Fremont Dark Star - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Edition
This year’s release is a blend of 18, 12, and 8-month bourbon barrel-aged KDS Dark Star in 12-year old Kentucky Bourbon barrels. The roasted and chocolate malts compliment the smooth oats to bring you a stout delight wrapped in the gentle embrace of bourbon barrel-aged warmth. A touch of sweetness dances in balance with the hops to finish with a wave and then she’s gone.
Down & Dirty: Pale, Roast Barley, Crystal-60, Chocolate, & Carafa-2 malts with Flaked Oats and Magnum, Willamette, & Cascade hops and coffee.
Down & Dirty: Pale, Roast Barley, Crystal-60, Chocolate, & Carafa-2 malts with Flaked Oats and Magnum, Willamette, & Cascade hops and coffee.
4.1
179 reviews
Seattle, United States
Community reviews
2017 Limited Release ... Black pour with a thin beige head and spots of lacing .... aroma is of coffee, bourbon, oak, roasted malts, chocolate, tobacco, leather and dusty chalky cocoa .... taste is of dusty dry cocoa, coffee, bourbon, chocolate, tobacco and roasted malts with dry oak, booze and caramel malts .... finish is of dry oak, caramel, chocolate and bourbon ... great effort lots of lingering bourbon .... big beer, slick and oily mouthfeel
2017 bottle, black oily beer, head the color of espresso crema. Aroma coffee, toast, vanilla, caramel, chocolate, cookies. Taste vanilla, chocolate, coffee, dark malt, toast, molasses. Palate rich and thick, carbonation subdued. Superb.
2-29-20
Apparence : Noire, léger col brun, rétention moyenne-faible, très faible carbonatation.
Nez : Chocolat, fut de bourbon, malt grillé, café; bien intense.
Goût : Malt grillé, bourbon aux notes alcoolisées, finale plus sur un côté torréfié et boisé, épicé.
Sensation : Corps moyen, longueur moyenne, piquante.
Bref : Hmmm... pas ce à quoi je m'attendais. Surtout après un nez fort invitant. Pas de café en bouche, un côté épicé qui m'aurait fait croire à la Spice War et un bourbon qui ne me semble pas intégré outre mesure. La grosse base maltée sauve la donne, mais en-deçà des attentes.
2017 bottle shared by a friend. Darkest brown pour with no head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, coffee and bourbon. Malty and chocolatey flavor with bourbon accents before a roasty coffee finish.
2016 vintage. Black pour with a filmy beige head. Coffee leads the aroma, persitent but not overwhelming. Taste starts sweet, then the bitter coffee comes in. Barrel aging is evident at the finish, both with woody notes and hints of bourbon. Latent heat. 3 years on, still great.
Bottle. Dark brown. Tan head. Big aroma. Dark malt. Coffee and nuts. Dark malt flavor. Cinnamon and spice. Coffee flavor. Warmth from alcohol. Wood. Very good!
22oz waxed bottle from Tavour. Poured a black color with a medium sized tan head. Coffee, roast, bourbon, oak, vanilla, with the alcohol content well hidden.
really good bitterness, and mouthfeel with chocolate and coffee. the coconut from the barrelling is still there but laregely muted by the bitter coffee.
Aromat: intensywna kawa, burbon, beczka, ciemna czekolada, przyjemny alkohol, najsik;
Wygląd: słaba brunatna piana, czarne, nieprzejrzyste;
Smak: burbon, drewno, dębina, czarna parzona kawa, przyjemny alkohol, belgijskie praliny, wanilia, podwyższona kwaśność, goryczka czekoladowa;
Podniebienie: nisko nasycone, gładkie, pełne;
Bottle pour at Avery Invitational 2019. Black with brownish head. Very nice coffee aroma. Roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, some bourbon, vanilla. Smooth. Medium to full bodied.
Lots of coffee in this. Roast, dark chocolate and more coffee. Barrel and booze. Black pour with mocha head and lacing. Bittersweet finish. Don’t love the leave here – sweet caramel booziness hits hard at initial aftertaste then a sharp, long coffee bitterness stays with you for a while. Tap at Smoke and Barrel.
Draft at Smoke and Barrel. Poured a nearly pitch black color with a smaller tan head. Alcohol is there, but a lot more hidden than I would have expected considering the abv on this one. Smooth bourbon, vanilla. Light smoke, chocolate, roasted malts, smooth coffee. Smooth vanilla, some woody notes. Really nice.
2017 bottle: Black with a small tan darker tan head. Aroma of roast, coffee, chocolate, vanilla, wood, moderate to light alcohol. Fuller bodied, big flavors, coffee is probably a little more muted after two years, moderate to light alcohol. It's a tasty BA imperial stout with coffee, but there are so many more like this that don't cost $33 and are as good or better.
WeWork tasting (20.01.2019). Nose has some green chillies, or well, green coffee beans. Taste has lots of coffee and good chocolate body. Deep and complex, bitter chocolate and cocoa cookies. Coffee and medium body, great with cookies.
