Rain Shadow (2018)
(Batch of Rain Shadow)
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.55
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A brooding, heavy weight stout, crammed with intense, deep-roast speciality malts. 2018 Vintage.
New recipe for 2018.
New recipe for 2018.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Aroma: Dark roasted malt with coffee and chocolate. Flavour: Roasted malty sweet with fruity sweetness and bitterness with notes of coffee. Aftertaste is malty sweet and bitter. Mouthfeel is creamy and alcoholic warm. Colour: Black with a brown head. From: Can @ Tidens Farver Aarhus Feb. 2020.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2020
at 17:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, Black. Salted licorice in the aroma. Malty sweet, soft roasty, caramelly flavor with dominant salted licorice. Thick mouthfeel. Creamy mouthfeel. Pleasant.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2019
at 08:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440 ml can, canned 25 Sep 18 Pitch black body, with a medium, creamy, dark coffee-colored head. Aroma of espresso, dark chocolate, soy sauce, liquorice, molasses, chocolate fudge. Tastes similar, with a moderate booze. Full, oily mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation. Finishes warm, roasty, medium bitter, subtly sweet, wooden, with coffee, soy sauce, liquorice, dark chocolate. Tasty! Big, straight and robust, with lovely roast and dark chocolate notes and a subtle, oily sweetness. Really well balanced, smooth to drink for the strength, with just enough alcohol. Great Imperial Stout without gimmicks! Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 17
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2019
at 21:53
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can. Black, thick lasting and lacing tan head. Thick aroma of roast, chocolate and coffee. Sweet flavour, coffee and chocolate, hoppy bitterness, light vanilla notes, warming, malty booze. Soft carb, good alc tingle. Lovely.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2019
at 14:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Black, tan foam. Roast, licorice, caramel, coffee, dark chocolate, dark fruits, sweet and bitter, lots of alcohol.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2019
at 16:51
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can. Nose is chocolate, soy, salt, hint of ash. Taste is salt, soy, licorice, prunes, herbal hop note, chocolate, vanilla, chocolate ice cream, ash, toffee, hint of whisky and peat, hazelnut, almost sour note in the dry, bitter finish. For some reason I didn't review the 2017 edition when I had it last year, so my only notes are from 2014, I think this might be a little more hop forward
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2018
at 21:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
50cl can shared at Fat Cow. Thin beige head. Clear black pour. Nice. Lots of chocolate
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2018
at 15:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham and shared with the Bangkok crew. Poured a clear dark brown colour, with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is rich roasty malt, light caramel, boozy, liqouirce alcohol. The flavour is moderate sweet, liqouirce bitter with a smooth, rich, roasty, liqouirce, light charcoal, light chocolate, coffee vanilla, warm boozy alcohol bitter palate and a lingering liqouirce bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2018
at 15:49
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Opaque. Almost black. Good head of tan colour. Nose: roasted malts, earth, ground coffee, molasses, a shade of smoke. Medium to full body. Taste: not that sweet, fairly roasty and hoppy. Coffee, earth, molasses, citrusy bitterness. Nice impy.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2018
at 20:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can picked up from Buxton Brewery online shop. Consumed at home Saturday 24th November 2018 whilst cooking Chicken Kiev with Watercress and Stilton Pours as 'black as yer’ ’at, with a large toffee coloured head. A bit of creamy vanilla, chocolate and coffee on nose. It's got a bit of warmth from the abv. Its a very good beer but bettered by the Kentucky Woods that I had from them recently. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2018
at 07:20