The Bruery Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday

 

The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
8.16
ABV: 19.7% IBU: - Ticks: 227
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

Elegant, innovative, complex: Black Tuesday provides a uniquely elevated beer-drinking experience unlike any other. Rich, complex flavor from time spent aging in bourbon barrels mingles effortlessly with distinct notes of crème brûlée, poached figs, and milk chocolate. Surprisingly smooth at 19.7% ABV, this is a beer you won’t soon forget.
 

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9.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

375ml bottle, 2024 vintage. Rich roasted malt aroma with notes of chocolate, toffee, dark fruit, coffee, vanilla, bourbon, oak and booze. Pours inky black with a thin mocha brown head that has very little retention and a thin ring of lacing. Starts with rich roasted malt, chocolate, oak, coffee and toffee flavors as well as having a rich, full body and slick, viscous mouthfeel. Finishes impeccably smooth with dark fruit, vanilla and bourbon flavors as well as warming booze at the very end. Decadently delicious!

Tried from Bottle from Twins Wine & Liquor on 03 Jan 2026 at 06:26


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

I will look forward to trying another of my bottles down the road. As always, this is such an alcohol bomb but I quickly realized it was more gas than I wanted to end the night. Sadly, didn't finish the bottle.

Tried on 20 Dec 2025 at 19:00


9.1
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Clear, bright, very dark brown color with a small brown head; aroma of dried figs, cocoa, dark chocolate, creamy palate; rich, intense balanced flavor with a long, medium bitter finish

Tried from Bottle at The Theodore Beer + Wine Bar and Bottle Shop on 13 Dec 2025 at 03:48


Beer share.

Tried on 14 Nov 2025 at 20:01


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home 14/01/16 ... dark brown black ... thin tan lacing ... soft boozy chocolate roast ...dark roast malts nose ... way way to boozy ... dark sweet toffee chocolate roast malts .. big bourbon ... too muvch bourbon ... rich roast .. massive massive bourbon ... ligth burn 3.8

Tried on 24 Sep 2025 at 17:57


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home 24/7/10... huge thanks to Chris for this one ... deep black ... no head ... barest lacing ... huge bourbon vanilla nose .... deep roast ... too much bourbon ... big vanilla ... nice but too rich ... too much bourbon... littled chocolate ... sweet toffee

Tried on 24 Sep 2025 at 17:56


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8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle from Utobeer, Borough Market. Uber rich nose of dark chocolate, bourbon, cocoa. Smooth boozy taste of dark chocolate, plum jam, bourbon, toffee, caramel. Unsurprisingly sweet warming finish.

Tried from Bottle from Utobeer Market Stall on 02 Aug 2025 at 16:38


9.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Flarra stor ölorivning med ölsemmelieren på wilhemshill . Vi längtar bägge efter öppna denna öl som vi typ vet är hög kvalitet på. Vi testat ett par redigt dåliga Triple ipor innan .Jo här har vi i doften 🍫 CHOKLAD utav helvetes sant lite bourbon . Klunkar och Satans vad mycket choklad 70 % alltså relativt torr . Efterhand minskar chokladen och bourbon ökar åhhhh jättegod . Kan det blir bättre ? jo lite

Tried on 19 Jul 2025 at 17:23


9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Flarra på ölprovning på Wilhelmhill med han ni vet! Doftar otroligt mycket 70% choklad. Smaken väldigt balanserad med bourbon russin lite madeira o portvin o som sig bör 70% choklad. Satan så god o med rärr ostjävel lyfter ölen ytterligare. Mmmm det här är bra!

Tried on 19 Jul 2025 at 17:22


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

2015 bottle. ruby Brown pour little head. strong booze aroma. oaky burny stuff. Ok but I don't know

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:38