Abstrakt AB:27
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
7.50
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This stout has taken every inch of flavour from the barrels and then some. For the latest in the Abstrakt family – a lineage that celebrates experimentation at every turn – we have created a beer that celebrates in twelve (12) malts. As you can imagine, a dozen different malts produce a huge imperial stout and the combination of US and European hops are there to complement it; added only to the boil this latest Abstrakt is a champion of grain and ageing.
The aroma gives this away immediately, with edges of coffee, dark chocolate, toffee, forest fruits, and a vanilla sweetness mingling with a rye spiciness from the wood. We have also added coffee, honey, demerara sugar and milk sugars to the brewsheet – just to create even more layers of flavour. AB:27 is thick, smooth and flows into a warming finale that is unlike anything we have released before. But then that is why we have Abstrakt.
The aroma gives this away immediately, with edges of coffee, dark chocolate, toffee, forest fruits, and a vanilla sweetness mingling with a rye spiciness from the wood. We have also added coffee, honey, demerara sugar and milk sugars to the brewsheet – just to create even more layers of flavour. AB:27 is thick, smooth and flows into a warming finale that is unlike anything we have released before. But then that is why we have Abstrakt.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black body with a few flecks beneath a tan head that quickly fades. No visible carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of liquorice, espresso and salted dark chocolate. Flavour of roasted malt and salted caramel. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. A dark and interesting imperial stout, which has held up well with age.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2026
at 22:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle - Pours black with a small, slowly diminishing, frothy tan head. The aroma is rich roasted, dark malts, chocolate and bourbon with a hint of wood. A sweet roasted taste, bitter chocolate, dark roasted malt, liquorice, bourbon, and spicy flavours with a warming sweet roasted bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2023
at 17:27
9.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Vollmundiger, cremig malziger Beginn. Außergewöhnlich weich, harmonisch, feine Bitterkeit. Kakao, mild röstig, passende Süße, komplex dunkel getreidig, nussig und etwas beerig, dahinter holzig. Der erkennbare Alkohol steigt an, stört aber zu keinem Zeitpunkt, langer malziger Nachgeschmack. Gut! 10/13/14/14/13/14
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2020
at 21:03
8/10
37.5cl bottle. A black beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of cocoa, dark malt, coffee. Taste of sweet strong dark malt, chocolate, some cherries, liquorice. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2020
at 20:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle. Pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, brown sugar, oak. Taste of very strong dark chocolate, alcohol, coffee, brown sugar, roasty bitterness, very boozy warming finish. Medium body, carbonation is a bit high, quite fizzy. Nice but really nothing special or worthy of being an Abstrakt release.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2020
at 22:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Appearance is very dark, a small foamy brown head which quickly goes. Aroma- chocolate, toffee, caramel, roast malt, tiramisu, coffee, fudgy malt. Taste is rich chocolate cake, coffee, treacle toffee, vanilla, dark biscuity malt, roasty finish with some bourbon.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2020
at 13:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330mml. bottle as part of the "EFP Brewdog Advent Calendar. Day 17". @home. 18/12/2019.
[#3.149 Global - #85 Scotland - #33 Brewdog].
Black brown colour with a small tan head. Aroma is rum barrels, cocoa beans, dark chocolate and soft candy. Taste is dark chocolate, soft bourbon and burned brown sugar. Sweet finish.
Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2019
at 14:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 13 Dec 2019
at 20:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
375ml. Sticky toffee, caramel. Hints of alcohol, hints of sourness. Deep fruity, grainy. Caramel there, a bit burned sugar. Really nice mild caramelly finish.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2019
at 21:50
7/10
A bit disappointing
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2019
at 21:20