{"id":2768,"date":"2015-04-29T11:01:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T15:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2015-04-29T11:01:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T15:01:29","slug":"review-fremont-dark-star-bourbon-barrel-coffee-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/review-fremont-dark-star-bourbon-barrel-coffee-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Fremont Dark Star &#8211; Bourbon Barrel Coffee Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6896,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/17081903617&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104210810\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/17081903617&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-12 07:58:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-07 00:25:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-14 12:46:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-17 20:22:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-31 11:55:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 00:10:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-23 02:54:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 23:41:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 12:41:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-13 09:28:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-19 01:35:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 03:37:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 13:22:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 23:34:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 22:32:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 07:03:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 12:38:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 12:38:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6897,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/17101786400&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190114195104\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/17101786400\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 20:45:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 00:10:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-23 02:54:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 23:41:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 03:37:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 13:22:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 23:35:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 22:32:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 22:32:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6898,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/17101786360&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104210809\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/17101786360&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 00:10:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-23 02:54:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 23:41:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 12:41:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 03:38:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 13:22:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 23:35:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 22:32:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 22:32:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Fremont Dark Star - Bourbon Barrel Coffee Edition&#039; 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Thanks BVC for sending this. Great trade and many thanks! Shared with AFH @ 50F in a tulip.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Pitch black, 2 finger coffee colored head, big bubbles fades to a small line.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; Aroma is amazing. Smells like fresh espresso with a creamy chocolate fudge. Bourbon barrel is incredibly balanced. Vanilla, oak, fudge. just really really amazing aroma.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Taste is sweet&#8230;..but it fades fast&#8230;not cloying, not dry, velvety. The coffee is present and the finish is just really perfect. Excellent representation of vanilla, coffee, fudge, light bitterness. Just insane.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Dense, oily and the lingering chocolate coffee is perfect<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; Excellent beer (KDS) made even better. 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Shared with AFH @ 50F&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:16:31Z","apple_news_api_id":"529c8321-0ada-4c6a-93c4-0677d24874c4","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:16:31Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AUpyDIQraTGqTxAZ30kh0xA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-IE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7788,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/03\/27\/review-surly-darkness-2014-bourbon-barrel-aged\/","url_meta":{"origin":2768,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Surly Darkness 2014 (Bourbon Barrel Aged)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"3.9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a015\/20 750ML Thanks Hoff for sending. 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