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Stout - Imperial / Double | 13.3% ABV
Commercial Description:
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Licorice and Cinnamon Bark
The Rusty Nail begins life as The First Nail, an oatmeal stout of epic proportions with brewer’s licorice, smoked barley, and pale malt and is then aged on cinnamon bark. She becomes The Rusty Nail after spending 15 months in 12 year old bourbon barrels. The Rusty Nail pounds your palate, challenges your perception of all that you’ve known of beer, and leaves you wanting … another sip. “A fine beer may be judged by one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure.” – VWP.
Down & Dirty: 2-Row Pale, Vienna, Midnight Wheat, Flaked Oats, Roast Barley, and Smoked malts with Magnum and US Golding hops, and brewer's licorice and cassia cinnamon chips.
Color: Dark, opaque black
Aroma: Heavy sweet aromatics in the form of toffee, brown sugar, chocolate, and caramel alongside cinnamon and licorice/anise, and woody aromas
Flavor: Intensely sweet and gently bitter with moderate lingering sweetness and light umami in a thick and spicy, mouth warming body
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Very good.
I always love Fremont. Fantastic beer for showcasing barrel flavor
Fremont has an amazing barrel aging process. This one might be their best! Each year I look forward to the Rusty Nail with great anticipation. And they never disappoint.
The epitome of the ultimate barrel aged oatmeal stout.