Boxing Rock Brewing Company U-889 Russian Imperial Stout

U-889 Russian Imperial Stout

 

Boxing Rock Brewing Company in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
Score
7.20
ABV: 8.9% IBU: - Ticks: 5
Imperial Stout brewed with coffee and vanilla beans.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Brown bottle, 650 ml, from and with Sébastien Bertrand (merci!), savoured on Louise’s birthday 2019; eye: black, opaque, half ring of brown head, no lacing; nose: chocolate, light caramel, slight malt, vanilla; mouth: chocolate, light caramel, slight malt, vanilla, light acridness, light acidity, light alcohol, finale in chocolate with light presence of acridness, medium body, lightly below average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 650 ml, de et avec Sébastien Bertrand (merci!), savourée à la fête de Louise 2019; œil : noire, opaque, demi-anneau de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : chocolat, léger caramel, très léger malt, vanille; bouche : chocolat, léger caramel, très léger malt, vanille, légère âcreté, légère acidité, léger alcool, finale en chocolat avec légère présence d'âcreté, corps moyen, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2020 at 16:05


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Courtesy of Ferris, bottled 08 Dec 2016
Black colour with large brownish head. The aroma is suspicious: metallic, sharp; later, some coffee and dark chocolate. But the flavour is not infected, although it's highly carbonated; good flavour of dark chocolate, coffee, hint of vanilla, a bit ashy in the finish; most of the sweetness seem to have been fermented. Soft finish.
Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2018 at 04:37


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle - Intense coffee and dark roast. Jet brown with a rich brown head. Vanilla, coffee and dark rich chocolate. Nice bitter and dry finish. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2018 at 04:18


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a huge bright brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of floral coffee notes with some black chocolate and light vanilla notes is quite pleasant. Taste is a good mix of black chocolate notes with some roasted flavours with some floral coffee notes, lactose and nice vanilla beans notes. Body is about average with probably too much carbonation for the style but no apparent alcohol. I loved the fact that this beer almost tasted like a latte.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2017 at 12:59


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Bishop’s Cellar, Halifax. It pours jet black with a thick tan head. The nose is rich roasted malt, big unanimously character, dark chocolate, salted liquorice, burnt treacle, light vanilla, rocky road and light smoke. The taste is bitter, rich roast, espresso coffee, mild acidity, charred wood, toasted spice, scorched earth, umami notes, light vanilla and liquorice with a lingering bitter/charred finish. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. Quite rich and robust. It has rather good balance. A well made stout.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2015 at 15:01