Monkey Brew Oak loft: Demon Box 2025

Oak loft: Demon Box 2025

 

Monkey Brew in Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway 🇳🇴

  Stout - Imperial Series
Score
8.06
ABV: 14.0% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Demon Box is a blend of imperial stouts, patiently
aged in bourbon and rye whiskey barrels.

This year's blend consists of:
55 % aged for 19 months in Barton and Stagg JR. bourbon barrels
15 % aged for 35 months in Woodrord Reserve bourbon barreIs
15 % aged for 35 months in Old Watermill rye barrels
15 % aged for 11 months in W.L. Weller bourbon barrels.
 

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9.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 10

Sample from bottle. Smell of oak, rye bread, roasted malt, tar, bourbon. Black colour, negligible head. Aroma of roasted malt, rye bread, chocolate, red berries, oak, bourbon, sugar. Foamy soft carbon. Very sweet, lightly bitter. Intense but balanced.

Tried from Bottle at Zinc on 14 Mar 2026 at 20:00

gave a cheers!

8.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

355ml bottle.
Poured pitch black in color.
Intense barrel aroma with bourbon and heavy roasted malts. Bourbon and wood in flavor. Oily mouthfeel, smooth. Long finish, warming. Dark chocolate, wood. Massive sipper, complex beer for this abv.

Tried from Bottle at Zinc on 07 Feb 2026 at 11:27


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

Black colour, small white head. Aroma is liquorice, wood and some nutty tones. Flavour is wood, chocolate, alcohol and syrup. Really smooth.

Tried from Bottle at Zinc on 07 Feb 2026 at 11:20


8.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Lovely evening sipper. Smooth and tasty.
Some brewers know the barrel business
Toffee, dried fruits, vanilla and mild oak
[Bottle at Komlefjorden 25]

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2025 at 19:36


8.5

Bottle. Smooth, warming, sweet. Dark chocolate and coffee, roasted malts and cocoa. Booze, oak, sugar. Complex and delicious. 848517 251129

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2025 at 22:46


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

Utseende: Sort.
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris, alco.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, alco, vanilje.
Skum/kullsyre: Ikke skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Bottle@375ml, ABV@14%, Når@2025.11.29.
Hvor: Samling Komlefjorden
Navn: Demon Box 2025
Stil: STOUT - IMPERIAL
Bryggeri: Monkey Brew

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2025 at 18:02


8.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Shared bottle at Crafty Friends 5 year party - Black with a brown head - Dark malt and wood barrel aroma - Malt body with chocolate and wood barrel flavours - The malt chocolate and good wood barrel flavours goes into a long finish - This was real good

Tried from Bottle at Crafty Friends on 21 Nov 2025 at 17:39


9.5

Tried from Bottle from Vinmonopolet Lillehammer on 17 Oct 2025 at 17:59

gave a cheers!