Ale – American
Other Notes: Bourbon barrel-aged ale with peaches & black tea

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Henry Jones Sr. and his son loved to fiddle each evening at dusk; their notes sweetly carried through the wooded acres. Their farm, Jones Peaches, was a southern institution. Many whispered their fiddling coaxed sugars from the earth making them the juiciest peaches known to man. Heaven smiled daily on the Jones’ until tragedy struck, summoning Henry Sr. to his final resting place. Henry Jr. assumed his father’s farming, but the peaches slowly became less sweet. Sales plummeted as bills piled up. One evening a curious banker in an orange suit arrived with an offer… One song, two fiddles – a duel with the land deed in the balance. Neighbors witnessed an evil thrashing and heaven guided harmonics that night. The man in orange left his gilded fiddle on top of the deed, never to be heard from again. Soon the whispers of JP’s greatness returned as Henry Sr. smiled down from above.

My rating: 4-
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.05
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A corked and caged 12.7 fl. oz. bottle, 2017 vintage, poured into a Tilquin stemmed glass.
Appearance: A dark brown colour with pretty much no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Chocolate cake, caramel, toffee, bourbon, dark rum, vanilla, black tea, dark fruit, and peachy notes.
Taste: Chocolate, caramel, bourbon, lightly herbal, black tea, oak, and a lasting bittersweet finish.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied with soft to no carbonation.
Overall: An interesting and enjoyable sipper. The black tea is there and I can even imagine the peaches at times. It makes me wonder if the peaches were more noticeable fresher, and what it would have been like.