Wicked Dark
Baxter Brewing Co. in Lewiston, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.96
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With 12 malts — including barley, wheat, rye, and oats — this beer is a rich black masterpiece, booming with heavy malt flavors and a touch of warmth from the alcohol. We gave this beer extra time to mature in cold conditioning to allow the flavors to meld into the cohesive beast that is Wicked Dark. All this malty sweetness and alcohol needs balance, though, and that’s where lots of American and New Zealand hops come into play — Apollo, Millennium, Pacific Jade, Pacifica, and Horizon are a few of the varieties we used to do just that.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours mahogany tinged black into a tulip. Mocha head with medium retenion recedes leaving spot lacing. Dark chocolate, licorice and soy aromas. Medium bodied with sweet charred chocolate upfront turning to hot licorice in the medium length finish.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2017
at 20:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Black with a deep and dark head. Dry cocoa, burnt malt, roasted coffee bean, black patent, harsh earthy notes. Dry, medium to full body. Finish is bitter and dry. Rough in the right ways but not necessarily my speed.
Tried
on 04 May 2017
at 21:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Thanks, Chris! "AirForceHops") Can. A- Weak, roasted barley, cocoa. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Roasty, char, tobacco, leather, cocoa, mild bitterness. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Really smooth and pours like motor oil. The aroma was pretty weak, not bad just subtle and the flavor fairly subdued as well. Overall, a nice no frills Impy Stout.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Apr 2017
at 21:34
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Poured into a snifter, the appearance was a black color with a thick finger’s worth of tan foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Sly stringy lace.
The aroma had some bitter ends of hoppy grassiness evenly flowing into some roasty coffee grinds and a slight abrasive dried cocoa malt.
The flavor definitely embraced the roasty to bitter side of this imperial stout to end up pummeling the aftertaste with the roast and bitterness of the coffee grounds. The finish is quick and dry, somewhat sticky.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a decent sipping quality about it. Mild carbonation. ABV did actually feel close to that 10% as they say.
Overall, well, the feel is the best thing about this to be honest as the aroma and flavor seem to actually stick more towards the bitter bookends of the coffee grounds. I did clean my palate from the last beers before this so this stands, take it or leave it.
The aroma had some bitter ends of hoppy grassiness evenly flowing into some roasty coffee grinds and a slight abrasive dried cocoa malt.
The flavor definitely embraced the roasty to bitter side of this imperial stout to end up pummeling the aftertaste with the roast and bitterness of the coffee grounds. The finish is quick and dry, somewhat sticky.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a decent sipping quality about it. Mild carbonation. ABV did actually feel close to that 10% as they say.
Overall, well, the feel is the best thing about this to be honest as the aroma and flavor seem to actually stick more towards the bitter bookends of the coffee grounds. I did clean my palate from the last beers before this so this stands, take it or leave it.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2017
at 23:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can. Opaque pitch black color, full thick cascading tan head that persists. Aroma is massive coffee, dark chocolate, and some earthy hops.
Taste of dark malts, mild roast, dark chocolate, coffee, and a bitter hop finish. Medium plus body, soft carbonation. Very nice. I like this brewery Phantom Punch a lot and I feel this is just slightly better. Maybe the best thing this breweries ever done.
Taste of dark malts, mild roast, dark chocolate, coffee, and a bitter hop finish. Medium plus body, soft carbonation. Very nice. I like this brewery Phantom Punch a lot and I feel this is just slightly better. Maybe the best thing this breweries ever done.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2017
at 15:26