Russian Imperial Stout
Kykao - Handcrafted in Patras, Western Greece, Greece 🇬🇷
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.53
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A recreation of a Imperial Stout using an old forgotten technique used by dinosaurs in the Jurassic period. A reiterated mash using double the amount of malt, condensing the malty profile of an Imperial stout to an extreme level!
We increased the aging characteristics by aging 220l in a used wine barrel for 6 months and blended back the beer in a ratio of 1/4 with the rest.
Aromas of dark roast malts just out of the glass, almost burnt biscuits, bitter chocolate with notes of dark dried fruits and licorice! The taste follows the nose showcasing all those beautiful roasty British malts framed by a smooth full body from the heavy use of oats! The aftertaste is long and lasting,full of dark chocolate and coffee!
It is enjoyed fresh but it's imperative that you age some!
We increased the aging characteristics by aging 220l in a used wine barrel for 6 months and blended back the beer in a ratio of 1/4 with the rest.
Aromas of dark roast malts just out of the glass, almost burnt biscuits, bitter chocolate with notes of dark dried fruits and licorice! The taste follows the nose showcasing all those beautiful roasty British malts framed by a smooth full body from the heavy use of oats! The aftertaste is long and lasting,full of dark chocolate and coffee!
It is enjoyed fresh but it's imperative that you age some!
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8/10
Tried
on 02 Sep 2023
at 19:10
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, cocoa powder, caramel, roasted, taste is similar, light sweetness, light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2022
at 16:52
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sourced from Beerdome and drunk at home - New 🇬🇷 brewery ✅ pours black with a brown head. Dark roasted and sweet malty with lots of rich chocolate, some liquorice, fudge and caramel sweetness coming in, ashy burnt malts, touch of coffee roast, silky mouthfeel, full bodied, dark malty finish. Lovely, great first impression.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2022
at 21:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with a thick beige head. Aroma of toast, dark chocolate, licorice, overripe dark fruit notes, coffee and caramel. Flavour is heavy sweet and bitter. Full bodied with a fairly thick texture and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Iznogood Beerock Bar
on 07 Jul 2021
at 18:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Jet black colour with small, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, brown head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty and caramel malty, slightly spicy and vinous fruity, yeasty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, chocolate sauce, hints of blue grapes, red wine, dark caramel, whiffs of marmite. Taste is bitter, roasty, chocolately dark malty, notes of chocolate sauce, dark chocolate, couverture, dark caramel, vinous fruity, yeasty hints of blue grapes, a marmite touch, some resinous aspects; well hidden alcohol. Viscous texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, soft, creamy texture. Intense and condensed, harmonious and balanced, dangerously drinkable - very good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2021
at 16:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Tom L. Black. Roast, licorice, coffee, soy sauce, sweetish and umami, bitter finish, some alcohol, full-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2021
at 18:02
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle sent in a package from Kostas, Kykao Brewery, Patras, Greece received 28th October 2020, thank you so, so much Kostas. Listening to Marc Riley on 6Music and cooking homemade pies. Pours shark eye black with a light beige head. Wow this is super smooth, really creamy mouthfeel and super indulgent, absolutely loving this.Wonderful rich, but subtle coffee and cocoa beans, overlapped with some smooth milk chocolate, gorgeous stout, simply stunning.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2020
at 04:55