Rain Shadow (2016)
(Batch of Rain Shadow)
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.76
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Speciaalbier Café De Markies, Leeuwarden. Aroma is extremely roasty with coffee, syrupy notes, dark chocolate, roasted and burnt malt, soft vanilla, charcoal, notes of dark fruits, mild liquorice. Flavour is medium sweet and rather heavily roasted bitter. Body is full. Very nice, potent flavour and aroma, bold Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2025
at 10:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Black colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, some nutty tones with mild caramel, fudge and some roasted tones. Flavour is chocolate, caramel, alcohol, coffee and mild nutty tones. Also a wee bit of alcohol to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2023
at 21:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5
Aus der Flasche (bottled 06.07.2016 / bbe 06.07.2021) im 2016-09 getrunken. Dieses Stout mit braun-schwarzer Schaumkrone erschlägt einem fast mit seiner Röst-Bitterkeit. Es ist so als ob man in geröstete Kaffeebohnen beißt und dann zerkaut. Leider fehlt hier jegliche Balance und die BItterkeit sorgt für kein Spaß im Glas. 7/4/3/2/6 Aus der Flasche (bottled 06.07.2016 / bbe 06.07.2021) im 2022-04 getrunken. Diese nun fast 6 Jahre alte Kaffeebohnen-Monster ist deutlich gezähmter und auch wenn es deutlich nach kalten Kaffee schmeckt rundet im Hintergrund ein feines Schokoladen-Aroma das Stout ab. Die Röst-Bitterkeit ist nun sehr gut eingebunden und ist sehr stimmig zum Aroma. Jetzt ist es ein gutes Stout. 7/4/7/4/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2022
at 14:21
5/10
Tried
from Crowler
on 08 Jan 2019
at 12:45
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
From bottle at the Hoppy Pub, Thessaloniki. Black color with beige brown head. Roasted malty aroma, coffee, green coffee, cocoa, licorice. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium to full oil body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2018
at 21:06
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Smell of oak, vanilla, roasted malt, whisky. Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma of tar, oak, vanilla, licorice. Some smoke and peat in finish. Very viscous texture, flat carbon. Sweet with some bitterness. Very heavy body.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2018
at 18:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
330ml bottle, B498, 2017 version, bought at Vinmonopolet Langnes. The oily pour reveals a fading one-finger thick espresso head leaving crocheted lacing on the glass. Deep black body. Rich aroma of dark chocolate and molasses, nicely roasted. Solid roasted malt-driven dark chocolate taste profile, hints of dark fruits beneath. Bitter roasted coffee finish, mouth filling and smooth. Just the kind of slow sipper I like to enjoy on a dark Saturday eve. (Tromsø 17.02.2018).
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2018
at 19:46
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Flaske 330ml fra Vinmonopolet Tromsø - Sentrum. Merket 2017 men samme prosentstyrke som i 2016. (Bottled 16Nov17). Svart. Høyt brunt skum som daler veldig sakte og etterlater lett lacing. Direkte pent! Aroma av sjokolade & lakris. Silkemyk munnfølelse. Smaken tørr sjokolade. Balansert. Blir veldig tørr & moreish etter hvert. Toppøl!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2018
at 17:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
27-01-18 // bottle shared. 2017 version. Deep black. Beige head. Rich malty, sweetness, roasted malts, roasted coffee. Great coffee bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2018
at 17:10
8/10
Tried
on 09 Jan 2018
at 13:00