Thirteenth Hour
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
6.97
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A dark Belgian-style stout with notes of spice, coffee, chocolate & oak. The 13th Hour Is The Witching Hour and a time when strange brews can occur. With 13 ingredients, we combine the roasted chocolate and coffee notes of a stout with the complex spicy character of a Belgian-style ale aged in oak for a dark, robust, and bewitching brew.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle/Fest. A- Sour cherry, black cherry, subtle oak, slightly sour. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, tan head. T- Tart cherry, medium sourness. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, sweet finish. O- Much more of a sour ale than a stout, let alone an imperial stout. Lots of black cherry and cola flavors and not so much coffee or chocolate. Nonetheless, it’s tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2017
at 14:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a dark black color ale with a large light brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of roasted malt with some chocolate notes and fruity ester from the yeast is pretty awesome. Taste is a nice mix of roasted malt with loads of black chocolate notes and some residual sugar with nice fruity ester notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Pretty solid take on the Belgian style stout IMHO.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2016
at 13:20
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
We think that this is a bad bottle as it has a sour edge to it. Pretty far from an imperial stout. Disappointed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2016
at 22:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle - pours dark brown tan head. Foamy - nose/taste of cocoa, dark fruit, coffee, oak and bubblegum - medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2016
at 16:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shared 25.4 oz. bottle. Pours dark brown with a beige, airy cola-like head. Aroma of chocolate, yeast, booze, dark fruit, and a bit of sourness. Tastes of Belgian yeast, mild chocolate, oak, a bit of booze, and a bit of dark fruit; no single flavor dominates. Finish is slightly tart. A complex beer, but unfortunately, the whole is considerably less than the sum of its individual components.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2016
at 14:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Somewhere in NOVA probably a total wine: pours dark brown with a light beige head. Aroma is chocolate, vanilla, tree, and roast and yeast. Taste is pretty sweet and creamy. Not particulary roasty or bitter. Alcohol is well covered though it can certainly be felt. Kind of fruity actually like a BSA. Gets you a bit crunk.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2016
at 14:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to James, 30/12/15. Black with a decent tan covering. Nose is dark fruits, toffee, light menthol, spice, jammy berry fruit, light chocolate. Taste comprises rich dark fruits, spice, dates, toffee, yeast esters, nana, light chocolate. Full bodied, prickly carbonation but aids the drinkability, light warming booze in the close. Ok ... more a Belgian strong for me, an adequate one at that. Low end for an impy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2015
at 15:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - close to opaque black with a thin head. Nose - coffee bean and earthiness. Taste - smoke, tar salty liquorice. Palate - medium bodied with a dry tangy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - definitely very gnarly. Interesting but a bit too challenging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2015
at 12:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours dark red brown with a thin head. Aromas of dark sugar, light cocoa. Taste is sweet, oak. Dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2015
at 14:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep ruby, nose is chocolate, oak, taste is sweet, chocolate, light fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2015
at 14:13