Bring Out Your Dead (BOYD)
Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.76
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Imperial Stout Aged in Cognac Barrels
A fantastic intersection of oak, spirit character, and decadent stout — and a special release for our 10th Anniversary!
Returning for the first time since 2020, and the seventh time ever, BOYD is our Imperial Stout aged extensively in cognac barrels. It's feisty and warming, with low bitterness, appropriately mild carbonation, notes of anise, brown sugar, figs, and subtle maraschino cherry.
A fantastic intersection of oak, spirit character, and decadent stout — and a special release for our 10th Anniversary!
Returning for the first time since 2020, and the seventh time ever, BOYD is our Imperial Stout aged extensively in cognac barrels. It's feisty and warming, with low bitterness, appropriately mild carbonation, notes of anise, brown sugar, figs, and subtle maraschino cherry.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ Mikkeller Aarhus. Pours black with a brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, little coffee, wood, cognac. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, light licorice, light coffee, Cognac, wood, somewhat boozy. Medium to full body, average carbonation, sweet finish with lots of warming alcohol. 080518
Tried
on 08 May 2018
at 17:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Mikkeller Bar, Aarhus. Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, licorice, wood and cognac. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily. 080518
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2018
at 17:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap @ Mikkeller Aarhus. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, cognac, barrel and liquorice. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, liquorice, cognac, barrel, spirit, warming, notes of alcohol and bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2018
at 17:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Mikkeller Bar, Aarhus. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are caramel, brandy, fruits, roast malt, little chocolate and hops. A little boozy.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2018
at 16:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 2014 thanks to SolidFunk. Pours opaque black, small tan head, dissipates fairly quickly with some lacing. Aroma is licorice, brandy, roasted malt, molasses. Flavor is medium sweet, medium bitter, heavy licorice initially, fades a bit with time. burnt roasted malts, molasses and brandy. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. Interesting but not exceptional. Gets better as it warms with lingering bitterness and diminished licorice notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2017
at 18:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle (thx, L.-P. B.!). Vintage 2014. Bottle 0316/2100. Pours an oily almost black with a dark brown head. Aroma is barrel and some burnt sugar notes. Similar taste. Thx, God, that it is not such burnt sugar bomb as 3Mins to Midnight or Skeleton Key, but base is the same in my opinion. Also it is not so thick, despite it is 12.2% ABV and was pouring so oily. Overall it is a good stuff, not exciting, though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2017
at 01:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Ratebeer Best Beer Festival. 31/01/2016. a viscous jet black coloured pour with a loose dark tan head. Aroma is smoked peat, meaty, salted. Flavour is composed of tangy salted roast, bitter roast earth, bitter coffee. Palate is medium full bodied, moderate carbonation and a woody finish. Lingering tangy bitter coffee.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2017
at 15:45
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Totally pitch black. No head. Smells fantastic. Cocoa and liquor. Vanilla. Yum. This is tasty. Loads of dark chocolate. cognac with vanilla. Oak. Cocoa finish like a hugely cocoa forward cookie
Tried
on 13 Mar 2017
at 08:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Ratebeer Best. Pours a very dark brown with medium tan head that lasts. The aroma is chocolate, roast, cognac, wood, vanilla. Medium body, roast, wood, vanilla, cognac, nice sweetness, very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2017
at 18:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled, at Ottawa gathering. Black with pale brown head. Molasses, coffee and licorice up front. Mid sweet full body and rounded mouthfeel. Licorice and maple syrup, treacle. Warming finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2017
at 18:06