Dominion Oak Barrel Stout

Dominion Oak Barrel Stout is rich and smooth, a draught brew so popular at our Brewup that we found a way to bottle it for a wider audience. We combine seven different malts and two hops to create a delicious stout, that we dry-hop with fresh vanilla beans and toasted oak to finish our little treasure. The result is a stout that has the bourbon barrel flavor we all enjoy, and hope you will to.

Note: made with oak chips and vanilla beans, not aged in barrels. Available bottled and draft outside of the brewpub.

3.6

976 reviews

Dover, United States

Community reviews

3.4 Low oak scent and flavour, a bit watery. Slight sweetness up front. Not a lot of hops or bitter,but still a nice velvet coating and a thick enough to a be a decent style for the beer. Bottle

3.7 bottle enjoyed in an hotel room. poured into a glass, yes that’s right a hotel glass. pours the part but with a head that completely disappears. some oak and vanilla, cocoa. Full body but with a velvet feel.

3.4 355ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours dark brown with a short-lived thin tan head. Aromas of soy sauce, vanilla. Taste is more soy, oak, chocolate. Roasted bitter finish.

2.3 Bottle thanks to Klimaet. Pours a dark brown, almost black. Clear with a fizzy, tan head. Aroma has chocolate malts, vanilla, roasted malts, light oak, some toffee. Taste is watery, sweet, milk chcolate, light artificial vanilla and a tiny roasty bitter finish. Watery body and a rather fizzy carbonation. Tastes like cheapness...

2.9 Bottle. Pours black/reddish hues with a small brown head. Aromas of dark fruits, oak, light vanilla, rye bread, malt. Taste is malty, dark fruits, leathery, chocolate, light tobacco.

3.5 Beer of month club. Pours dark brown with beige foam head. Nose is vanilla. Taste is vanilla, licorice and roasted malt (not getting the "bourbon" flavor mentioned in the description). Pretty good.

3.4 Definitely getting a big oak aroma from this one. Chocolate, coffee and vanilla. Lot’s of oak and vanilla. Taste is smooth and again, full of vanilla, oak and chocolate. Very easy to drink and super affordable. Definitely recommended.

3.1 Pours a dark brown with a fairly creamy off white head which lingers.....aroma of chocolate, touch of vanilla, lactose?......taste is a bit thin, sweetness, slight vanilla, very slight wood notes....mostly just sweetness coming through. Was hoping for a bit more.

3.4 Bottle at Googies Folkestone. Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate stout aroma. Yes so me oak comes through. Not much vanilla. Mostly a woody flavour from the barrel . Yes some sweetness. Not overly lactose. Decent. Not amazing. Too cold and fizzy ok.

3.7 Bottle: Black with a short tan head. Woody caramel, chocolate aroma. Taste is sweet, chocolate malt, vanilla, cola..... Nice and creamy.....roasty. This is a really solid little stout.

3.2 En rigtig fin stout med dybte og en smag af træ kan anes i eftersmagen. Ikek meget humle.

4.0 Black with a light head. Some vanilla aroma, but mainly roast malts and a little coffee. A toasted feel. Pretty good stout

3.2 A decent stout, not overly complex but very easy to drink. The oak is not very pronounced, can’t really tell it’s there at all.

3.5 Aroma: toasted malts, chocolate, liquorice, vanilla, dark fruits. Appearance: very dark brown, medium, frothy, beige head. Taste: light sweet. Palate: toasted malts with chocolaty flavours continue, prunes, vanilla, maybe a touch of wood. Overall: nice Stout, could maybe a bit more intense on the barrel ageing, yet very nice and decently complex. Bottle at the Lockhart, Marylebone.

3.7 12oz bottle. Not sure where I got this. Could’ve been Ohio or NC... blackish pour with thin soapy tan head. aroma of dusty, cocoa, light vanilla, little pine. tastes cocoa, light to moderate sweet, vanilla. faint background smoke and oak. don’t get much bourbon. kinda warm in a nice way. pretty interesting.

4.4 Aroma: caramel, oak, vanilla, molasses Appearance: black with a tan head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, vanilla Palate: medium body, slick feel, soft carbonation, long finish, Delicious

3.6 Black pour with a thin off white head ... Aroma of vanilla, roasted malts and dark chocolate. Aroma on the lighter side ... Taste is of sweet vanilla, light dry oak, roasted malts and a mix of dark and semisweet chocolate .... Finish is dry with some lingering roasted and sweet malt flavors and a hint of vanilla..... Very sessionable smooth and decent bodied stout

3.7 12 fl.oz bottle. Pours very dark brown/black colour with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, tons of vanilla, some wood. Taste of vanilla, sweat roasted malt, caramel, tons of vanilla, very good!

3.4 Bottle into pint glass at Dulles airport. Aroma is almost antiseptic which makes me think the glass was not properly rinsed. Some vanilla chocolate hints. Taste roasted w some vanilla softening. Not overly strong vanilla which is good. Dry, smooth. Solid stout. Not sure why I have not tried and reviewed sooner. Need to try again at home where I can control glass cleanliness.

3.6 Bottle. Black with a small head. Malty with a trace of liquorice and chocolate. Not quite as good as I expected. Felt that it was as experimental beer that didn’t quite hit the target.

3.5 bottle - Pours very dark brown with a small tan head. The aroma is of dark roast malt and chocolate. It tastes of very dark roasted/toasted malt with chocolate, mild oak, and a hint of vanilla. Medium to full bodied, it’s a pretty good brew.

3.4 12oz bottle. pours clear dark brown with a few tanned bubbles. aroma is burnt toast, coffee and peat. thin watery body. medium carbonation. smoky, earthy, charcoal. delicate coffee finish.

4.0 Nice sweet stout. Really roasty, oaky, and alcohol sweet with a vanilla bean finish. Good balance. Good beer.

3.6 Bottle in Northfield, MA. Black body with tan head. Nose is toasty and roasty with vanilla notes. Taste also malts, and oak, and caramel. Enjoyable and well done. Creamy finish.

3.9 Great tasting dark beer with a roasted flavor and a mild sweetness aftertaste. Not as thick as some other beers and overall a great beer.

3.7 From tap at Taphouse. Black with a beige head. Aroma and flavour of oak, vanilla, malt, chocolate, spice and smoke.

4.0 Dark roasted malts. Dark brown to almos black. Some alcohol heat some malty sweetness. Really good dark roasted malt flavor with some toast notes and slight residual sweetness.

3.6 Dark brown pour. Nose is vanilla, wood, roasted malts. Taste is roasted malts, vanilla, wood, well water. Light mouthfeel.

3.3 Aroma: Roasted malt and fruity sweetness. Flavour: Dark roasted malt and fruity sweetness with notes of caramel and coffee. A dry finish. Colour: Almost pitch black with a light brown head.

4.0 Very dark pour from the bottle at Dulles. No head to speak of. Not much aroma either. But the flavor really kicked things into gear. Chocolate and burnt toasted flavors. Very tasty stuff.