Bottle Logic Brewing Arborescence

Arborescence

 

Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim, California, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Imperial Special
Score
7.43
ABV: 15.21% IBU: 40 Ticks: 2
Arborescence is a small-batch release that celebrates the spirit of craft distilling.

We built a bold stout base to age in 15-gallon bourbon barrels from Los Angeles's R6 Distilling and Evanston, Illinois's FEW Spirits. Where our typical 53-gallon bourbon barrels layer hints of oak, vanilla, caramel, and just a nip of bourbon spirit into a finished beer, the increased contact area of liquid to wood across this medley of small vessels amplifies these rich flavors and makes for a barrel-forward, 15.21% ABV finished product.

We've made elegant use of adjuncts carefully selected to complement this rare barrel character. Summer blackberries weave an earthy, subtle sweetness through the liquid. A finishing filter of hazelnuts adds smooth, nutty depth. A faint dusting of allspice finishes the piece with almost-imperceptible nuance. This is the bourbon drinker's answer to pastry stouts.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Brownish black, fine brown head. Smells bourbon (whiskey?), some slight spice. Great thickness, smooth, soft, pretty boozy. Taste is mostly barrel, and I do get some allspice flavours. Hazelnuts, are you sure? A slight fruityness that may be blackberry.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2022 at 22:00


9

Super herbal, nutty on the nose and palate

Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2020 at 16:29