Braggadocio
Breakside Brewery in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Stone BrewingPorter - Imperial Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.69
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Braggadocio from Breakside Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Super dark brown coloured body with a rich, thick and very nice three to four centimetre tall light brown head that stays on top for a while. Aroma of very strong roasted malts, light coffee, a touch of earth and grain, but the hazlenuts, almonds, walnuts and especially pistachio scents are by far the strongest, in a great way - this is complex in the nose, even without much of a bourbon/boozy/alcohol scent coming from it. Full-bodied; Strong cherry, vanilla, bourbon, anise and oak/cedar flavour coming off this initially with a very strong punch of alcohol, grain, malts, peat, smoked grain and especially a rich chocolate and nutty profile that shows sugars somehow just as much as all the malts. Aftertaste is just as good, perhaps better with an amalgamation of all the good flavours - nuts, smoked grain, caramelised sugars, toffee, spices, oak, cedar, vanilla, coffee and a bunch of bourbon and chocolate towards the end, but the complexity coupled with the easy-going nature and relatively smooth drinking profile make this amazing, plain and simple. Overall, while I can't believe that Stone has their name on this one (100 per cent serious), Breakside has that polar opposite feeling in my heart and is a very respectable brewery, and given that this seems to have been made there makes sense - it is fantastic and amazing across the board - very nice to sample, especially at this time, which was somehow, seemingly the absolute best time to drink this - complex and smooth, while being still very full-bodied and robust without any alcohol pungency - this shows at around 8 per cent alcohol. I sampled this 65 cL bottle, purchased from Whole Foods in Portland (Pearl), Oregon on 04-May-2015 for US$12,49 sampled at my house here in Washington a bit more than FIVE years later on 21-August-2020, after keeping this in optimal conditions in my cellar the whole time once back across the country.
andrewje41 (7962) reviewed Braggadocio from Breakside Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
22 Oz bottle poured. No abv listed here or on the bottle, though I read it’s 10.1% Believable. Tastes strong but tastes damn good. Pours probably the blackest I’ve ever seen a beer. Tar. Huge cocoa aroma with a modest bourbon presence. Bourbon comes through much more in the flavor. Heavy caramel, maple, chocolate, and vanilla to go with. Very nicely done.
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Braggadocio from Breakside Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
650 ml bottle. Pours black with full tan head. Aromas of wax crayons, black coffee, and roasted malts. Flavors of oily coffee, cashews, salty dark chocolate, lots of roasted malts and a hint of bourbon. Barrel aging as it should be. Superb.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Braggadocio from Breakside Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tasting at Matt’s
Black color. The aroma has roasted malt, coffee, booze, light smoke. Good body strength, moderately sweet, with dark chocolate flavor, leather, a bit of Bourbon cask.
Very good.
Douglas88 (7987) reviewed Braggadocio from Breakside Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber. Pours a pitch black color with a medium creamy beige head. A big sweet nose, light bourbon and chocolates. Rich toffee, milky chocolate, vanilla, light bourbon, licorice, sweet all the way though like a sweet stout or FES. Pretty mellow. Light metallic roast, which of course I love (see Guinness FES or SES). Awesome beer.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Braggadocio from Breakside Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Creamy, caramel and toasted malts. Jet brown with a light brown head. Dark chocolate, toasted malts and light barrel notes. Decent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Braggadocio from Breakside Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22 oz. bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is really English-themed, with nougat, bready toffee, and light vanilla from the bourbon barrels. Flavour is along the same lines, with vanilla, bourbon, English malts, toffee and bready malt. Subtle in its complexity. No idea what the ABV is, but it must be up there. Quite warming, despite not being too boozy. Excellent beer.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Braggadocio from Breakside Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at breakside pub Portland. Pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is bourbon barrel vanilla coffee coconut vanilla and some sweetness. Taste is more of the roast malts chocolate coffee vanilla barrel notes and coconut.