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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 330ml (Kaisla, batch 176, bottled on 05-12-11)
A bottle shared with tiong. Dark ruby color, small brown head. Rum, cellar, licorice and raisins in the nose. Medium-bodied. Hides ABV very well. Rum. caramel, light cellar - Innis&Gun on drugs. Mellow. Something Lost Abbeysh here, not so much from BD. Good rum beer, but certainly not the worth of 26 euros ...
A bottle shared with tiong. Dark ruby color, small brown head. Rum, cellar, licorice and raisins in the nose. Medium-bodied. Hides ABV very well. Rum. caramel, light cellar - Innis&Gun on drugs. Mellow. Something Lost Abbeysh here, not so much from BD. Good rum beer, but certainly not the worth of 26 euros ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2012
at 01:03
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33 cl bottle consumed on May 4, 2012. Thanks to _angst_!Bottled on 05-12-11Clear very dark brown color, light brown head. Alcohol, light acidic, rum , solvents scent. Grainy, malty, red wine, butter taste, also alcohol. Warming alcohol. Medium mouthfeel, medium high bitterness. Too boozy. Lingering rum aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2012
at 01:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle @ Kaisla, Helsinki
Batch 176, bottled on 05-12-11 Pours pitch black with a bubbly white head. Aroma of roasted malts, ripe fruits, rum, wood, oak, earthy notes. Taste is malty, slightly sweet and roasty with heavy rum notes, hints of wood, ash, ripe fruits, molasses and chocolate. Finish is malty and sweet with ripe fruits, slight roastiness and heavy rum notes. Reminds me a bit of Lost Abbey’s barrel aged barley wines. A bit unbalanced but still quite tasty.
Batch 176, bottled on 05-12-11 Pours pitch black with a bubbly white head. Aroma of roasted malts, ripe fruits, rum, wood, oak, earthy notes. Taste is malty, slightly sweet and roasty with heavy rum notes, hints of wood, ash, ripe fruits, molasses and chocolate. Finish is malty and sweet with ripe fruits, slight roastiness and heavy rum notes. Reminds me a bit of Lost Abbey’s barrel aged barley wines. A bit unbalanced but still quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2012
at 09:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty woody rum aroma. Roasted malty woody licorice and caramel flavor with hints of rum. Has a roasted malty woody licorice finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2012
at 06:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml.Clear medium to dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, wood, alcohol - rum - sweet rum. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dark malt, rum, sweet malty, balanced. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20120316]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2012
at 01:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 330ml bottle on 2/5/2012 (batch no.176, bottled 5/12/2011). Pours a very dark amber with very little head. Has a biggish aroma of rum, brown sugar and caramel. In the mouth, it’s incredibly sweet, with more brown sugar, caramel, toffee and a hint of dark fruit. There’s curious little in the way of balancing bitterness though, just a dollop of rummy alcohol. The texture is quite thick and sticky, and the carbonation is on the high side. It actually reminds me more a Belgian Abbey ale than a big porter. I’m normally a sucker for big, sweet beers, and this certainly fits the bill, but it’s a bit too one dimensional and lacking in complexity for me to get too excited about it. Good but not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2012
at 02:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
17/04/2012 330ml bottle, shared by Federico & Edo (Faber) @ Brasserie 4:20. Thank you! Nera, impenetrabile, riflessi color caffé, schiuma beige-cappuccino, non molto abbondante. Al naso intense note di malti tostati, frutta secca, vaniglia, rum, alcol bene in evidenza. In bocca è un po’ troppo sbilanciata sul dolce ma mostra un sorprendente equilibrio. A tratti ricorda un vino fortificato, a tratti un liquore dolce. Nonostante il corpo importante si lascia bere bene. Gran bella birra!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2012
at 00:34
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @Viisi Penniä, Helsinki. Poured dark brown with a thin white head. Aroma has rum, portwine notes, raisin and wood. Flavor is similar, dark fruity, raisin, sweet dessert wine, St.John Commandaria coming to mind. Long sweet dark fruity finish. Alcohol well hidden. Smooth moutfheel, full bodied. The rum is more evident in the aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2012
at 02:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Drucken på Nya Tröls i Malmö för det smått fantasiska priset 139SEK (10 mer än på systemet). Stor söt doft av romrussin, vanilj och rostad malt. Stor, söt rund kropp med mycket romsmak, dessutom russin, fat, vanilj, choklad och mörkt sött bröd. Kanske i sötaste laget men som dessertöl till en god vaniljglass. Mums.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2012
at 00:08