Abstrakt AB:26
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
7.50
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Our second Abstrakt release of 2018 comes in the form of an intense bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout, with none other than Uncle Duke's. At 11.5% and with 6 months spent in bourbon barrels, it has resurfaced as a smouldering but gentle beast with layers of flavour. This beer is enkindled with the sweet notes of molasses, rich dark chocolate and campfire coffee giving whisps of smoke and charred wood followed by a warming bourbon finish.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @Brewdog Helsinki 19.1.2019. Pretty sure I have added the rating, but seems to have disappeared. Anyway, nice barrel notes, plummy and slightly vinous. Cola brown color, thin off white head Light smoke and bourbon. Full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Feb 2019
at 10:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at Metro Mayhem - London. Pours oily black-brown with a tight, creamy beige head. Really nice, dense, with lots of rocky road, burnt marshmallows, dark berries and cocoa. Medium to full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, further baking cocoa, ashy roast and dark fruits. Stellar.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2019
at 20:59
7/10
Cold coffee, smoked plums, robust roast, alcohol covered
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Feb 2019
at 16:29
6/10
Sweet, chocolate, roast, malt, chocolate, booze, spicy.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2019
at 18:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
28.12.2018, tap @ Apollon:
Nice light brown slightly fizzy-creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, dark sugar, dark malts, mild bourbon, chocolate, licorice, caramel, minerals, nuts, hints of vanilla and tar. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, bark, dark malts, bourbon, minerals, licorice, paper, tar, dark sugar, burnt coffee, soil, fruit stones, cough syrup. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly watery and harsh boozy mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Nice light brown slightly fizzy-creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, dark sugar, dark malts, mild bourbon, chocolate, licorice, caramel, minerals, nuts, hints of vanilla and tar. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, bark, dark malts, bourbon, minerals, licorice, paper, tar, dark sugar, burnt coffee, soil, fruit stones, cough syrup. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly watery and harsh boozy mouthfeel. Fair enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2018
at 15:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up from Brewdog, Oxford, consumed at home Monday 24th December 2018 whilst cooking canelloni. Marvellous beer, whisky notes, lovely carbonation, a little heat, nice dark burnt sugar, a lovely sipper, roasty, great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2018
at 20:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft @ BrewDog Malmö. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty licorice chocolate aroma. Roasted malty caramel chocolate flavor with hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty chocolate caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Dec 2018
at 16:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On keg at Brewdog Lothian Rd, Edinburgh. Appearance - deep brown to black with a nice fawn head. Nose - dark chocolate with smoke. Taste - creamy chocolate but very dark. Raisins in there too. Palate - creamy and full bodied. Long and elegant finish. Overall - a solid wall of chocolate.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2018
at 14:59
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2018
at 16:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at BrewDog Soho. Black beer lasting tan head. Oddly vinous on aroma along with liquorice and chocolate. Malty in mouth. Some dark chocolate. Complex aroma and then fairly simple continuation into mouth. Dry malty flavour. Some juicy liquorice presence. Some dark fruits. Light mint. It's kinda OK but not the best Abstrakt. Liquorice flavours have never been my thing.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2018
at 16:54