Rain Shadow (2019)
(Batch of Rain Shadow)
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.87
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A brooding, heavyweight stout, crammed with intense, deep roast specialty malts. 2019 vintage.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
(Bottle) Black colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with black coffee, dark chocolate, liquorice, oak wood, bourbon, vanilla and raisins. Malty, roasted, vinous taste with notes of espresso, dark chocolate, cacao, oak wood, bourbon, vanilla, treacle, raisins, liquorice and a generous cacao bitterness in the finish. Full body, quite sweet. Rich and tasty, with a generous bourbon wood character. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2024
at 20:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample (from fonefan). Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is liquorice, some toffee, mild spices as well as some bourbon with mild dried fruits and figs. Flavour is figs, some spices, liquorice, alcohol, dried fruits and mild toffee tones.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2023
at 21:38
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A black beer, a head is medium and brown. Aroma has salt liquorice, liquorice, chocolate, barrel, bourbon, hint of dried fruits. Taste has salt liquorice, barrel, light bourbon and roastiness, some prune, richness of malts. Full bodied, but not stickyness. Great beer, powerfull, intensive and balanced. Over 3 years old but still in brilliant condition.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2022
at 13:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at a tasting at troubles' place. Black. Chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, fudge, sweet, a bit umami, ink, faint bitterish note. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2021
at 16:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡💻👀
[ As Buxton Single Barrel Rain Shadow 2019 Bourbon ].
ABV: 12.0%. Clear dark black - red brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, sweet malt, dark malt, chocolate, wood, oak, alcohol - bourbon. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, bourbon, chocolate, roasted, wood - oak, light licorice. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20210331]
8-3-8-4-16
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2021
at 19:04
8/10
Tried
on 28 Apr 2021
at 18:57
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled, thanks oh6gdx! Black, small beige head. Huge aroma of bourbon, treacle and licorice. Very sweet with full body and rounded, somewhat syrupy mouthfeel. Treacle dominates. Bourbon and salmiak are evident. Warming finish. Big, bold and sticky.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2021
at 19:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Sweet, peaty and woody with hints of rye, bourbon, toffee, syrup and ashy notes, some licorice, roastiness, coffee and dark chocolate. Feels surprisingly peaty for a bourbon barrel stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2021
at 19:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
440ml can from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk. A deep black body under a fawn-coloured head blanketing the glass. Dark malty aromas, well roasted with scent of liquorice and black chocolate. Well blended malt-driven taste of liquorice, grainy chocolate and a twist of dark fruits. Smoothly roasted finish. Does not taste the strong. A nice one. (Rating session at Finn's place, with djoeye and Finn, Tromsø 18.02.2021).
Tried
from Can
on 19 Feb 2021
at 09:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Spandert av Rune. Delt med ham & djoeye på Nerstranda. Svart. Lavt mokkafarget filmskum. Nøttearoma. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken lakris, lær & sjokolade.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2021
at 17:13