Deliverance
Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.71
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flatmatt (2380) reviewed Deliverance from Arcadia Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750 mL bottle, marked down to $4.99. Pours a highly carbonated deep brown with a light tan head. Tart apple and caramel aroma. Flavor is also caramel and red apple, rather oxidized in a dusty way, more tart than would be expected given the description. Definitely has not aged too well, but I suspected as much when I saw the markdown. Still drinkable.
superspak (10160) reviewed Deliverance from Arcadia Brewing Co. 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750 ml bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours hazy nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy Light khaki head with good retention, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, coconut, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, raisin, cherry, herbal, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready/light roast malts and bourbon barrel notes; with solid strength. Some mild funk/tart fruit, but not overwhelming. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, coconut, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, raisin, cherry, herbal, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal/roast bitterness and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, coconut, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, nuttiness, milk chocolate, cocoa, light dark fruit/herbal, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malts and bourbon barrel flavors; with a nice bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly drying from carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and slightly chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is nice. Mildly warming 9%, with zero barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is a very good BBA imperial brown ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/light roast malts and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the big ABV. A bit of some infections hints, but they didn't take over the beer; aside from the higher carbonation. All minor flaws aside, this was still really enjoyable. Very rich malt complexity, with great barrel presence/integration. Never boozy, tannic, or drying. A very enjoyable offering.
jmagnus87 (3289) reviewed Deliverance from Arcadia Brewing Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Draft. Sampled at oasis. From notes. Loads of bourbon, dark fruits, molasses and caramel. Smokey.
cheap (9533) reviewed Deliverance from Arcadia Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
From the start, on tap at bocktown, this is a kik ass beer, no lie! Smell is sweet volatile perfume. Very dark beer. Some co2 and surprising for such a big beer. Taste is whisky laced beer, what else? No shit this is high alky, it lets you know right from the start its going to warm yer body from the lips to the gullet. Difficult unless you want an immediate buzz. Wew, don’t have 2’ Could drink shots of this and still be happy! WTF the smell lets it be over 2, hweheh
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Deliverance from Arcadia Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sampled on draft at Hou Thou this beer poured a black color with a small foamy off white head that faded and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was malty with notes of molasses, rum and a touch of smoke. The flavor was bourbon, molasses, tobacco, wood, anise and vague fruity hops. Long finish. Moderately full bodied though a bit undercarbonated. The alcohol was fairly well contained. Interesting.