Black Tuesday
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.17
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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.
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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9/10
2014. Zajebiste. Beczka kosmiczna. Niemalo ciala. Czekolada. Teamslodyczka. Dupe urywa
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2018
at 22:03
6/10
Very hot! Plenty of Christmas pudding.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2018
at 12:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(2016 bottle pour @ MBCC 2017 Yellow Session, Copenhagen) Pours nearly black with a tan head. Notes of massively sweet molasses, caramel, chocolate, vanilla, moderate bourbon, slightly burnt wood, soft roast, touch fruity, decently boozy, sweet sweet sweet. Finish is semi-sweet with lingering caramel, barrel and booze. Full bodied, thick and viscous with soft carbonation. Truly feels like diabetes in a glass. To be fair the flavours are nice and the concentration impressive, and while the alcohol isn't totally disguised, it is commendably minimized given the ABV. But the saccharine nature makes it tough to drink more than a couple of sips of, perhaps in part because of sampling before noon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2018
at 13:38
Finally get to try it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2017
at 19:49
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle at the November DC Ratebeer tasting - 2015 vintage? Poured a black oil color with not much, if any head. Maybe a small, wispy tan head. Aroma was light roast, lots of boozy notes, dark chocolate, roasted dark, bitter chocolate. Vanilla, bourbon, roasted notes. Wow, really really good. Thanks Donnie!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2017
at 01:07
8.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2017
at 01:07
8/10
Very smooth
Tried
on 19 Nov 2017
at 17:13
8/10
Dark black bod sml tan head. Toffee roast choc arma. Roast, choc, vanil, toffee caramel flav. Full bod mod carb. 8/5/8/4/17 4.2
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2017
at 17:01
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a bottle at the November RB DC tasting. It is brienish black color with a slight head. The Aroma is boozey and the taste is smooth and sweet and has a true boozey flavor and a Smooth finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2017
at 16:03
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 ml bottle into snifter, bottled on 9/18/2013. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a small foamy khaki head with decent retention, that reduces to a ring of lace that lingers. Minimal lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, fudge, brown sugar, maple syrup, almond, molasses, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, dark bread, raisin, plum, cherry, fig, and date; with light notes of marshmallow, licorice, smoke, pepper, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. A bit of increasing booziness in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice complexity and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, fudge, brown sugar, maple syrup, almond, molasses, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, dark bread, raisin, plum, cherry, fig, and date; with light notes of marshmallow, licorice, smoke, char, pepper, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate bourbon/oak spiciness and light roast/char bitterness on the the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toffee, fudge, brown sugar, maple syrup, almond, molasses, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, dark bread, dark fruit, marshmallow, light smoke/char, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Mildly increasing dryness from bourbon/oak spiciness. Medium carbonation and very full body; with a very creamy/silky/velvety/rich, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is awesome. Alcohol is very well hidden; a lightly increasing warmth of 18.9%, with mild lingering barrel booziness after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic barrel aged imperial stout! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the enormous ABV. Bruery stouts always seem to have a class of their own on the flavor profile. Not as deeply roasty or charred on black/roasted malts like some others; but still extremely rich and complex. Outstanding barrel integration and balance, without feeling overly boozy, tannic, or drying. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2017
at 07:35