Surly Brewing Company Darkness

Darkness
(has 17 batches)

 

Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
8.27
ABV: 12.0% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 245
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.
 

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8.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
2009 bottle thanks to BuckeyeBoy. Still, flat black pour.Aroma is cherries, chocolate. Taste offers brown sugar notes, raisins. Sticky and sweet. And still good after 11 years.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2020 at 01:52

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
2009 bottle thanks to BuckeyeBoy inky black pour. Lots of sweet Smith and slightly sticky toasty malts. Some molasses and hints of cocoa. Faded and mellowed but still tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2020 at 01:50

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
18-07-20 // taster at 7th anniversary of Mon Petit Cafe in Suttgart. 2017. You can taste the age a bit nonetheless stil la lovely IS: Rich and thick. Chocolate and sweet dark fruits, raisins.
Tried from Can on 17 Aug 2020 at 11:30

8/10
Tried on 19 Jul 2020 at 00:07

9/10
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2020 at 20:37

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2020 at 17:49

8/10
Tried from Draft on 13 Dec 2019 at 16:37

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Dark brown. Aroma is cherry dark chocolate some complex sugars a little boozy and coconut. Taste is sweet dark chocolate and roast with sweet and sour base. Medium drinkable. Good base and finish.
Tried on 10 Dec 2019 at 22:13

8.9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
2016 bottle, many thanks HuskerTan! Deep black color with beige head. Aroma is roast, liquorice, black chocolate. Taste is black chocolate, roast, deep and awesome. Velvety mouthfeel, fine-bubbled carbonation. Awesome classic Imperial Stout!
Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2019 at 22:10

8.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
2016 Bottle, thank you so much Tanner! Black, creamy brown head. Perfumed nose, dark choc, medium body, dry dark sugary base. Mellow mouthfeel, dark sugar, light caramel, cocoa, good balance, full, fun.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2019 at 22:07