Barrel Slayer
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.76
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Zach. Pours black with small tan head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is roasted malt, vanilla, brownie. Slick body, fudge, cocoa, vanilla, roast, boozy finish, enjoyed this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared at Blind Stout Share. Pours a deep brown to black with a small beige head that dissipates. Lots of dark chocolate in the nose with oak, pepper and whisky as it warms up. More chocolate on the palate. Great balance with more oak with faint prune underneath as it warms. Just really smooth and balanced with the alcohol hidden well.
Blind ranking personal results:
#1 Toppling Goliath - Barrel Slayer
#1 Ellison / Barclay / Watkins - Four Horsemen
#3 Hailstorm - Vlad vs. Zombie vs. Shark (2019)
#4 Cerebral - Here be Monsters (Batch 2 11/2017)
#5 Goose Island - BCBS (2019)
#6 Jackie O's / Side Project - Appervation
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22oz bottle pours out black topped with a tan head, nose is big chocolate coffee vanilla bourbon barrel booze. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate bourbon barrel booze vanilla coffee cake.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at the December Ratebeer DC Tasting. Poured a nearly pitch black color. Small, tan head. Aroma was roasted malts, coffee. Molasses, semi-sweet malts. Barrel. Boozy, dried brownies.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
22oz bottle pours a very oily, midnight black with very little grey head. Nose has smoke, tar, big toasted marshmellow, molasses, some port, Kahlua. Flavor is just OK, sweet with molasses, a lot of char and burnt toast notes, too much booze too. Hot finish. Not their very best.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From a bottle at the Dec 7 RB gathering courtesy of Clark L. Pours black with a tan head. Aromas are intense bourbon, oak and vanilla. Flavor is big, sweet and boozy. Hotter and more barrel in this one compared to other TB imperial stouts.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Roast and lots of barrel as the word suggests. Oily consistency, thick and black. Mocha head. Sweet and boozy end. Dark chocolate and fig. Bottle.
