Corriveau Impériale (Fût De Bourbon)
Le Bilboquet, Brasseur Artisan

Corriveau Impériale (Fût De Bourbon)Corriveau Impériale (Fût De Bourbon)
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From:
Le Bilboquet, Brasseur Artisan
 
Quebec, Canada
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
9%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.95 | pDev: 7.09%
Reviews:
6
Ratings:
19
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 06, 2019
Added:
Sep 30, 2013
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  5
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Reviewed by janubio from Spain

4/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
500 ml. bottle at Las Buenas Pulgas, served in a balloon glass. Pours a black colour, medium off white head with short retention, creamy lacing
Aroma of varnish, whiskey, licorice, vanilla, raisins.
Full body, sticky creamy texture, normal carbonation. Whiskey finish.
Taste of whiskey, chocolate, licorice, raisins, vanilla.
Great.
Oct 06, 2019
 
Rated: 4.06 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

Oct 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.92 by Jerk_Store from Canada (QC)

Apr 28, 2017
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Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)

3.99/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Corriveau Impériale has an extremely impressive head for something that spent three years stuck in bourbon barrels. Its spongy brown foam couldn't look happier to finally breathe - it sticks to the glass like a shy child clinging to their parent's leg. Named after an infamous murderer, the liquid is an appropriately mournful shade of black.

Bourbon has a special, seemingly chemical reaction when mixed with roasted malt - how the two combine to create notes of cigar, cocoa bean, espresso, burnt marshmallow, black tea and tiramisu is as fascinating to me as anything seen on Bill Nye or NOVA. Science surely has an explanation for all this, but one need only smell it to experience it.

I wasn't impressed by standard La Corriveau. In fact, I likened it to packaged cake mix. The extra vanilla notes imparted by the bourbon barrels enhance that flavour on the one hand, but they also layer the palate with coconut, cigar box-like spice and somehow manage to enhance what subtle coffee bean and dark chocolate flavours were there in the first place.

Who knew that underwhelming oatmeal stout could actually be turned into a solid, albeit easy-going imperial?! The taste still suggests vanilla icing and the mouthfeel has a considerably creamy texture (even despite the odd wood splinter here and there). Warmth is not exactly its friend but the bitter and solventy elements never get too far out of wack.

Corriveau Impériale is far from a momentous bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout but it is sure to please. Already fully evolved and only a relatively moderate 9% in alcohol, it's not one to sit on. Definitely enjoy it soon or else risk being disappointed. I feel I got my money's worth for $13.99 even if it could have been better spent elsewhere.
Jul 30, 2016
 
Rated: 4.46 by Electros from Canada (ON)

Jun 18, 2016
 
Rated: 4.44 by HopBelT from Belgium

Jun 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.9 by groleau from Canada (QC)

May 27, 2016
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Reviewed by Sheppard from Massachusetts

4.31/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Looks great, black with tan head. It has an aroma of vinous grapes and dried fruit. I am getting a lot of up front bourbon covered chocolate and some nuttiness. There's a touch of booziness in the finish. It's a little thin, but this is a very nice bourbon barrel stout.
Feb 17, 2016
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Reviewed by flipper2gv from Canada (QC)

3.85/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Review #300!!!

A: Pours pitch black with a beige to cafe au lait head, very creamy looking. Not a lot of lacing or retention, definitely some alcohol legs.

S: Lots of bourbon notes in there, vanilla, oak, pepper dominates. Definitely some coconut too. The booze shows through quite a bit. There is some light milk chocolate notes and some light licorice. Not a lot of coffee in this. Really good smelling beer, but very light smelling.

T: Very boozy, that's the first thing that hit the palate. Again, a lot of coconut, milk chocolate and some light filter coffee are piercing. Licorice is also a quite dominant force. Definitely good, but a bit on the unbalanced side of things.

M: For the amount of residual sugars this beer has, one would have expected it to have more body. It's a bit thin for the genre but nowhere watery with sharp carbonation and sticky feel. It's ok.

O: This is a decent beer. A bit expensive for what it is, but still worth the try.
Feb 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.74 by nmann08 from Virginia

Jan 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by 4ster from Canada (ON)

Jul 25, 2015
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Rated by rodmanfor3 from Vermont

3.5/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I wanted to like this beer but there was nothing special here. The barrel presence was there, the flavor was not.
May 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.85 by Cycle69 from Canada (ON)

Oct 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.96 by Mabougie

Sep 16, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Whatup14 from Canada (QC)

Sep 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Socialiste from Canada (QC)

May 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Mack from Canada (QC)

Feb 25, 2014
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Reviewed by MrElPechor from Canada (QC)

3.88/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: Pour coffe Black liquid with a nice mocha compact head with some retention, some lacing

Smell : Bourbon, vanilla and coffee

Taste : Coffee vanilla bourbon hazelnut medium final with a very light alcohol taste and light bitterness

Mouthfeel : medium body average carbonation

Overall : Pretty good aging (3 month) not too much woody character better then the La Corriveau
Nov 18, 2013
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

4.1/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle: Poured a deep black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of black chocolates notes with light dry coffee notes with some light vanilla and bourbon notes. Taste is also dominated by nice black chocolate notes with limited bitterness and some light vanilla and bourbon notes with a dry finish with notes of roasted malt and coffee. Body is above average with nice creamy texture and no apparent alcohol. Solid rendition of the style with good balance between the different flavours. Bourbon notes could have been a bit more pronounced but very enjoyable nonetheless.
Sep 30, 2013
Corriveau Impériale (Fût De Bourbon) from Le Bilboquet, Brasseur Artisan
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 19 ratings