Black Ops (-2019)

Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn, New York, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production

Score

7.74

ABV: 11.5%

IBU: 70

Ticks: 197

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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7.5

thegreenrooster (7317) reviewed Black Ops (-2019) from Brooklyn Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

My can says this was aged in Four Roses Single batch barrels and is 12.4% abv. Pour is a black with a small tan head. Aroma is a huge vanilla and wood. Flavor is a thick. heavy syrupy malt with maple syrup and some bourbon notes. This was super thick and heavy with a lot of bourbon. Flavorful with almost all bourbon and very warming.

Tried from Can on 14 Nov 2021 at 00:14

bb (18607) reviewed Black Ops (-2019) from Brooklyn Brewery 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Draft. Black beer with a tanhead. Bourbon and chocolate aroma with caramel. Bourbon and caramel flavor with chocolate and light fruitiness. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon and caramel linger with chocolate and light fruitiness.

Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2021 at 22:08

7.9

Zymurgeist (5786) reviewed Black Ops (-2019) from Brooklyn Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Harry's Hofbrau. Black with huge brown head. Lots of char on this beer. Nice overall with lots of complexity.

Tried from Draft on 13 Mar 2021 at 19:56

7.9

simontomlinson (8176) reviewed Black Ops (-2019) from Brooklyn Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

2016 bottle drunk 2020. Foamy light brown head left a good cover on a near black still body. Huge aroma of malt, liquorice & bourbon. Medium bodied, smooth & creamy over the tongue with a lighter clean back. Liquorice, malt, bourbon, raisin, vanilla & Christmas cake tastes with a hint of grape on the back followed by a long boozy finish. Banging

Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2020 at 16:35

7.3

willisread (9801) reviewed Black Ops (-2019) from Brooklyn Brewery 6 years ago

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

Draft at 8 Degrees Plato. Pours a pitch black with a small brown head that dissipates. Dark malt, cacao nib, roasted malt, umami and faint smoked aromas on the nose. More of the same on the palate with a savory, salty note underneath the dark chocolate and soy sauce notes. ABV hidden well. The herbal / salt note is a bit distracting but still a well-made beer.

Tried from Draft at 8 Degrees Plato Beer Company - Detroit on 08 Mar 2020 at 05:37

tmrmwel (4623) reviewed Black Ops (-2019) from Brooklyn Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

7-4-7-3-14 Bottle, #2368, 19 months before bbd. Shared with Inbreak and friends. Pours pitch black, with a big creamy mocha head. Aroma is dark roasted malts with liquorice, muscovado and leather, as well as vanilla and wooden barrels. Full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is roasted malts with rye bread, coffee, leather and liquorice, as well as muscovado, dark fruits, vanilla and wooden barrels.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2020 at 22:38

7.6

Mansquito (19309) reviewed Black Ops (-2019) from Brooklyn Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle Pour at the source: pours black with small head. Aroma is chocolate, light vanilla, hints of bourbon. Bourbon is subdued, slightly sweet, mellow roast, nice woody notes. More mellow than expected.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Feb 2020 at 01:25

Fruitsalad (2248) ticked Black Ops (-2019) from Brooklyn Brewery 6 years ago

Tried from Bottle at Little Délirium Café Amsterdam on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48

tiong (21414) ticked Black Ops (2012) from Brooklyn Brewery 6 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2019 at 20:19

JK (8171) ticked Black Ops (-2019) from Brooklyn Brewery 6 years ago

Tried on 07 Sep 2019 at 21:59

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