Big Bad Baptist
Epic Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.99
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One Big Bad Imperial Stout with Cocoa nibs and Coffee beans. Each season's release uses a different dark roasted coffee.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
a: dark brown coloured body | big oily dark brown head
a: tart raspberries | licorice | deep oatmeal
f: soured | roasted grains | cacao
t: funky yeasts | big cherry notes | thinnish finish
o: interesting | flavourful & complex | opened because it exploded while I was sitting next to the can (the funkiness is probably why - I don't think it's supposed to be this sour, but it's nice to try!)
12 ounce can | Department of Beer & Wine: Alexandria, Virginia | 04-September-2020 | US$5,84 | no can date | sampled: 01-May-2026
a: tart raspberries | licorice | deep oatmeal
f: soured | roasted grains | cacao
t: funky yeasts | big cherry notes | thinnish finish
o: interesting | flavourful & complex | opened because it exploded while I was sitting next to the can (the funkiness is probably why - I don't think it's supposed to be this sour, but it's nice to try!)
12 ounce can | Department of Beer & Wine: Alexandria, Virginia | 04-September-2020 | US$5,84 | no can date | sampled: 01-May-2026
Tried
from Can
from
Department of Beer and Wine
on 01 May 2026
at 19:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bomber inky black pour with small tan head. Deep mocha coffee cacao aroma. Chewy dark chocolate with a hint of licorice.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aromas are roast, dark malt, coffee, cocoa, and a little molasses. Flavors are similar to nose, excellent balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation. Good fresh coffee flavors come out a little more. Good body with a little alcohol at the end. Nice drinking beer.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
on 17 Mar 2025
at 02:47
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Release #57, 12.2%. Pitch black pour, large mocha head. Rich cocoa aroma, huge roasty malts, loads of rich , freshly roasted dark coffee. Strong woody barrel notes with some semi sweet vanilla, and subtle whisky. Silky, full bodied mouthfeel, with a perfect carb. The finish is incredibly roasty, huge coffee notes, semi sweet cocoa, and some strong barrel. Incredible stout.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tasted at December Beermalade tasting in Bratislavka.Dark brown color with beige head. Roasted malty aroma with chocolate, cofee, light vanilla. Taste is coffee centered with medium chocolate, vanilla, light caramel.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2025
at 10:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
At a Beermalade tasting. Med-thin body, low carbonation. Lacks both richness and intensity, but is pretty good. Shitloads of coffee, kinda hard to find anything else here. Good but not great. High sweetness, medium bitterness. Okay.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2024
at 20:09
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can at Bratislavka tasting. Malty aroma and taste, roastyness, chocolate, light coffee notes, medium bitter, light sweet. Full body, malty roasty choco bitter sweet finish. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2024
at 20:04
10/10
So smooth. What balance and subtlety in the cocoa. Wow.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from HavnensVinOgTobak. Pours opaque black with medium dark brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, ground coffee, cocoa, liquorice, soy sauce and vanilla. Taste is medium to very sweet, medium bitter, light acidic and light salty. Body is creamy with light carbonation. Finish is long and balanced sweet and bitter with intense roasted malt, ground coffee, sweet liquorice, cocoa, soy sauce, vanilla and hints of bourbon whiskey. Nice beer but a bit overrated in my opinion.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2024
at 23:07
4/10
Tried
on 14 Jun 2023
at 21:19