Chocolate Rain
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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10/10
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Tried
on 08 Nov 2017
at 12:52
10/10
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Tried
on 08 Nov 2017
at 12:52
8/10
Lepsze od wednsday a paleta podobna. Nadal ciut za mlode. Ale paleta migdalowo kandyzowana super, figi... fajne cialo syropowe. 4.3 na luzie
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Saska Kępa
on 16 Sep 2017
at 19:53
8/10
Roasted malt, dark dried fruits, cocoa nibs & bourbon nose. Sweet, bitter & malty taste. Plenty of nibs. Round tiny syrupy mouth. Tasty!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2017
at 13:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Pours clear, cola brown with no head. Loads and loads of chocolate and vanilla, light red berries. Heavily boozy. Chocolate liquer. Sweet, boozy and heavy on the chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2017
at 10:41
7.5/10
Aroma of fudge predominantly; flavor is bourbon soaked chocolate cake and alcoholic chocolate syrup.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2016
at 15:21
8/10
Extremely vulgar but manages to stay tasty in that vulgar kind of way. Heavy chocolate syrup with bourbon. Cool stuff!
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Gyllene Korven
on 29 Jul 2016
at 22:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of André. Pours blackish dark brown with a small mocha head that quickly dissipated while leaving some sparse trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is malty and boozy with roasted malts, caramel, toffee, vanilla fudge, charred wood, dill, green chili, coffee, chocolate, moist soil and heavy bourbon alcohol. Taste is heavy sweet, bitter and malty. Mouthfeel is viscous, syrupy, round, astringent, boozy and near full bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with roasted malts, syrupy raisin molasses, thick chocolate, vanilla and bourbon. Over the top for sure but also quite delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2016
at 15:56
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared thanks to KVN. Slight gusher. Almost black with light brown fizzy head. Massive vanilla and chocolate, brandy and bourbon, chocolate mousse, loads of sweet vanilla things with soft roasted malts, strong chocolate and booze. Crazy dessert notes with lots of alcohol. Very sweet and under medium bitter. Full bodied with alcoholic finish. Just massive, but the alcohol level is a bit ridiculous here, couldn’t finish a bottle between three people.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2016
at 17:30
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Highly acclaimed variation on The Bruery’s Black Tuesday theme, at Bruery Sucré Tasting in Bruges. Thin, pale greyish beige, quickly dissipating head over a hazy black beer with warm yellowish mahogany brown edges, like Black Tuesday. Complex, intense aroma of bitter chocolate, sherry, fig, shoe polish-like phenols, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, cocoa, beef broth, coffee grounds, whisky, candied cherries, dry thyme and indeed vanilla, but less strong than I had expected. Candied sweetness in the mouth, raisin, candied cherry, hint marmelade, soft carbo (almost flat), thick and oily mouthfeel, thick nutty, caramelly and eventually very dark chocolatey maltiness with a soft roasted bitterness to it, coffeeish, with overwhelming liqueurish alcohol growing to great intensity in the end, as is the case with ’standard’ Black Tuesday; vanilla and peppery hops are there too, but the booze overpowers most other flavours in the very end. A bit over the top for me, like most of these super strong Bruery exclusivities, but seductively rich, too seductive not to enjoy it - this type of beers force you to very slow sipping in small quantities, and in that sense, they certainly deliver what they promise. The moment you cross this border in terms of quantity or velocity, they become very tiring in my opinion, but considering their daring intensity and substantial complexity, I will not take that into account in my rating.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2016
at 14:07