Silverback In The USSR
Blue Monkey Brewery in Giltbrook, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.22
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Brewed strong to survive a long sea journey, on their voyage they developed an incredible depth of flavour.
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Scopey (25115) reviewed Silverback In The USSR from Blue Monkey Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to C-Dogg. It pours darkest brown with a small tan head. The nose is roasted malt, vanilla, cocoa, coconut, wood and dark fruit. The taste is roasted malt, toasted coconut, coffee, some acidity, wood, medicinal notes and booze with a dry, rough finish. Med to Full body and fine carbonation. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle from beer hive. Black pour, thin tan head. Strange rubber note on the nose. Ash said ’gimp mask’ I said ’tyres’, I guess we all have our own frames of reference... Sweet and sour taste. Thin finish.
McCash (16021) reviewed Silverback In The USSR from Blue Monkey Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from the Beerhive. Appearance - opaque black with a nice thick crema head. Nose - gingercake, demerara sugar some liquorice and actually some rubber. Taste - liquorice allsorts, some demerara. Palate - medium bodied with a wierdly latex texture with a tangy sweet but sour at the same time, finish. Overall - this is verging away from imperial stout into Belgian strong ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Deano’s monthly tasting, September 2013. Poured a deep mahogany with a thin tan head. The aroma is creamy caramel with a little barnyard. The flavour is strong bitter with a big liqourice malty, alcoholic palate. Interesting!
Kermis (23416) reviewed Silverback In The USSR from Blue Monkey Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared at the Press Dean’s Button tasting. Pours dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma of fudge, roast, chocolate. Flavour is over moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Silverback In The USSR from Blue Monkey Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ "Press Deans button tasting". Opaque, black color, small light brown head. Smell malts, some fruits, some alcohol. Taste malts, lightly alcohol, ripe fruits, some chocolate andbbitter. Lovely brew, complex yet balanced. Very nice.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Silverback In The USSR from Blue Monkey Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared @ JMDST Thin creamy tan head. Clear black pour. Lots of chocolate and coffee. Nice brew!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Beer Hive, Edinburgh [130813]
Black, thin tan rim around glass, touch of lacing
Aroma - Rich dark toffee malts, soft roast, hint of butterscotch, slight sour note
Taste of rich smooth dark toffee malts, liquorice, touch of fudge, smooth roast, some savoury malts, hint of roast espresso, alcohol very well hidden, taste better than aroma
Palate - Soft carb, full body, very oily, smooth rich malts, very rich, quite sweet palate. Finish as main flavour, bit dry, smooth and rich, soft bitter tail
Overall - Rich impy stout with flavours of toffee and liquorice. Decent impy.
Garrold (11394) reviewed Silverback In The USSR from Blue Monkey Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Archer Road Beer Stop, Sheffield. Black with a thin beige head. Bonfire toffee in a glass. Hint of coffee too. Very mouthfilling. Finish is way too tart for me. Would be interesting to see what a year or two in the cellar might do.
77ships (14506) reviewed Silverback In The USSR from Blue Monkey Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10
33 cl. bottle @ home. Obtained in a trade with Brigadier. BBF May 2014. Pours extremely dark brown to black, quickly gone creamy mocha head. Smell is very thick liquorish, bitter mocha roast, very thick, syrupy, molasses, oodles of bitter espresso in the nose,… Taste is thick molasses, liquorish, roasted coffee, espresso, roasted malts, bitter chocolate,… bitter and syrupy finish,… very thick syrupy coffee and liquorish body. What a mouth-feel. Definitely unique and individual within the style which is nice and very delicious. A superior Abyss maybe? Hope to come across more stuff by these guys in the future.