Certified Evil 2016 -
Lucky Bucket Brewing Company in La Vista, Nebraska, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.18
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. I didn't know until I rated this that there are several incarnations of this beer. I can say it was extremely good and tasty though it will knock you on your tale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at Crescent Moon, 1/20/24. Dark brown, medium tan head, average retention. Aroma roasted malt, chocolate, phenols. Taste is roast, chocolate, hint of fruit and smoke.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Tap) clear, bright, very dark brown color with a small brown head; aroma of milk chocolate; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter sweet finish, smooth palate
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Beer #18 (of 19) of my 9000th Beer Celebration [9 beers on both sides of #9000th itself] Deep dark brown coloured body with a thinnish, very fast-dying tan head with almost no movement visible at all. Aroma of roasted malt with oatmeal, molasses, grains, alcohol, squash and even a touch of burnt coffee along with some bitterness of course (from the malts) and a light dose of residual sugar in the scent, too. Medium-bodied; Strong earthy and nutty notes dominate with a lot of oatmeal and slightly bitter molasses and burnt sugar flavours show through with a thinnish profile (for the style) and a little soy sauce and umami type flavours that come through, especially closer to the end. Aftertaste shows a lot of bitterness and earthy flavours with the malt and especially the oatmeal flavours coming through along with a dry profile showing the burnt coffee aspects and some metallic funk that hits on the thin side. Overall, a pungent oatmeal-based beer with a lot of bitterness, but on the thinner side (which is probably okay due to the age, but some dry and grainy elements along with a light hit of sweetness, but nothing great or anything worth searching out for; Also, if you have a bottle of this in the cellar like I did, it's probably worth drinking right away since I can't imagine it getting much better or subtle here, without getting rid of any body or depth in flavours. I sampled this stubby, twelve ounce bottle, purchased from Hy-Vee (5150 Center Street) in Omaha, Nebraska, 05-February-2018 for US$1,69 sampled at my house here in Washington for Beer #18 (of 19) of my 9000th beer celebration [9 beers on both sides of #9000th itself].
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From a 12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear cola with a tan head. Aromas of toast and tobacco. Flavors are bitter coffee. Very tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Dense black pour with a tall, deep mocha head. Aroma of roast malt, cocoa, light coffee. The flavor is balanced between the roast malt bitterness and the sweetness. Flavor follows the aroma pretty well.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled at the brewery. aroma is a light roast, caramel malt and light booze. The taste is sweet caramel malt, weak roast and alcohol is decently integrated. The palate is medium to heavy bodied with soft carbonation. Chewy texture. This is easily the best beer in there lineup.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in summer 2016. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1 finger fairly dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, caramel, toffee, fudge, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of nuttiness, smoke, char, licorice, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, caramel, toffee, fudge, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of nuttiness, smoke, char, licorice, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop and roast/char bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, caramel, toffee, fudge, toasted dark bread, light nutty/smoke/char, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Light dryness from hop/roast bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Light-medium carbonation and full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, and fairly sticky/chalky/grainy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden, a mild warmth lingers after the finish. Overall this is an excellent imperial oatmeal stout! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV. Really rich and complex on malt flavors; with nice earthy hop/fruity yeast notes in the background, that are not overdone. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle/Fest. A- Roasty, coffee, cocoa. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Alcohol, roasty, cocoa. P- Full body, sharp texture, average carbonation, strong finish. O- A big beer and a little strong and sharp on the palate. The oatmeal didn’t do much to help make the body creamier or smoother at all.