Oskar Blues Ten FIDY - Bourbon Barrel Aged
Aged through four seasons and from a blend of the top Bourbons around, this Ten Fidy has morphed into a monster of cranked up flavor. Espresso, burnt sugar, rich chocolate, caramel notes are now driving alongside the vanilla, oak, bourbon from the barrel and been smoothed out during maturation. Even at 12.9% (75 IBUs) it is cool and drinkable, letting each sip add more and more complexity.
4.2
592 reviews
Longmont, United States
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Bottle at Bratislava Beer Tasting 02/2022. Pours dark brown, beige head. Aroma of vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, nuts. Taste is sweet, lightly bitter, chocolate, nuts, vanilla, cocoa.
Tasted in 2022. Just a fantastic Stout out of the can. Lovely.
Dark fruit. Mocha. Toffee. Some roasty maltiness. Pours black with a dark tan head that’s foamier than expected. Quickly settles to a thin ring around the edge. Glassy smooth with an effervescent second half. Medium bodied. More roastiness on the palate than in the aroma. Vanilla. Mocha. Candy sugar. Nice hit of bourbon. Very good.
Can, 12.5%. A black beer, a head is quite big and light brown. Aroma has salt liquorice, caramel, light vanilla and barrel, alcohol can be noticed. Taste has richness of maltyness, caramel, liqurice, light roastiness and vanilla. Full bodied, not much stickyness. Very good beer, nice balance.
Stovepipe can. Date stamped as canned on 11/06/17. Blackish pour with a medium sized foamy brown head that has fair retention. The aroma is big and bold with coffee, dark fruits, anise, bourbon and well roasted grains. The taste Like the aroma is big and bold with black walnuts, coffee, vanilla, anise and bourbon. The palate is full and creamy. Finishes gloriously long with lingering bitter coffee. Overall: One of the best old school imperial stouts. I put this in the same category as BA Speedway, Darkness and Dark Lord. Just magnificent.
(Can) Black colour with big, frothy, brown head. Malty, roasted nose with black coffee, dark chocolate, dried fruit, vanilla, toffee, rum raisins, oak wood and bourbon. Malty, roasted taste with notes of black coffee, dark chocolate, oak wood, vanilla, raisins, coconut, dried apricots, maple syrup, liquorice and a warming finish with a touch of bourbon and a balanced roasty bitterness. Full body, sweet. Complex, powerful, really tasty and quite well balanced for its strength. Great beer!
Can courtesy of Virby44. Drunk tepid from the plastic cup at Gaskin Lake. Black with a frothy, light brown head. Bourbon, fudge, molasses aroma. Taste is mildly, roasted bitter. Lingering bourbon. Pleasant sipping.
355 ml can pours a black with a small tan head. Aromas of bourbon, oak, chocolate, malt. Full bodied, a huge beer, very complex and very delicious.
Pours a dark brown, very viscous, with an inch of brown foam. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate, maybe a hint of molasses. Taste is bittersweet chocolate, fig and raisin, a bit of coffee, black licorice, and a fairly noticeable alcohol burn up front.
Can 355ml at home. From Beer Republic. Pours black with thin beige head. Flavor has roasted malts, bourbon barrel, licorice, coffee, chocolate. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation, roasted finish with bourbon flavors.
LCI. Uit blik geschonken. Prachtige inluider van 2020: volop chocola, koffie en bourbon, wat wil je nog meer? De smaak is geweldig, topper!
12oz can. Pours nearly black with a tiny tan head. Aroma is a huge blend of bourbon and chocolate with plenty of dark roast coffee underneath. And throw in some oak, vanilla, some roast, and a little caramel. Taste is brown sugar, bourbon, coffee, dark chocolate, caramel, a little oak, and roast [7.5/10]. Boozy finish. Full body. Moderate carbonation. Creamy, slightly oily mouthfeel. Can lists ABV as 12.5%. The BA character almost completely overwhelms the base beer.
Can.Pitch black colour with small beige head.Aroma of bourbon and espresso nice thick and oily with nots of wood and coffee.
0,355 l can from Systembolaget Enköping. Really good, like not barrel aged one.
Can 355ml (Beerdome, ABV 12.5%)
Opaque colour, small steady brownish head. Cigarbox, cocoa and roasted malts in the nose. Full-bodied. Roasted malts, cigar, some bourbon, oak and alcohol in the flavour. Not sweet. Interesting and very good.
