Darkness (2016)
(Batch of Darkness)
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.04
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Our massive Russian Imperial Stout contains waves of chocolate, coffee, cherry, raisin, and toffee, plus a non-traditional dose of aromatic hops.
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8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 8
s: licorice | oatmeal | bourbon
a: dark oily black body | very thin, fast-dying brown head
t: caramelised sugars | rustic nuts | brewed coffee
p: dark chocolate | warming alcohol | anise throughout
o: complex | deep sugars everywhere | smooth vanilla & rounded edges
75 cL wax-sealed capped bottle | Smith's Liqour Gallery: Rapid City, South Dakota | 25-June-2020 | US$18,99 | bottled: 28-September-2016 | sampled: 04 & 05 July 2025, a bit less than nine years after bottling
a: dark oily black body | very thin, fast-dying brown head
t: caramelised sugars | rustic nuts | brewed coffee
p: dark chocolate | warming alcohol | anise throughout
o: complex | deep sugars everywhere | smooth vanilla & rounded edges
75 cL wax-sealed capped bottle | Smith's Liqour Gallery: Rapid City, South Dakota | 25-June-2020 | US$18,99 | bottled: 28-September-2016 | sampled: 04 & 05 July 2025, a bit less than nine years after bottling
Tried
from Bottle
from
Smith's Liquor Gallery
on 04 Jul 2025
at 23:08
8/10
Oops almost made it to 10 years, oh well, the cellar must get cleaned out! Hints of chocolate and coffee but notes of cherries and raisins dominate now. Nose of licorice and chicory. Pretty nice still!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2025
at 18:33
8/10
Dark black body large foamy tan head. Roast ash chocolate vanilla aroma. Roast ash chocolate flavor. Full body mod carb. 8/5/9/4/17 4.3
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Aug 2023
at 16:56
Past its prime, rating redacted
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2023
at 00:21
8/10
Dry, roasty and heavy with licorice, bitterness and earthiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2023
at 00:19
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2020
at 20:37
7/10
Melanoidynowe. Palone. No takie tam, w sumie smaczniutknie. Podobnie do wielunkrafcikow z nad wisly
Tried
at
Craft Beer Muranów - Piwny Świat
on 09 Jun 2019
at 18:41
9/10
a toast to darkness day. and a toast to my American friends. this is just amezing. totally not sharing this one ;)
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2017
at 22:59
9/10
Dark, heavy, roasty, bitter, rough around the edges. My kind of imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2017
at 20:49
9/10
Tried
on 19 Feb 2017
at 20:53