Plato's Shadow
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.99
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Batch #1: 2021
Batch #2: 2022
Batch #3: 2024
Batch #4: 2025
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Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours inky black with a small dark brown head and good lacing. Aroma is rich cocoa, bourbon, brandy, oak molasses, vanilla. Flavor is sweet, light plus bitter. Full body. Good, hot
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Tap at Ale Arsenal. Pours deep brown with lighter highlights and small deep brown head. Cloying legs down the glass. Dark chocolate, cocoa powder and boozy aroma. Flavor is rich chocolate, massive whiskey booze on the back half. Syrupy and viscous.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. pours Inky black, minimal brown head, some lacing. Aroma is fudge, bourbon, vanilla, molasses, tobacco, treacle. Flaky is medium plus sweet, light plus bitter. Full body, silky 4,8,9,5,17
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Poured from a 500 ml bottle. Aroma is full of rich, dark, chocolate notes and lots of dark caramel and toffee with lighter roast notes. Hints of leather and ash. Medium light alcohol and bourbon notes with hints of oak. Pours black with a small, moderately thick, creamy, dark mocha head that recedes quickly to the edges where it lingers for a bit before disappearing. No lacing and long legs. Flavor is moderately sweet and very chocolate forward with loads of bakers chocolate. Quite a bit of dark caramel and toffee as well with light roast notes. Medium bitterness and medium light alcohol notes. Light bourbon notes with hints of vanilla and faint oak notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied and a bit sticky with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really nice stout. This one has such great chocolate malt character. Oak and bourbon notes are a bit lighter than expected, but significantly better than being heavy-handed.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Flaska från PP. Batch 1. Tjock brunsvart vätska utan nån egentligen krona. Doftar och smakar av toffee, lakrits, läkerol, johannesbröd, snygga oxidationstoner, massor av fat. Snyggt åtstramad och samtidigt med tung sötma i botten. Fruktansvärt gott.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice sweet chocolate roast malts vanilla bourbon barrels. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate roast malts vanilla plenty bourbon barrel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle thanks to Brian. Pours black with tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong bourbon, wood, vanilla, licorice, roast. Slick body, roasted malt, dark chocolate, vanilla cream, wood, boozy, enjoyed this.