Burk öltest krokius. Mmmmmfinfin doft av bourbon. Smaken torr som fasen med mycket maltbas o choklad o massor av bourbon. Härligt lång eftersmak. Har druckit den vid 3-4 tillfällen innan o förstår inte varför jag missat o lägga in den.
Dricker den 2023 o tycker då att den är lika balanserad som sist! Nu vill jag nog sänka den rackare
36.5cl blik. Helder zwart kleur, fijne romige bruine schuimkraag. De geur is vanille en gebrande mout. Smaak is zoet, whisky, vanille, gebrande mout en karamel. Vol body en veel koolzuur.
Can. Black. Caramel, roast, oak, tobacco and vanilla in the aroma. Sweet flavor with caramel, lots of oak, vanilla, tobacco and roast. Hint of bourbon. Full bodied, slightly alcoholic. Nice and complex, lives up to its reputation.
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is intense bourbon and oak upfront, with dark malt, chocolate, roast, some vanilla and toasted coconut. Flavour is mild sweet and bitter, hint of booze. Body is medium to full. Beautiful barrel aging, where stout and bourbon lovingly embrace.
Svart med Beige skum. Lukter kokesjokolade, kaffe. Vanilje sjokolade, karamell, kaffe i smak. Fyldig.
From can (pkgd 23Jan'19)--left out of fridge for an hour--into porter glass. Pours near black w/brown head, aroma of choc, brown sugar, light bourbon. Smooth, nicely balanced, uber tasty w/soft barrel elements.
Pours black with a thick nutty foam. 12 degrees Celsius.
Nose is toffee, chocolate, cigar, alcohol, wood, old furniture, like the plush sofa from the 70:s.
Mouth is sweet, toffee, chocolate, plums, vanilla, bourbon. Reaches full potential att above 16 degrees. Less alcohol in the taste by then. The flavours of chocolate dominates more as temperature goes up.
What I like is that the flavours of bourbon is just lurking at the back of tongue, doesn't take the lead as have been the case i many other barrel aged beers I tried.
I did this as a comparison with the Ten Fidy Imperial Stout poured simultaneously at same degree. The main difference is that the original is a bit more roasty while the bourbon barrel aged has more complexity.
Both are top notch and what you prefer is just a matter of personal preferences.
12 oz can. Pours a pitch black with a large tan, light brown head. Aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malt, bourbon and cocoa powder. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa powder, bourbon and roasted malt.
Crazy medicinal heat dominates this beer and on the palate the complexity is off the scale. But its structurally compromised and cannot support its weight leading to a thinnish body. A bit carbonic too.
Can from Total Wine in Austin, TX. Aroma is dark chocolate, smooth bourbon, vanilla, caramel. Taste is super smooth and creamy dark chocolate infused with caramel and bourbon. An excellent beer to end this horrific year.
12oz CaNned on 11/06/20 (High octane go-go juice) - "go-go" reminds me of my only trip to a go-go bar in Jersey back in 2001. Got a nice back rub. Don't know the psychology or the chemistry of it, but when I felt those finger nails go up the back of my arms, I was awakened to a renewed feeling, but enough about go-go bars. Nose is vanilla, brown sugar, and non-descript bourbon. This CaN says it is 12.5%. I would like the RB-advertised 12.9% please. Dry. I have a feeling my wife is going to kick me out of bed for snoring tonight. Overall, pretty good. Not getting that DLD bottle share vibe from this beer. Light burning finish along with cloying. A sipper.
Can. It poured a black color with a tan head. The aroma was of bourbon, chocolate, some vanilla and wood. The taste was similar to the aroma with more bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, wood, coffee, roast with medium carbonation and a nice chewy aftertaste. Tasty!
Deep brown color with lasting brown foam. Bourbon aroma from far away. Smooth, sweet, bourbon flavor with roasted malt sweetness and stout richness. No burn and no coffee bitterness. One of the best barrel aged imperial stouts I have had. Way too smooth for the 12.5% abv.
Black with no foam.
Roasted smell of chocolate and whiskey malt. In taste also chocolate and whiskey with some vanilla and a roasted coffee ending and aftertaste.
Liquide noir sans mousse. Nez bourbon vanille chocolat. En bouche, c'est une attaque toute caramel vanillé avec une louche de café, puis le bourbon et le bois prennent la place... C'est juste impensablement énorme !!!