Black Ops (-2019)
Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.74
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Barrel-aged in Woodford Reserve barrels. Brooklyn Black Ops does not exist. However, if it did exist, it would be a robust stout concocted by the Brooklyn brewing team under cover of secrecy and hidden from everyone else at the brewery. Supposedly, "Black Ops" was aged for four months in bourbon barrels, bottled flat, and re-fermented with Champagne yeast, creating big chocolate and coffee flavors with a rich underpinning of vanilla-like oak notes. They say it’s vanishingly rare. We have no idea what they’re talking about.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured jet black, black, and blacker. Small head. Vanilla, coffee, chocolate aroma. Good stuff.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 00:58
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Jet black pour, huge frothy sticky mocha head. Intoxicating aroma of vanilla laced oak, vanilla soaked bourbon and boat loads of cocoa and burnt coffee. I could keep my nose in here forever! The carbonation is a little crazy, must be the chapagne yeast. The alcohol is must more present in the flavor but the copious amounts of cocoa and coffee make up for it. Lots of sweet burnt malts, and the barrel ageing with the oak, vanilla and bourbon are never ending! What an incredible imperial stout I’m blown away. I’m very fortunate to have Bern able to try this. Sorry Fred!!!!
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:25
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
750 ml corked bottle, at a tasting with Garrett Oliver. ABV is 11.3%. Black colour, brown head. Aroma of oak, bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, coffee, hints of fusel alcohols. Lovely smooth flavour, vanilla, chocolate and bourbon. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2025
at 01:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From bottle at Brooklyn Brewery, New York. Strong Bourbon aroma with vanilla, wood, roasted malt, some chocolate. Pretty strong barrel influence, body could be a bit more full. Moderate to medium sweet, mildly roasty bitter. Ends a bit dry-ish, for the style. Good, but not mindblowing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2025
at 11:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Dark brown almost black with a three finger tan head. Aroma is burnt grains. Taste is chocolate, coffee and dark grains.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
8.6/10
LCI from 8x8, 18-20 Oct. Not a beer but an experience. After the festival, hiking the Great Wall, sharing this beer with a bunch of great brewers including the OG GO from Brooklyn in the snow with people jamming and barbecuing around an open fire
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2024
at 23:16
9/10
That tastes wonderful goodness.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:33
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2024
at 15:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Notes from 9/26/14 BK Black Ops '08 vintage 10.7% abv. Adorable Duck Rabbit snifter. Cork spares my eyes, but still had some kick. Slick, espresso head. Matte black body. Head lingers & coats the glass on every spin. Smells of sharp, charred malt & burnt toast. A bit vinous. Rich bourbon glaze. Cigar smoke, dark chocolate, black coffee, burnt sugar. Tasty. Oxidation is starting to show though. Wood ash, burnt bbq, some slight edges of dark fruit peaking through. Pretty dense, creamy body, just barely cut by some beady carbonation. Still pretty boozy after all these years. Waxy. Thanks for the gift Al.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2024
at 17:23
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap at DU. Perhaps this hasn't aged well. Raisiny prune tones, barrel heat, odd herbal, medicinal feel. Not in good shape.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2023
at 21:45