Darkness
(has 17 batches)
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.27
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Our legendary imperial stout, released every October. Darkness contains monstrous notes of chocolate, coffee, cherry, and toffee, plus a non-traditional dose of aromatic hops.
Bottle, can, and box art courtesy of 2024 Darkness Artist Susan Evans.
Bottles available exclusively at Darkness Day, Saturday, October 5. Boxed 16 oz. cans go to retail around Halloween.
Bottle, can, and box art courtesy of 2024 Darkness Artist Susan Evans.
Bottles available exclusively at Darkness Day, Saturday, October 5. Boxed 16 oz. cans go to retail around Halloween.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Very dark brown pour with a tall fine-grained tan head that is slow to rise to the surface. Notes of roasted malts, smoke, dark chocolate, molasses, dark cherries, roasted coffee beans, some very nice sherry-like bitternes and veeeery light fruit sourness. A really well-made stout, dark, heavy, roasty, just the way I like them. Maybe just a bit boozy for its ABV, though.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2017
at 13:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
66cl Bottle sample at Potjepalooza, 2013 version. Finally get to rate this. Black colour, creamy beige head. Aroma of massive liquid sweet rye bread/pumpernickel, raisins, chocolate milk, roasted malts, some molasses. Flavour is sweet, pumpernickel, chocolate, some roast, hint of coffee, molasses, bittersweet finish. Full bodied. Very sweet, pretty much like a strong Baltic Porter. Good stuff though, albeit somewhat one-dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2017
at 06:21
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle, shared @ Potjepalooza. 2014 bottle. pours black with a kaki head. aroma of malts, roasted and toasted malts, chocolate, cacao, vanilla, some red berries. taste is pretty sweet, chocolate, roasted and toasted malts, cacao, firm and thick, nice sticky sweetness, full body, lovely
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2017
at 07:51
8.4/10
Shared from bottle at Potjepalooza. Black with tan head. Deep roasted chocolate malts, rye, dark berries. Big sweet and medium bitter. Big body, creamy roasty feel. | [2018-11-02 17:01:35] - Locatie: DAVO Brouwerij Deventer - Score: 3.1 - Comment: Tap at the source. Described to me as a cross between a Dubbel and a Stout. I mainly taste Dubbel. Dark brown with creamy light tan head. Sweet roasted malts, dried fruit, licorice. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2017
at 18:42
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, shared @ Potjepalooza, 2013 edition. Black color, light brown head with good retention. Aroma’s: red fruit, berries. Retronasal it’s red fruit, rye bread, sweet, a bit alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet, (rye) bready. Full bodied. Long finish, bready, roasty. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2017
at 12:57
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at Potjepalooza. Black with thick beige head. Strong rye bread, dark chocolate, light cinnamon, toffee, soft red berries, light spices, raw cocoa, molasses and some licorice. Very sweet, medium bitter and very light sour. Full bodied. Really nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2017
at 12:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
650ml bottle (thx, John P.!). Bottled 2016-09-26. Pours a very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, roasted malt, molasses, grassy notes, slight booziness. Taste is similar. Very good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2017
at 01:17