Imperial Stout Armagnac BA
Brasserie Cambier in Croix (Nord), Hauts-de-France, France 🇫🇷
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.56
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home from La Cave a Bulles, Paris, 8th February 2020. Pours black, relatively thin. Aroma has dark fruit, caramel, barrel, light liquorice. Taste is smooth, booze, cognac character, dark fruit, fruit cake, sweet, but not overly, barrel, wood, liquorice. Very good
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out plenty of the fine red wine barrels upfront, with low roast, but plenty of wood. Flavour likewise brings out a wonderful Armagnac character, with lots of red wine, wood, and just enough roasted malt underneath to provide a sturdy backbone. The red wine is rather monolithic but the flavours are pleasant. Great stuff.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
24 October 2019. At Gist, Brussels. Shared with the lovely Anke! Pours cloudy back with a lasting, thick, frothy, beige head; lots of lacing. Aroma of milk chocolate, cream, soy milk, Worcestershire sauce, vague green apple (acetaldehyde), candied date, wood, meringue. Taste is medium malty sweet, fruity raisin, fig & a whiff of green apple, thicky chocolatey & creamy base, going over bitter coffee & wood with a soft umami soy touch. Dry, earthy hoppy finish, lingering red fruit, woody vanilla, warming armagnac-like alcohol. Full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Elegant barrel-aged Imperial Stout, too bad about that 'youthful' accent'.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
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