Darkness Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged
(has 5 batches)
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.15
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Darkness is a beer of fable and legend. Malty and intense, yet velvety smooth. This special edition of our massive Russian imperial stout matured in rye whiskey barrels and brings waves of chocolate, vanilla, dried fruit, and cherry flavors, enhanced by the oak and spice of the barrel.
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8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 2020. Thanks a ton, jimmy! Pours opaque black, small tan head, nice lacing. Aroma is rich roast cocoa, bourbon, vanilla. Flavor is rich integrated, fairly sweet, light plus bitter, notes of molasses, mocha. Full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2021
at 03:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very short lived small tan head with a brownish black opaque color. The aromas are lots of cocoa, dark malt, and hints of whiskey and oak. Flavors are similar to nose, pushing the upper limits of pleasantly sweet with some good carbonation to balance and some bitterness. Some molasses in there they come out more in the finish. Good body. Decent Imperial Stout. Can't imagine what aging would do to it.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jan 2021
at 05:03
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Pours a thick, oily black, with small tan head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, licorice, booze, dark fruits. Flavors follow. Smooth and quite sweet. I've had this one for awhile--gold wax. Bought at Top Ten--Osseo a couple of years ago.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2020
at 22:08
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Expensive bomber thanks to Drake! Made it another year, plus a week off of work - this is reason to celebrate. 2020 wax sealed bomber. Pours black with a slow-rising soft dark brown head. Beautiful! Nose is bourbon, smoke, wood, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, vanilla... very lovely aroma. Flavor is sweet milk and dark chocolates, bourbon, barrel, roasted malt, wood wood wood, vanilla, caramel, a little smoked peat. Lingering bourbon aftertaste with a little burn going down. This is really f-ing good. I'm going to do my best to not pound this.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2020
at 22:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
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. Some rye whiskey barre laromas.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2020
at 11:30
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Tap @ CBC 2015. Pours pitch black with a small dark brown head. Aromas of vanilla, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, lots of dark fruits, light tobacco, dry woody notes. Taste is vanilla, oak, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, roast, cocoa, licorice, dark fruits, light heat.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 17:19
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8
Pours black, no real head. Smell is full, boozy, mild whiskey . Taste is full, intense, rye whiskey , mild booze. Dark chocolate. very full and yet very balanced. Lovely beer and indeed way better than i remember the basebeer to be.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2019
at 09:31