Lost Dog
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: The Lost AbbeyPorter - Imperial Special Out of Production
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Score
7.29
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Imperial Porter using a blend of 7 different malts.
In terms of hops, we keep the IBUs modest at 35 and hopped the beer entirely with First Gold.
And of course, with Lost Abbey & BrewDog both obsessed with barrel ageing, this collaboration just had to be aged in oak.
We settled on some rum casks for the Imperial Porter, making it the first time either of the respective brewers have aged a beer in rum barrels.
In terms of hops, we keep the IBUs modest at 35 and hopped the beer entirely with First Gold.
And of course, with Lost Abbey & BrewDog both obsessed with barrel ageing, this collaboration just had to be aged in oak.
We settled on some rum casks for the Imperial Porter, making it the first time either of the respective brewers have aged a beer in rum barrels.
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8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at Brewdog, Camden. Pours clear dark brow with a small tan head. Aroma is rum, vanilla, caramel. Sweet flavour, initially rum, leading into a long vanilla and sweet toffee finish. Normal porter characters don’t seem present, but the BA works well. Full bodied with low carbonation. A great beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2012
at 06:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330 ml bottle in cardboard box, Cardinal Pub & Bar. ABV is 11.5%. Very dark brown colour, nearly black, mahogany in the highlights. Moderate beige head. Strong and impressive aroma of rum barrel (= oak, dark rum, vanilla). Sweet and very malty flavour, again with strong notes of rum barrel, also molasses, caramel, raisins, chocolate and mild coffee. The domination of the rum barrel is no doubt intentional, but as BrewDog are normally not afraid to use hops (to say the least), I think they could have used some more of them here. But by all means, this is a lovely beer, when you want to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2012
at 06:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by Ajen. Nice, pretty head. Red tints in very dark brown beer. Nose of raisins and rum; a bit simple. Soft, sweet, fruity chocolate and fruit flavor, raisins, wood, rum, cola. Nice stuff, lots of rum.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2012
at 20:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle bought @ Systembolaget. Pours dark reddish brown (almost black) with a rather small brownish white head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace on the glass. Smell is sweet with rum, wood, vanilla, alcohol, roasted malts, raisins, chocolate, lemon zest and toffee. Taste is sweet and slightly bitter with rum, wood, alcohol, vanilla, raisins, bitter chocolate, sweetened coffee, liquorice fudge and toffee. Mouthfeel is tiny dry, boozy and medium to full bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with bitter chocolate, rum, raisins, roasted malts and coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2012
at 16:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle courtesy of and shared with _angst_ Batch #176. Brune claire, léger col beige/ocre laissant un léger filament doré sur le verre. Arôme de rhum, malt, le tout reste assez faiblard, caramel et toffee. En bouche, rhum est présent mais pour moi l’influence de Lost Abbey s’en retrouve faible et on voit bien là une bière qui signe bien Brewdog. Le tout est bien alcoolisé, malté, raisin/rhum a partager à plusieurs sur une pointe de vanille et barrique.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2012
at 14:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from SB cons 2012-05-05 Göteborg Ar: tropical fruits, chocolate, coffey and bourbone vanilla, pruns and dadles are developed after a wee wile. Ap: deep brown like julmust, julmust fizzy creme brown quickly disapperaring head F: fizzy, fruity sticky - like the sauce of a tined pineapple,, chocolate, cherries in maderia, tropical fruits, warming feeling, medium bitterness, finish is warming, highly fruit and vanilla chocolate
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2012
at 13:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle, batch 176, bought at The BrewDog Bar in Glasgow. Tan-coloured head covering a deep, ruby-brown body. Rich aroma of malty sweetness and liquorice added by a touch of rum. Dried fruit and berries in flavour, lots of raisin, offset by prominent bittersweet malt-fruity notes towards the ending. Subdued rum to it, otherwise masked alcohol. Very relaxing sipper on a Friday eve (Tromsø, 20.04.2012).
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2012
at 08:05