Abstrakt AB:13
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
7.76
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The latest release in our Abstrakt series. Aged for over 14 months in barrels, AB:13 is an 11.3% Cherry Imperial Stout aged in ex Sherry whisky barrels.
Cherry & Sherry, the recipe was devised by our production manager Nikola and is based on the classic German Schwarzlwald dessert. This is very, very special. Pretty much all of our team have been blown away by this oak aged beer as it rattled off our bottling line.
Cherry & Sherry, the recipe was devised by our production manager Nikola and is based on the classic German Schwarzlwald dessert. This is very, very special. Pretty much all of our team have been blown away by this oak aged beer as it rattled off our bottling line.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Pours a thick black colour with a dirty brown head and aroma of raisins, boozy sherry, dark chocolate, molasses. Taste is cherry, dark fruits, sherry, woody oak, chocolate, some whisky notes and light biscuity bitterness. Oily mouth feel, full bodied, soft carbonation, warming dry chocolatey finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2013
at 14:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2013 Bottle, big thanks to JF, split at the pre stag tasting in the ’Sham, 20/06/13. #8557/9972. Pitch black with a thin dirty tan head that dissipates edgeward. Nose is roast malt, booze, bitter chocolate, molasses, sugars. Taste carries a good roast bite, bitter chocolate, berry fruits, sugars, molasses, woody tone. Full bodied, fine carbonation, warming alcohol in the finish. Decent impy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2013
at 13:00
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours thick oily black with reddish brown head. Nose and taste of roast milk chocolate, cherry cordial, oak, sherry and cherry pit. Light whiskey undertones. Full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2013
at 19:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft @ CBC 2013. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with woody hints. Roasted malty woody berry and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty berry and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jun 2013
at 04:20
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Gurthnar, many thanks. Almost black color with brown head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, cherry, oak. Taste, roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, sherry. Alcohol is well recognizable. Not so sweet as it might be, nice complex beer. Extremely tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2013
at 02:55
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Aroma coffee, chocolate, fruity. Almost black colour, dark btown head. Taste is strong, complex and good. Sherry is distinguishable, with high alcohol, roasted malts, chocolate and coffee. Excellent balance, sweet and bitter, warming and smooth. Heavy and easily drinkable. Masterpiece.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2013
at 12:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle from Appellation Wines. Pours opaque black with a fawn creamy head. The nose has ginger cake and treacle. The taste has deep flavours of cherry, then major whisky notes. then a ginger biscuit finish. The palate is large in structure with a creamy rich texture and a very long finish which is biscuity but dominated by alcohol. Overall, it’s very big, nice combinations of flavours, it perhaps needs some bottle ageing to integrate the flavours. A dessert beer perhaps.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2013
at 11:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at BrewDog Stockholm. Black with a small, creamy tan head. Aroma and taste of roasted malt, chocolate, oak, some light berries, licorice and some sherry. Sweet but not too sweet. Full body, not that much carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 May 2013
at 08:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap. Pours dark brown to black with a small, creamy and chocolate brown head. Roasted malty, chocolate and breadish. Bitter, sweet and solid chocolate malty. Breadish and roasted. Bitter and libgering dark roasted malty finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2013
at 22:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
CBC. Black with a small dark brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, wood and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. 040513
Tried
on 20 May 2013
at 07:26