Chocolate Rain
(has 11 batches)
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.15
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Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout with cacao nibs and vanilla beans
The reign of Black Tuesday was destined to grow with the creation of Chocolate Rain. This decidedly decadent version of our bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout was treated with TCHO cacao nibs and juicy, fresh vanilla beans. Rich in chocolate and vanilla, with hints of oak, it truly puts the “imperial” in imperial stout.
The reign of Black Tuesday was destined to grow with the creation of Chocolate Rain. This decidedly decadent version of our bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout was treated with TCHO cacao nibs and juicy, fresh vanilla beans. Rich in chocolate and vanilla, with hints of oak, it truly puts the “imperial” in imperial stout.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ DØE meeting. Huge thanks to Shane for this one. Pours dark brown with a small light brown head. Aroma of sweet roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla, port, alchohol, light sweet coffee notes. Taste is very sweet with sweet malts, dark filled chocolate, vanilla, hints of alcohol, chocolate dipped dark fruits, port, strong booze. Medium body, low carbonation, finishes with a nice hot alcohol burn, very warming but not unpleasant. Loved it. 160512
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2012
at 10:44
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Camons @ DØE Syd. Very dark brown with tiny beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, bourbon, vanilla, chocolate and coffee. Flavour is roasted malts, bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, coffee, warming with notes of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2012
at 04:33
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
2011 Vintage. 750mL bottle, pours pitch black with a thin tan head. Aroma of cocoa nibs upfront, vanilla beans, bourbon barrels, molasses - the liqueur notes are taken away by the cocoa and vanilla, hinting that the overly cloying sweetness of Black Tuesday will not be as present. Flavour confirms this, which, while being very similar to the flavour profile as Black Tuesday, is less cloying, with molasses, vanilla, dark fruits and lots of hot boozy bourbon. A lot more balanced than BT - not as cloying though still stupidly sweet. A diabetes bomb. Nasty boozy, cloyingly sweet ridiculousness. Overhyped and overrated. Most raters are on crack on this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2012
at 23:39
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
"CHOCOLATE RAIN." Thanks for whoever was the guy who brought this one on by. This was a boozy, vanilla, chocolate syrup smelling beer. Poured a medium dark, close to black but not quite, color with a tan head. Flavor was about the same, heavy chocolate notes (milk chocolate, not chocolate malts) with a vanilla extract note. Alcohol is most certainly there, boozy, but not terribly boozy like some high ABV beers I’ve had. Glad I tried it, but... there’s no way this can be consumed with any less than 6 people.
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2012
at 17:53
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
75cl Bottle at AHBS. Black, brown head. Aroma of chocolate sprinkles, coffee, moccha, hard roasted malts, bourbon, cocoa, vanilla, coconut. Flavour is sweet, cocoa, chocolate, vanilla, coconut, cognac and bourbon, hard roasted malts, coffee, more chocolate, light bitter finish with a little booze. Fullbodied, thick fat mouthfeel. Great and glorious stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2012
at 11:36
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 750ml.ABV: 18.5%. Hazy matt dark brown colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, chocoalte, wood, coconut, bourbon, moderate caramel. Flavour is heavy sweet and bitter with a long long duration, alcohol, chocolate, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20120322]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2012
at 11:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a dark brown color with a small tan head. Has a sweetish roasted malty chocolate and vanilla flavor with weak hints of bourbon. Sweetish malty bitter chocolate and vanilla flavor with woody bourbon hints. Has a sweetish roasted malty warming chocolate and vanilla finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Apr 2012
at 06:31