Dark Apparition - Scotch Barrel
Jackie O's Pub & Brewery in Athens, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.20
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Russian Imperial Stout brewed with brown sugar and aged in scotch barrels.
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8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2025
at 07:59
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
24.03.2018, 0,375l bottle (2016 vintage) shared with Desverger @ Himmeriget:
Small slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet mineraly, dark malts, bloodlike minerals, bark, oak, weeds, whisky, hay, toast, paper, old rope, hints of mild peat. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish mineraly, weeds, oak, peat, minerals, whisky, bark, grass, hay, paper, dark malts, toast. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh sour-ish peated mouthfeel. Fair enough, not really my cup of coffee.
Small slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet mineraly, dark malts, bloodlike minerals, bark, oak, weeds, whisky, hay, toast, paper, old rope, hints of mild peat. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish mineraly, weeds, oak, peat, minerals, whisky, bark, grass, hay, paper, dark malts, toast. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh sour-ish peated mouthfeel. Fair enough, not really my cup of coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2018
at 18:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared@Himmeriget Stoutfest 2, Copenhagen - (2016 vintage) Black pour with tiny beige ringed head. Dark sweet and roasted malty with rich chocolate and caramel sweetness, charred burnt malty accents, medium body, dark malty with scotch soaked wooden barrel nuances into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2018
at 17:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
375 ml bottle in a trade with Jstax, thanks Jeremy! 2016 vintage. Pitch black appearance. Aroma is scotch, light peat, chocolate, leather hints. The flavor has the mild smoke with subtle leather. The scotch is mild with some light dark fruit notes. Body seems to have thinned out. Overall, the imperial stout seems thin but I enjoyed the flavor a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2018
at 00:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
375ML from AFH. Split 3 ways in stemware. Thick syrupy appearance in the glass. alcohol legs, dark brown to black. small he'd with a thin line. Very smooth aroma. scotch barrel, vanilla, pineapple, dried apples. Flavor. really light for an 11% beer. Lots of burnt wood, very smooth, a mild table sugar and apple and cinnamon. Solid beer. amazing how well the ABV is hidden.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2018
at 23:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to George. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is roast, peat, ash, oak, smoke, dark chocolate. Thick body, roast, dark chocolate, roasted malt, boozy, smoke, dry finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2017
at 23:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Jeremy - pours black tan head - nose and taste of scotch, smoke, chocolate and wood smoke - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2017
at 23:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle drunk at Eataly, 2/2/17.
Clear mahogany with a ruddy amber hue and wispy, dark beige-tan head.
The scotch is quite prominent in the nose, though not dominant. Well-attenuated notes of cookie, light coffee and milk chocolate lie behind it with low alcohol and no flaw. The spicy scotch character is a good foil to the malt and they’ve kept the roast pretty low here which would be otherwise kind of odd against the Scotch.
Lightly sticky, caramel and chocolate forward body with strong nuttiness and bread character. Light acidity and tannin from the barrel with spicy Scotch and low roast. Very dry, as Jackie O’s stouts are, which is appreciated. Light alcohol warmth, but nothing out-of-place for the style, nor is it sharp or boozy. Well-made but like the other Dark Apparitions, for me it’s a little too subdued.
Clear mahogany with a ruddy amber hue and wispy, dark beige-tan head.
The scotch is quite prominent in the nose, though not dominant. Well-attenuated notes of cookie, light coffee and milk chocolate lie behind it with low alcohol and no flaw. The spicy scotch character is a good foil to the malt and they’ve kept the roast pretty low here which would be otherwise kind of odd against the Scotch.
Lightly sticky, caramel and chocolate forward body with strong nuttiness and bread character. Light acidity and tannin from the barrel with spicy Scotch and low roast. Very dry, as Jackie O’s stouts are, which is appreciated. Light alcohol warmth, but nothing out-of-place for the style, nor is it sharp or boozy. Well-made but like the other Dark Apparitions, for me it’s a little too subdued.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2017
at 07:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[2/2/17] Bottle at Pre-EBF Throwdown at Eataly in Boston. Black. Peaty, boozy, scotch, chocolate, roast, coffee, full-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2017
at 07:46
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample at the brewpub during Jackie O’s 11th Anniversary Extravaganza on 01/06/2017. The beer is an opaque brown-black color with a medium foamy khaki head that diminishes steadily to an outer ring. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of oak, roast malt and dark chocolate. Full-bodied with flavors of oaky scotch, earthy malt and mildly bittersweet chocolate. The finish is oaky and peaty with a scotch and malt aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2017
at 14:59