Wake Up Dead - Barrel-Aged
Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.41
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a.k.a. Left Hand Oak Aged Imperial Stout
GOOD MORNING. YOU’VE WOKEN UP DEAD. YOU’RE IN RUINS. On the brink of catastrophe. But don’t be discouraged. You are ripe for a revolution! Just like the Bolsheviks of the early 1900’s, our barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout doesn’t happen overnight. Patience is required. Wake Up Dead hibernates in our cellars for over 12 months before being blended to woody perfection. Hints of raisins, cherry, licorice and toffee, followed by earthy, herbal hop notes that rise up, joining in your fight for a better life. Don’t be afraid of the dark. All power to the stouts!
GOOD MORNING. YOU’VE WOKEN UP DEAD. YOU’RE IN RUINS. On the brink of catastrophe. But don’t be discouraged. You are ripe for a revolution! Just like the Bolsheviks of the early 1900’s, our barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout doesn’t happen overnight. Patience is required. Wake Up Dead hibernates in our cellars for over 12 months before being blended to woody perfection. Hints of raisins, cherry, licorice and toffee, followed by earthy, herbal hop notes that rise up, joining in your fight for a better life. Don’t be afraid of the dark. All power to the stouts!
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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Mostly black pour with garnet highlights. Almost no aroma, no stout, no bourbon, not much of anything. Thin, especially for an Imperial Stout.
Earlier Rating: 6/7/2008 Total Score: 3.9
Mahogany pour that throws up an off-white head. Smooth coffee aroma. Smooth flavor that follows the aroma. Lightly sweet, roasty.
Earlier Rating: 6/7/2008 Total Score: 3.9
Mahogany pour that throws up an off-white head. Smooth coffee aroma. Smooth flavor that follows the aroma. Lightly sweet, roasty.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2011
at 19:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
tap - Wow, the variation in ratings here is startling. The brew I had certainly wasn’t an awful mess. It pours near black with a small tan head. The nose is dark roast malt and some chocolate. The flavor is heavy with the dark roast malt and has the usual chocolate and coffee notes though they’re not assertive. Admittedly the way it all fits together is pretty simple and struck me as a little lacking for what is so often a showcase style for many brewers. It’s good, don’t get me wrong, but there are many better imperial stouts.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2011
at 18:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours very dark brown with a slight beige/tan head. Aroma is a bit alcohol, a bit vanilla, and maybe a bit bourbon. Med body. Flavor is rather fruity in a dark way and there’s a strong coffee aspect. The smoothness of a BA stout is not quite as strong as many, but that liquid sweetness is present, and it’s quite offset by bitter and burnt malt. Wish I could imagine cherry! I think I can imagine oak though. Looks like I got a good bottle.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2010
at 17:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle, 0.65 litres - 2009 vintage, from Systembolaget) Aroma contained vanilla as could be expected. I smelled also creamy coffee and liquorice. All the flavours formed like stripe on the centre of my tongue and I could feel carbonation on the sides. Vanilla flavour was quite low on the taste. Roastedness and light ashiness were stronger. Low bitterness and mild sourness were mainly present in the aftertaste. Nice to drink a barrel aged beer where the barrel wasn’t too dominating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2010
at 11:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
(bottle) very dark reddish brown, small tan head; aromas of caramel, molasses, soy sauce, burnt rubber, alcohol; flavour starts with light sweet and transitions into medium length medium bitter finish, not very complex
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2010
at 14:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled (BB 12/2011)
Dark brown color, small brown head. Toasted, malty aroma, very doppelbock-like, not like an imperial stout. Also flavor starts with malty, woody hoppy flavors. Not much oakyness. Dark, black malts, roasty flavors dominate.Aftertaste has licorice too.
Dark brown color, small brown head. Toasted, malty aroma, very doppelbock-like, not like an imperial stout. Also flavor starts with malty, woody hoppy flavors. Not much oakyness. Dark, black malts, roasty flavors dominate.Aftertaste has licorice too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2010
at 11:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (thanks omhper). Very deep rubyish amber colour, small brown head. Aroma is quite big on the malts, liquorice, alcohol and some wooden notes. Flavour is plum, ashes, roasted malts, alcohol, wood and some vanilla. Actually a very nice left hand brew!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2010
at 11:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Not a bad beer, just boring. The oak aging of this beer has not made it better. Taste and aroma has a lame oaked character and the "rest of the beer" is just an average imperial stout. The woodiness feels artifical.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2010
at 07:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 650ml. @ home.[ Trade by BDR ]. Clear dark blaack brown color with a large, creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, alcohol, moderate to light heavy wood, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, chocolate and licorice. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft. [20090815]
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2009
at 00:02