Sirkawa - Costa Rica Réserve (Cognac Barrel Aged)
Brasserie Dunham in Dunham, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.01
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Stout impériale russe au café du Costa Rica torréfié par Détour et vieilli en barriques de Cognac.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(750ml bottle from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours black with a small brown head and no lace. Aroma of roasty fresh ground coffee, earth, wood, burnt malt, light to moderate caramel sweetness, a little chocolate, some soy sauce, cognac not strongly present and blends into the malt. Flavour is moderately sweet up front, roast malt and some caramel, a bit burnt with toasty earthy bitter coffee, wood, light fruitiness that's as much date as cognac grape, little acidity to the roast too, some soy saltiness, finishes dry and rather hot with wood and burnt malt, coffee grounds, some alcohol despite the low abv. Light to medium bodied, a bit thin really, soft carbonation. Did not love the barrel here, while the coffee did not fade it felt thinner and hotter than the only base variant I've tried. Not much rich cognac per se either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2020
at 16:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bouteille 750ml. Couleur noire opaque, mousse moka foncée onctueuse. Arôme boisé, légèrement toasté, Cognac. Goût très boisé, malt torréfié, café, légère acidité, amertume moyenne. Carbonatation faible, corps moyen-dense.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2020
at 15:05