HOBi-wan-keNOBi - Darkside Edition: Rum Barrel Aged
Bang The Elephant Brewing in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Abstract Jungle Brewery / Emperor's BreweryStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special Out of Production
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Score
7.47
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Episode Two: Rum Barrel Aged Darkside Edition.
Emperor's Brewery and Abstract Jungle Brewery collaboration.
11.8% of pure decadence. 10kg of Chocolate Hob Nobs in the mash, 30kg of Golden Syrup in the boil and 25kg of deep south Muscovado sugar. Aged in 20 year old rum barrels for 10 months and finished with Toasted Coconut and Madagascan Vanilla towards the end of its time trapped in the barrel, truly turning this imperial stout to the Dark Side!
Emperor's Brewery and Abstract Jungle Brewery collaboration.
11.8% of pure decadence. 10kg of Chocolate Hob Nobs in the mash, 30kg of Golden Syrup in the boil and 25kg of deep south Muscovado sugar. Aged in 20 year old rum barrels for 10 months and finished with Toasted Coconut and Madagascan Vanilla towards the end of its time trapped in the barrel, truly turning this imperial stout to the Dark Side!
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8.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
23/VII/24 - 44cl can @ Alengrin’s place, BB: VI/2026 (2024-598) Thanks to Hinke for sharing the can!
A little cloudy dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots and lots of coconut, chocolate, a bit of a sugary impression, caramel, earthy, vanilla, more coconut. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very sugary, lots and lots of coconut, sweet, alcohol, some vanilla, bourbon. Aftertaste: sugary, soft roast, alcohol, lots and lots of coconut, sugary, nice stuff!
A little cloudy dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots and lots of coconut, chocolate, a bit of a sugary impression, caramel, earthy, vanilla, more coconut. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very sugary, lots and lots of coconut, sweet, alcohol, some vanilla, bourbon. Aftertaste: sugary, soft roast, alcohol, lots and lots of coconut, sugary, nice stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2024
at 21:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Pitch black with a thin tan head. Aroma of massive rum and coconut, golden syrup, smells like Malibu. Taste is boozy, again a huge amount of rum, lots of coconut, golden syrup, roast malts, not getting much Hob Nobs or really any chocolatey or biscuity flavours, does a remarkable job of not being too sweet though given all the sugar and syrup. Full bodied and smooth. Great stout, just wish it retained more of the Hob Nob flavour.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2020
at 22:42