Slow Lane Brewing Ton of Bricks

Ton of Bricks

 

Slow Lane Brewing in Botany, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
7.57
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 5
Imperial Stout aged for 12 months in rum barrels from Brix Distillers, a local Sydney rum distillery that is a favourite of ours. A pitch black, rich, roasty ale with caramel notes. Aging in rum barrels imparts additional complexity including brown sugar, toffee and vanilla notes.
 

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8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Quite black. Pours thick and inky. This has a rich molasses aroma, light rum. On the palate, it's really rich, some burnt accents, dates, and some good dark sugars. A bit of chocolate, a touch of alcohol, and the rum just lends a little accent. This is very good. Very rich, with lots of complexity.

Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2025 at 02:29


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

330mL can, pours jet black with a tiny tan head. Aroma has plenty of rum barrels, lots of butterscotch, a touch of vanilla, and lots of brown sugar. Flavour is very sweet, with sweet brown sugar, butterscotch, light-to-moderate rum barrel presence, caramel, and some dark dried fruits. Cohesive, delicately barrel-aged, and rich despite not being brutal. Excellent.

Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2025 at 02:27


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Poured from 375mL can (released June 2025; bb 30 June 2030). Very dark brown with small tan head. Burnt dark sugars and molasses, mild soy sauce characteristic, soft rum barrel, nicely balanced.

Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2025 at 02:24


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

2025 version. Can. Syrupy black pour with less than a coat of brown head. Brooding roasty aroma with dark sugars, mocha, vanilla/ pepper oak. Really syrupy (more than any other I've tried). Lots of roast that verges on acrid but is tamed by heavy sweetness that is in turn lightened (a bit) by oak and bitterness. Good, but OtT.

Tried on 25 Jul 2025 at 14:01


8.5

Tried from Draft on 20 Jul 2025 at 04:39