Assassin
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Summer|
Score
8.42
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After endless hours of scorching in heat, brewing in turmoil, fermenting in angst, the Assassin's journey has just begun. In the shadow of the temple, he lies in wait, maturing his plot to perfection. He emerges merciless, dominated by darkness, his bite laced with the charred remnants of his victims. No man dares to cross his path. They will forever sleep with one eye open, in fear of the Assassin's hot kiss of death.
2012 - Red wax. 1st release
2012 - Gold wax 2nd release
2013 - Yellow wax
2014 - Metallic Gold wax
2012 - Red wax. 1st release
2012 - Gold wax 2nd release
2013 - Yellow wax
2014 - Metallic Gold wax
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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled from a 0.65l bottle @ Top Hops (BA) bottle share. Jet black in the glass with a nice small dark but fat mocha brown top. It has this oily and thick mouthfeel with a soft prickling carbonation level. Fantastic chocolate - deep as a cellar nose. Just all black and thick. Some syrupy thing, fantastic nose with lots of espresso. It's sweet but not cloying. Lots of warming alcohol. It's a flavor bomb this. Amazingly rich and complex. Lots of wood, deep dark chocolate, some espresso and it even has something that reminds me of home made black ice cream. What a mess of a rating but this is one amazing beer! 15.06.2013
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2013
at 04:33
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle sampled at rbsg. From notes. Boozy with bourbon, chocolate, banana snd burnt wood. I wish i had one of my own to bring back.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2013
at 12:09
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by GOTC at the Amarin Cafe. Rating 5,500. Pours black with tan head. Nose and taste of vanilla, chocolate cake, whiskey barrel, oak, sweet molasses, sweet chocolate and roasted nuts. Medium body. Smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2013
at 11:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz. bottle, sent from mista (thanks a lot, Geoff), pours black with a small brown head. Aroma brings out dates, roasted malt, licorice, and treacle toffee. Flavour brings out loads of complex dark fruits - dates, figs -, treacle toffee, caramel syrupy, and molasses. Extremely viscous mouthfeel, with the dark fruits and syrupy dominating the flavour profile. Wow - this is complex. I don't really get much coffee and whiskey barrels at all. Exceedingly rich and deep. Not the easiest to drink due to the viscous, syrupy nature of this. Still, wonderful stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2013
at 22:52
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 7.5
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle. Big thanks to Hopscotch for sharing this gem. Dark brown pour with a light brown head. Incredible caramel and chocolate aromas. Great lacing. Sweet with some cola like qualities. Caramel, chocolate, and woody notes with a fair amount of heat from the rye in the finish. Very good mouthfeel and body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2013
at 05:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
yellow wax - Thick pour. Pitch black Nose is licorice and cocoa with a vanilla sweetness Boozy, spiced, chocolate and sweet. Finish is very sweet and loaded with vanilla and some dark fruits.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2013
at 07:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle shared by Ryan, thanks! lt brown-black that sheets/has legs. A-a bit hot, whiskey, vanilla, roasty/chocolate-dk malt, some spice. T-balanced, whiskey, roasty/chocolate-dk malt. Smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2013
at 06:51
9.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Tap. Holy sh*t this is good. Pours opaque black with a medium deep brown head, creamy, some lacing. Aroma is chocolate, dark roasted malt, bourbon, coffee, quite intoxicating. Flavor its even better, quite sweet but not cloying, light coffee bitterness, wonderful balance between the bourbon and stout flavors, and completely masks its huge ABV even through the finish. Full bodied and silky.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Nov 2012
at 22:13