Abstrakt AB:09
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
7.38
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The Cranachan Imperial Stout was inspired by the famous Scottish desert, and was brewed with a mountain of dark malts, loads of oats, Scottish heather honey and local raspberries. The beer was then transferred to oak casks to mature for 6 months.
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Gluepot (959) reviewed Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 4 months ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 18
The Aroma is quite subdued. The taste isn’t. Flavours of port, roasted malt, some spices, tar, liquorice, red fruit, wood and spices are prominent. raisins, pepper and some booziness add to the complexity. A soft, creamy, yet spicy mouthfeel and a touch of oiliness add to the gammut of tastes blended in this beast of an imperial stout. This one will age well.
Inbreak (10170) reviewed Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Old rating rerated 15.12.2018, 0,375l bottle (#2812/5754) @ home:
Nice light brown bubbly shortlasting head, deep dark pour. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish boozy, dark sugar, minerals, bark, alcohol, dried dark fruits, oak, dusty licorice, fruit stones, cocoa, soil, old rope, leather, dark malts. Taste is sweet sour-ish fruity, dark sugar, dried dark fruits, minerals, fruit stones, grass, salty licorice, old rope, bark, alcohol, soil, leather, raisins, oak, dark malts, chocolate. Medium bitterness, sweet sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Nice, lovely taste.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Abstrakt vertical. Huge thanks to Kenny. A reddy brown coloured pour with a a halo of tan head. Aroma is tangy raspberry, boozy fruit cake, brown malts, little age, solvemt. Flavour is composed of brown sugars, tangy raspberry, jammy, vanilla, boozy fruit cake, spicy dried fruit. Little spicy. Palate is full, sticky, lowish carbonation, raspberry. Vanilla. Held up very well.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 7 years ago
Leighton (34941) reviewed Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at BDSB - cheers to Kenneth. Pours black-brown with a bubbly tan head. A little oxidation in the nose, cocoa, mellow roast. Medium sweet flavour with a lot of hot alcohol, some ash, baking cocoa, raisins. Full bodied, with fine carbonation. Hot, hot finish, more ash and baking cocoa. Intense.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared with dad and uncle Siem. Opaque pitch black color, small dark brown head. Aroma is malts, roast, alcohol, liquor. Taste malts, roast, liquor, wood, difinite whiskey influence. Heavy, very heavy. Rough malt, whiskey, alcohol, roast. Well, I’d say this is too much. Too heavy. Drinkable still, but imo too much.
Finn (18112) reviewed Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Flaske 375ml (nr. 5599 av 5774) spandert av Rune. Delt på Nerstranda 27 Okt 15. Svart. 0 skum. Kjempegod aroma av svisker. Oljeaktig munnfølelse. Smaken ekstremt innholdsrik. Her savnes ingen ting. Svakt syrlig etter hvert. Her er det bare å lene seg tilbake og nyte til eller som dessert.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
375ml corked bottle, no.5599 of 5754, bought somewhere in Manchester three years ago. Shared with Finn. Close to jet black body, naked black surface, fragile lacing. Inviting whisky-like aroma, including dried fruits, oak, bread, and chocolate. Powerful taste profile of raisin, prunes, chocolate, honeyed bread, and wood. Long-lived and warming ending with smooth bitterness of red berries. Oily palate. Surprisingly easy to drink. Delicious sipper lingering all the way home and into the night (Tromsø 27.10.2015).
Gurthnar (14451) reviewed Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. The only thing this beer needs is more carbonation. Right now it has none. Otherwise it is a wonderfully balanced imperial stout with subtle note of raspberry. What more ca I say? This one took the ageing gloriously, I only wish for more CO2.
Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Abstrakt AB:09 from BrewDog 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
375ml bottle [#2544/5754]. Jet black colour with no head, some tan-coloured bubbles gather at the bezel. Sweet-ish dark malty aroma, notes of treacle, vanilla, oak, some raspberry in the background, a Marmite touch. Taste is sweet dark malty, notes of treacle and vanilla, yeasty spicy overtones, some Marmite; flat carbonation, soft palate, superbly hidden alcohol. Would have liked more raspberry, what probably had necessitated earlier consumption; I assume the fruity raspberry flavours have widely gone, whereas the peppery spicy portion shows up in the notes identified as Marmite.