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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8/10
Dark blacl body medium foamy brown head. Roast chocolate toffee caramel aroma. Roast chocolate coffee caramel flavor. Full body moderately low carbonation. 8/5/9/4/16 4.2
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2024
at 15:05
7/10
Shockingly still drinkable in 2024. Hopes have faded and thereris oxidation
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2024
at 00:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
shared amongst friends during Thanksgiving. Been wanting to try this one. Very nice - balanced so well.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2024
at 18:31
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
On tap at Bitter Pops. Black with beige head. Old school imperial stout. Nice roastiness. Dark chocolate and cocoa. Medium sweetness with some bitterness in finish. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2024
at 23:00
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Oct 2024
at 23:38
8/10
Dark black body small brown head. Roast ash chocolate aroma. Roast ash chocolate molasses flavor. Full body moderately low carbonatiom. 8/5/8/4/16 4.1
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2024
at 21:12
8.6/10
Still a great beer. Doesn’t have the sweetness and adjunct-heavy character or mouthfeel of some of the newer big bois, but solid thick roasty chocolate, lots of coffee, smooth. Layered
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2024
at 23:39
8/10
Tried
on 10 Aug 2024
at 16:12
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Pours black with a small tan head. It has a rich aroma of dark roast malt, coffee, and chocolate. The flavor is intense, a massive stout with enough resinous hops to cut the huge malt bill, leaving a balanced, full bodied brew that ends with a fairly bitter but still enjoyable taste. Excellent.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2024
at 05:35
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with good retention recedes to hug rim. Licorice, soy and cocoa aromas. Slick with hot chocolate, soy, licorice and date upfront turning to hot espresso in the warm, lasting finish.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2023
at 01:50