Dark brown color. Massive bourbon and coffee nose with oak and vanilla. Big full body semi sweet lots of dark chocolate molasses and nuttiness over coffee character. Very nice
On tap at Hops and Pie poured a clear dark reddish brown with a lingering ring of brown foam. Aromas of coffee, roasted malt, cocoa and light oak. Palate was medium to full bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of roasted malt, coffee, cocoa and a hint of oak with a smooth dry lingering coffee finish.
2017 22oz bottle. Pours an inky pitch black in color and capped by a small tan layer of foam that slowly settles to a thin film and leaves patches of lace around the glass. The aroma is nice showing notes of dark chocolate, burnt caramel, rolled oats, smoothly roasted coffee, espresso, roasted malts, bourbon, and vanilla laden oak. Really luxurious aroma with the dark chocolate, espresso, and bourbon all coming together. The flavor follows suit and shows more of the rich dark chocolate, espresso, and toasted caramel up front followed by notes of dark roasted malts, smoothly roasted coffee, and bourbon oak with just enough balancing bitterness from the roasted malts on the back end. The vanilla fron the oak starts push through as it warms to add further balance and depth. Full bodied and silky smooth from the oatmeal with moderate carbonation that leads to a dark chocolate, roasted coffee, and bourbon oak finish. The coffee doesn’t overpower at all and lends a nice mocha component that melds perfectly with the dark chocolate and roasted malts. The base oatmeal stout is really good and gives it an almost creamy mouthfeel. Just a great barrel aged stout with just the right amount of coffee.
On tap at Jake's Brew Bar. Black appearance with a lingering brown head. Aroma of dark chocolate, gourmet coffee, espresso, dark malts and light roast. Similar flavor, thick, rich and creamy with moderate sweetness and light bitterness. Full body with a smooth feel and a pleasant finish. Excellent.
Poured from 2017 bottle black with a creamy mocha head. Aroma is slight green pepper coffee oats bourbon and roasted cbocolate. Tatse is creamy luscious great mouth feel bourbon is present in the finish light green pepper notes chocolate oak. Really nice. Don't hold this any longer.
Bottle at bumba. Aroma of malt, coffee, spices and chocolate. Taste has cherry, fruity coffee, malt, chocolate. Good one.
This was amazing! 2014 vintage...Vanilla, boourbon, coffee, cocoa, some roasted and some dark fruits, black with a thin tan head, not extremely full body, very soft carbonation, again an explosion of cocoa and dark fruits, bourbon for days, beautiful warming in the final...so good, and the label is amazing!
22oz bottle Anno 2015 via trade.
Couleur noire, dorée huileuse au verre, col fin moka.
Arôme est chargé en notes de malts grillé, caramel, touche abondante et excellente de café sur des notes de Bourbon en rétro, cela apportant un léger bouquet boisé de chêne et de notes vanillées.
Palais est épais, boozy, chargé en malt grillé, torréfié sur un café généreux et persistant mais bien en balance avec un effet Bourbon apportant une pointe de douceur vanille. Le tout grandit avec le temps et continue à se développer en bouche. Amertume est fine et se fait présente avec modération.
Rami Rami is drinking a Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Star – Coffee Edition (2017) by Fremont Brewing at ul. Anielewicza
W aromacie kawa, beczka, czeko. W uscie ciut pusciej, ale tez najsik bardzo
My Bottom Line:
This sumptuous Barrel-Aged Coffee Imperial Stout is the setting for the luxurious union of chocolate, cereals, coffee, dark fruit and deeply toasted bread.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam crowns the blackness.
-Alcohol warmth somehow helps everything gel in this one.
-This is not a sugar bomb. Yes, it’s very sweet, but it’s also very complex and beautifully malty.
-This is like Péché Mortel Bourbon with a healthy dose of crunchy oatmeal. And 3% more alcohol… Oh, boy.
Bottle.
Bean'ish coffee, chocolate, coconut, oak, roasty, caramel.
Medium sweet, light bitter.
Bottle from a friend. Black color, beige head. Bitter taste with roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, bourbon, dark fruits, licorice and vanilla. Bitter finish with roasted malts, coffee, bourbon, vanilla, dark fruits and licorice. Exquisite imperial stout.
Thanks gramity. Aroma is coffee, caramel and sweet malt. Taste is coffee, chocolate, bourbon, nuts, and sweet malts.
From a 650ml brown bottle, waxed. 2015 vintage. RBAG winter 2018. Black and oily with a thin tan head. Nose - rich chocolate malt, bourbon and alcohol and coffee. Taste - big and roasty with black coffee, bourbon and dark malt bitterness. Coffee and lingering heat at the finish. Big and rich, a slow sipper. Excellent BA coffee impy.
Pours inky black, medium dark brown creamy head, dissipates slowly leaving nice residual lacing on the glass. Aroma is bourbon, mocha, some vanilla. Flavor is pretty alcohol forward, lots of coffee and bourbon, notes of chocolate, roasted malts, some vanilla. Oddly not hot per se, but the booze is a bit harsh. Some astringency from time in wood. Fullish body, somewhat creamy mouthfeel.