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
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Publick House draught, 10/22/22. Ebony, undetermined clarity. Small, light-tan head, moderate retention. Dark chocolate, light, not sharp alcohol, prune, raisin, vanilla. Yes, it's a strong, roasty perial stout. Why is this so highly rated vs the million others just like it? Can't tell. Soft, malty, heavy chocolate and roast, big prune and vanilla. Thick texture, not syrupy or cloying with good attenuation though pushing it on the heavy roast and bitter chocolate notes. A great example, for sure.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2022
at 22:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pretty good imperial stout but the cinnamon and vanilla are barely present and a little molasses and cocoa are equally there. It's good but not great.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2022
at 03:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Drake, shared at share: pours black with brown head. Aroma is dark fruitiness, licorice, leather, light hoppy notes. A bit bitter, somewhat sweet, chewy fruitiness. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2022
at 23:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, at share, thanks to me and mansquito, courtesy of Drake. Liquorice, chocolate, dark chocolate, wizened cherry, plum. Good body. Nice, old school.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2022
at 23:06
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Virtually black with a creamy, beige head that lingers the duration. Aroma of dark chocolate and cherry liquor with a hint of vanilla. Taste is full of roasted bitterness. Lingering chocolate. A bit boozy at the end. Full-bodied, mild carbonation. Pleasant sipping. 4.0 (25.12.2021)
Second bottle: after over two more years of aging we drank this one on the occasion of Silke’s birthday on 05.03.2024, a pleasant weekday evening with the family. Has mellowed and smoothened out quite a bit with now very little booziness at the finish. Nice!
Second bottle: after over two more years of aging we drank this one on the occasion of Silke’s birthday on 05.03.2024, a pleasant weekday evening with the family. Has mellowed and smoothened out quite a bit with now very little booziness at the finish. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2021
at 19:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Also a great batch hehe love it yeah
Tried
on 11 Dec 2021
at 23:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle recieved from MarcoNm, many many thank! Share with Keukeman and Benzai. It is a dark brown to black beer. The aroma is roasted malt, coffee and Chocolat. The taste is full, malty roasted and coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2021
at 23:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2020 bottle. Black with a dense light tan head that gradually fades to a cm. Coiled aroma with roast, singed caramel, mocha, berries. Creamy, only fullish bodied for 12% ABV. Sweet with chocolate and berries but that covers a bitter core of coffee, hard roast, spices and hops. That bitterness fades gradually to a point. Perhaps unusually for a hoppy US stout the hop aromatics are not juxtaposed with the rest of the beer. Delicious and harmonious but not very deep.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2021
at 13:24
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Ever have a beer step on you. This stepped on me. Black body with medium tan head. Cherry, chocolate, roast malt and coffee aroma. All over the mouth taste, fruit, coffee, chocolate. An interesting tang in the finish.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2021
at 05:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber thanks to Drake! Celebrating a work milestone. Pours black with a soft tan head. Smoke, chocolate, toffee, raisin, earth, wood nose. Flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, cherry, leather. Thick, a little boozy.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2020
at 22:30