The Legend of the Liquid Brain
Bull & Bush Brewery in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.85
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle, shared with Michael. Pours black, with a small, fleeting, tan head. Peat, oak, and vanilla aromas up front, with some milk chocolate, cinnamon, and maple syrup. Sweet and syrupy, with a mild, sticky bitterness. Heavy body, with a dusty, hard mouthfeel. This is a big and boozy beer, with a lot of depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2018
at 15:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[1/29/17] Bottle/Can/Crowler/Growler at the RateBeer award ceremony bottle share at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa. Black. Bourbon, vanilla, fudge, chocolate, roast, dark fruits. Full-bodied. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2017
at 17:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with medium tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla bean, bourbon. Thick body, roast, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, nice sweetness, really enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2017
at 15:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Steve. Pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is great bourbon barrel vanilla brown sugar chocolate sweetness roast malts. Taste is more of the heavy roast malts chocolate bourbon barrel notes vanilla and a light ashy note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2016
at 23:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Dennoman. @ RBBWG 2015. Dark brown/black. Soft carbonation. Sweet aroma of chocolate, roasted malts, vanilla and bourbon. Light bitter aftertaste. Good, maybe a bit too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2015
at 04:21
9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 10
Thanks to Dennoman! Bottle sampled @ RBBWG IV. Pours blackish, little mocha bubbles. Smell is incredible, rich boozy bourbon, almost spirit-like, thick mocha, creamy chocolate. Taste is sweet, warming mocha, chocolate, big vanilla bourbon, warming brown sugar,… Body might be thicker. Awesome beer, best new beer of RBBWG IV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2015
at 05:52
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bull & Bush The Legend of the Liquid Brain (by Bull & Bush Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
14/II/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ RBBWG IV (Beerlover_Ben's place) - BB: n/a (2015-198) Thanks to Dennoman for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark purple brown beer, aery beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots and lots of overripe fruits, some banana, lots of alcohol, sugary, some vanilla, caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of vanilla, some milk chocolate, sugary, sweet, cème brûlée, alcohol, bit sugary, burnt caramel, more alcohol. Aftertaste: lots of vanilla, sweet, bit sugary, more caramel, alcohol, quite a lot of alcohol actually.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
14/II/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ RBBWG IV (Beerlover_Ben's place) - BB: n/a (2015-198) Thanks to Dennoman for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark purple brown beer, aery beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots and lots of overripe fruits, some banana, lots of alcohol, sugary, some vanilla, caramel. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots of vanilla, some milk chocolate, sugary, sweet, cème brûlée, alcohol, bit sugary, burnt caramel, more alcohol. Aftertaste: lots of vanilla, sweet, bit sugary, more caramel, alcohol, quite a lot of alcohol actually.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2015
at 13:13
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ RBBWG 2015 shared by Dennoman. Very dark brown to black color, average sized light brown head. Aroma is incredible: malts, lightly roasty, loads of bourbon yet still balanced. Taste malts, roasty, vanilla, chocolate, unfortunately a hint of (Dutch) ’hopjesvla’, bourbon, sweet-bitter. Insanely good aroma, lovely flavor but I don’t like the ’hopjesvla’ flavor in there. Medium to full body, suitable carbonation. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2015
at 09:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap in Denver for GABF 2012. I think this may have contrubuted to my own liquid brain but anyway...Pours a deep brown color. A big nose of syrup, wood and smoke. The flavor is deeper with coffee, dark fruity syrup, dark fruit, syrah? Very good. Interesting as hell.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2012
at 12:09
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
10th October 2008. GABF. Bloody hell this was confusing! This was served as Royal Oil at GABF but the beer is a thick black stout. This was so good we visited the brewpub but when we asked for Royal Oil what we got was a brown barrel aged barleywine! Later on we got this beer by it’s proper name. So I am sure as I can be this was mislabelled at GABF 08. Went back again and again for this beer - marvelous! It’s an opaque black stout. Light and creamy palate. Wonderful non dry oak and bourbon flavours. Sweet creamy bourbon finish. Fantastic.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2010
at 08:16