Imperial Eclipse Stout - Barrel Cuvée
FiftyFifty Brewing Company in Truckee, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.78
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Now in its 12th vintage, 2019 Eclipse is our rich Imperial Stout aged to perfection in whiskey and spirit barrels. All Eclipse starts with the same base beer bringing hints of dark chocolate, espresso, and a smooth complexity, with each barrel treatment delivering its own unique character after a minimum of 180 days of aging. Barrel Cuvée is our brewer's bourbon blend of our longest aged barrels.
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8/10
Tried
on 20 Jan 2021
at 18:45
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is honey, minty, chocolate, caramel, coconut, wood, taste is similar, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2021
at 18:44
8/10
bottle at home.. Jan 2021.... 2019 vintage... soft sweet mellow roast malts... dark rich boozy chocolate roast.. heavy rich sweet malts.. big chocolate... Light whisky
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2021
at 19:28
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at tasting. Opaque black color, medium sized light brown colored head. Aroma is malts, sweetish notes I can't really define. Chocolaty, soft roast barrel aging. Flavor is malts, bourbon, roast, choclatey. Full body, medium carbonation. Quite awesome. Very good.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2020
at 16:41
8/10
Het is geen niveau Huttenkloas maar wel lekker. Subtiel laagje kokos, verder chocolade, roosterig en koffie.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2020
at 23:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark pour with a tall, fine-grained tan head. Notes of bourbon barrel, perfumed bourbon (Heaven Hill?), burnt caramel, honey. Solid stuff - pretty much what I imagined this would be
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2020
at 16:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2019 vintage. Black. Oak, herbal notes, bourbon and chocolate in the aroma. Lots of bourbon and oak in the alcoholic flavor. Sweet with a dry finish. Body has thinned considerably by the abundance of bourbon. Dried red fruit. Nice.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2020
at 22:05
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours opaque black, medium tan head, good lacing. Aroma is bourbon, vanilla, fudge, earth, coffee. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Full body. Good. 5,8,9,4,17
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2020
at 18:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a 500 ml, 2019 vintage bottle. Aroma is forward with lot soft chocolate and lighter caramel and roast. Faint honey and leather notes. Light oak and bourbon with light alcohol spice. Light prune, plum and raisin notes. Pours black with a medium large, thick, mocha head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers on the edges. Medium light lacing and moderate length legs. Flavor is fairly sweet with strong malt notes of chocolate with lighter caramel and toffee. Light roast, honey and leather notes. Moderate bitterness with light alcohol spice. Light oak and bourbon notes. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, lots of nice malt notes with a lighter, balanced barrel character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2019
at 05:26