hopIQ found 10 beers that share Barrel Aged 18lb's chocolate and coffee character. The imperial version of the 9 Pound Porter, aged nine months in 1792 Distillery bourbon barrels. Cocoa-dusted espresso, dark chocolate, dark cherry and black mission figs. Six malts with flaked oats, hopped with Summit, Centennial and Chinook. At 9.7 percent, cellarable.
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Same roasted notes and fullness as Barrel Aged 18lb, adds vanilla notes, but without the richness.
Structure: Very close — a touch less sweetness, a touch more body.
Structure: very close
Shares roasted notes and fullness with Barrel Aged 18lb; adds caramel notes, a notch softer, but drops oak notes.
Structure: Very close — a touch more body, a touch less sweetness.
Structure: a notch softer
Alongside Barrel Aged 18lb on oak notes and richness: adds sweetness, noticeably less bitter, drops fullness.
Structure: Very close — a touch less bitterness, a touch less body.
Structure: less bitter, a touch lighter
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