Black Iris Brewery Princess Slayer - Barrel Aged

Princess Slayer - Barrel Aged

 

Black Iris Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Emperor's Brewery
  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
Score
7.63
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 15
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.
 

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8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can from Hoptimism. Cloudy deep almost black reddish brown with a thin tan head. Aroma and taste chocolate, roasted malty, slightly sour cherry. Warming alcohol and light sweet.
Tried from Can on 03 Nov 2018 at 00:00

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at indy man beer con. Session 2. A jet black coloured pour with a a thin dark tan hesd. Aroma is cemdensed milk, milky, creme caramel, mellow black malts. Flavour is composed of sweet, jammy fruits apricot jam, black forest gateau, sticky, Palate is medium sweet and jammy fruits. Moderate carbonation.
Tried on 05 Oct 2018 at 17:04

10/10
Astonishing.
Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2018 at 15:12

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Keg at IMBC 2018, session 2. Pours black-brown with a creamy, tan head. Rich, with subtle tangy dark fruits, bittersweet chocolate, ashy roast. Full bodied, chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming and sticky on the finish, more rich chocolate, alcohol, dried berries. Nice stuff.
Tried on 05 Oct 2018 at 14:08

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at IMBC. It pours opauq jet black with a small beige head. The aroma is rich roast malt, slick, sweet, tangy cherry, chocolate sponge cake, toasted brown sugars, coffee and chocolate donuta. The taste is slick, tart, tangy cherry, kirsch, chewy, boozy warmth, spice, rocky road, dark chocolate, jammy fruits, chocolate cake, black forest gateaux and some tanginess with a warming finish. Full body, fine carbonation and oily mouth feel. Decent stuff.
Tried on 05 Oct 2018 at 14:07