The Event Horizon
(has 3 batches)
Olde Hickory Brewery in Hickory, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.07
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The Event Horizon Imperial Stout is an incredibly rich and luxurious beer brewed with ten malts, local honey, and four American hop varietals before and extended aging in oak bourbon barrels. The result is a beer with many layers of complexity. As the name implies, with one sip you will be unable to turn back. This 2010 special release will age well for years to come, or enjoy now in good company. Cheers!
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9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
From the 12/2013 3R6P gathering +++ Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a small foamy dark brown head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was strong coconut, vanilla, rum, dark fruits, strong malts, vanilla, marshmallow and more coconut. I kept a bit of this aside just to keep nosing throughout the night. Marvelous aroma! The flavor was strong coconut, chocolate, vanilla, hot pepper, marshmallow and rum. Very long finish of coconut, rum, vanilla and chocolate. Thick and syrupy body. Marvelous!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2014
at 14:51
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ (chriso Pre-GBBF Shindig) by chriso - London ].Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, laber larver (bourbon). Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, alcohol, laber larver (bourbon), chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130810]
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2013
at 03:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber from Common Market South, Charlotte. 2012 vintage, 8.5% ABV. Pours an inky black color with a large dark brown head. Fair head retention. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, wood, whiskey, coconut, vanilla. The taste is vanilla, oak, whisky, chocolate, roasted malts, earth, herbal hops, a bit of char. Medium-full bodied, lingering bitterness, slight booze.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2013
at 18:57
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at ChrisO’s Great and Powerful Pre-GBBF Tasting - Are You Scottish Edition (London, 2013). Big thanks to Bruce for bringing the Quality. Pours deep, oily black with a thick brown foam head. Aroma holds heavy chocolate cake, some earth and torched wood. Big sweet flavor but not cloying, with notes of lightly bitter chocolate cake, some molasses, dark fruits. Full bodied with fine carbonation and a creamy texture. Moderately warming on the finish with further rich chocolate cake, toasty bread and dried dark fruits. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2013
at 07:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottled @ de Molen, label said 8.5% (hard to believe though), small sample. Dark color, short head. Aroma of thick and rich malt, quite some bourbon, coffee, chocolat, slight honey. Aroma is really heavy and absolutely stunning. Flavor is a bit thin for what you expect from the aroma. I was expecting a quite thick and maybe a bit sugary RIS even, but body was a bit thin and alcohol was shining through a bit too much. Wonderful aroma, flavor cannot live up to that.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2013
at 01:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the De Molen Second Tuesday tasting, September 2013. Poured a deep crude oil colour with a bubbly glass hugging tan head. The aroma is rich malty and alcoholic. The flavour is medium to strong bitter with a creamy, liquorice, malty, alcoholic palate. This really was a super rich heart warming beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2013
at 12:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
10th August 2013
ChrisO’s Pre GBBF ’Are You Scottish?’ tasting. Opaque black - brown beer. Good dark tan head. Palate is softish and airy and a little dry. Lovely rich dark malt with dark chocolate. Light vanilla, mild fruity bourbon. Finishes semi dry with all flavours in good balance. Very drinkable!
ChrisO’s Pre GBBF ’Are You Scottish?’ tasting. Opaque black - brown beer. Good dark tan head. Palate is softish and airy and a little dry. Lovely rich dark malt with dark chocolate. Light vanilla, mild fruity bourbon. Finishes semi dry with all flavours in good balance. Very drinkable!
Tried
on 25 Aug 2013
at 11:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’13, 10/08/13. Mid black with a good sized tan head. Nose is rich double chocolate cookies, toffee fudge, sugars, rather decadent. Taste comprises roasted malts, treacle toffee, chocolate, oaky notes, light booze, mineral tones, tar. Full bodied, fine carbonation, alchocl is well integrated and the bourbon is but a subtle hint. A solid impy affair!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2013
at 01:00