Princess Slayer - Barrel Aged
Black Iris Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Emperor's BreweryStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.63
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Bourbon BA Chocolate & Cherry Imperial Stout.
Back in July, we had the pleasure of brewing up a monster imperial stout with Damian from Emperor's Brewery. With plenty of sour cherry purée, cacao nibs, 150kg of muscavado sugar, and aged in Heaven Hill Distillery bourbon barrels.
Back in July, we had the pleasure of brewing up a monster imperial stout with Damian from Emperor's Brewery. With plenty of sour cherry purée, cacao nibs, 150kg of muscavado sugar, and aged in Heaven Hill Distillery bourbon barrels.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, vanilla, cherry, buttery bourbon, taste is sweet, cherry, vanilla, coconut, chocolate, barrel softens the bitterness a little. 8
Tried
on 23 Apr 2026
at 09:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe Back In Black Beer Festival 2025, Beer#4. Black, with the least amount of head of the three I've just ordered. Not boozy at all for its strength in its crisp, sweet taste, although a little bit in its aroma. Liquorice for flavour.
Tried
from Draft
at
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe
on 06 Nov 2025
at 05:36
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Hereford Beer House Saturday 18th October 2025 in the company of Baz and Isobel. Pours pitch black with a light beige filmy head. Immediately picking up the barrel ageing, guessing it's bourbon. There's a little bit of a tanginess, liquorice and chocolate, some tart cherry, however mostly liquorice led, good.
Tried
from Draft
from
Hereford Beer House
on 18 Oct 2025
at 11:59
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from The Fuss Club. Nose is dark chocolate, cherry drops, light bourbon, coconut, cocoa. Taste is black cherries, bourbon, dark chocolate, red grape, smoke,liquorice touch of coffee coming through in the back end.Lots going on in here. Robust & exceedingly warming.Very good.
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 26 Jul 2025
at 21:31
8/10
Lci. Last can.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2023
at 11:10
8/10
Sticky Chocolate Cherry Goodness ....
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2019
at 20:36
7.5/10
Crude oil consistency, overly sweet. Sour cherry and chocolate
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2019
at 21:52
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours jet black with a thin tan head. Aroma of cherries, chocolate, brown sugar. Taste is sickly sweet, cherry puree, syrupy, chocolate, sugar, a bit of barrel, oak. Full body, smooth but sticky, soft carbonation. My final beer of 2018 and a great way to round out the year, so rich, but so damn sweet, the alcohol is pretty well integrated.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2018
at 23:46
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Cotteridge Wines; opaque black pour with a tiny dark tan head, aroma has sweet chocolate and caramel, taste has rich chocolate, very sweet, dark cherry liqueur, slight bourbon, viscous.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2018
at 14:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
440ml can from Coracle, drunk at home. Pours black, slowly forming deep tan head. Strange aroma, some cherry, chocolate, nutty, some distant heaven hill. Smooth and full on the palate. Some prominent palate-coating chocolate, good cherry presence that works well, a touch jammy and not too dominating though it does start to nudge more prominently into view. Heaven Hill barrel aging is similarly light and well integrated, though would've welcomed a little more. Pretty full on chocolate. Decent effort.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Nov 2018
at 19:24