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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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0,33 l bottle. Pours almost pitch black with small espresso colour head. Aroma is huge, as soon as you open the bottle it fills the room. Roast, coffee, dark chocolate, some light dried fruit and plenty of malts. Taste is quite overwhelming, roasty as it can be, coffee, some chocolate, heavy sweetness, it is also quite heavy bitter, roast bitterness more than hop bitterness. Body is full to say the least, texture is thick, carbonation soft. Finish is long bitter sweet coffee, dark roast second crack coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2017
at 04:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
BOTTLE 33 CL. Black as crude oil, dark espresso head. Thick inky roasty sweetness. Just a touch of alcohol to make things more interesting. The roastiness is as big as can be, sharp and acid, but the malts make it feel right - dark chocolate and even some fruit. The bitterness, more roasty than hoppy, is trying hard to make a statement to no avail. Extreme.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2017
at 16:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared thanks to sjogro. Black with light brown head. Strong roasted malts, toffee, blackberries, blueberries, marzipan, strong black chocolate, earthy leaves. Enormous roast with sweet malts and nice fruity notes. Over medium sweet and strong bittersweet with some roasted tartness in the finish. Full bodied. Very very roasted but quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2017
at 16:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Chocolate, coffee, roasted malt,s ome spices.
Body: Full body, low to medium carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, roasted malt, spices, coffee. Some alsohol in the finish.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Chocolate, coffee, roasted malt,s ome spices.
Body: Full body, low to medium carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, roasted malt, spices, coffee. Some alsohol in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2017
at 10:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, 25th February 17. Pours dark and luscious. Aroma is complex, rich, dark fruit, leather, liquorice. Taste is slight sharp, liquorice, wood, almost barrel, but it’s not aged, leather, cocoa, more sharpness, which takes the sweetness away. Really well made.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2017
at 16:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Archer Road Beer Stop, Sheffield. Very dark, chestnut brown. Film and ring of sticky, leggy, tan head. Nose has liquorice. Soy sauce. Dark chocolate. Some split wood. Some creosote. Big on the savoury. Taste is fairly sweet, in a treacly kind of way. Chewy, robust mouthfeel. Bitter, chewy, savoury finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2017
at 18:14
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Tasty Beverage shared with staff and locals. Ink black color, dark brown head. Aroma of burnt espresso, licorice. Taste is rich burnt coffee and dark bitter cocoa. delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2017
at 09:21
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black oily pour. Aroma has chocolate, creamy roasted malt, mocha coffee and licorice. Rich flavor of creamy chocolate, licorice, coffee, bitter fruity hop and mocha. Absolutely delicious, but the old recipe was perhaps even a bit better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2017
at 15:54
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, courtesy of DerA. Pours dark brown. Aroma is mostly chocolate, some tar, coffee and liquorice, yet all not overwhelmingly strong. Body is super bitter, but also with a nice sweetness. Roasty throughout. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2017
at 14:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ tasting shared by Joes. Opaque black color, small brown color. Smell and taste malts, lightly roast, dark malts, slightly earthy, nice malt bitter, bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2017
at 14:17