Barrel Roll: Pugachev Royale
Hangar 24 Craft Brewing in Redlands, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.12
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PUGACHEV ROYALE is a more developed version of Pugachev’s Cobra. We added cacao nibs and vanilla beans to a select few barrels of Cobra during its eight months in Bourbon Barrels, then transferred it to brandy barrels for an additional 10 months of aging. Royale displays sweet, ripe fruit notes doused with incredible chocolate aromatics. This is a truly decadent beer to be saved for a special occasion, and will evolve in the cellar for years to come.
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9.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottle shared thanks to trade with Alen. Pours near black with a ring beige head. Aroma of wood, bourbon but softened by the additional brandy barrel aging, milk chocolate, caramel and malt. Flavour is heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Fudge and molasses coming out in the palate. Full bodied with soft carbonation. This is absolutley amazing stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2014
at 13:03
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Sample courtesy of and shared with Kermis. Thin tan head. Clear black pour. An awesome brew.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2014
at 12:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at The Bruery - massive thanks to GT for procuring and sharing this one. Pours oily black-brown with a fine, creamy beige head. The nose holds dark malts, chocolate, burnt wood and honey. Medium sweet flavor with oily chocolate, further honey, wood, light alcohol presence and burnt toffee. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Moderate warmth to finish, lightly woody, with more oily chocolate, modest earthy bitterness, vanilla, toffee, toasty barrel. Very deep and layered. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2014
at 04:45