Barrel-Aged Darkness
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.06
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Darkness is a beer of fable and legend. Malty and intense, yet velvety smooth. This special edition of our massive Russian imperial stout matured in Elijah Craig 10 and 12-year bourbon barrels and features waves of chocolate, vanilla, dried fruit, and cherry flavors, enhanced by the oaky spice of the barrel and its previous occupant.
Released originally from 2007 - 2012. Brought back in 2021. Rate under specific vintage if known.
Released originally from 2007 - 2012. Brought back in 2021. Rate under specific vintage if known.
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8/10
Dark black body medium foamy brown head. Roast vanilla bourbon toffee aroma. Roast vanilla bourbon toffee flavor. Full body moderately low carbonation. 8/5/8/4/16 4.1
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2022
at 19:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aromas are lots of gamey dark malt, molasses, roast. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, on the sweet side, fairly well-balanced. Good body and carbonation. Taste good now I am not sure that it would benefit from aging.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2022
at 03:34
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2022
at 16:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 22 Aug 2021
at 04:00
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2020
at 13:36
9/10
Tried
on 11 Jan 2020
at 18:48
9/10
Nearly dead genre of RIS, done well, rye tight finish. Tons of chocolate malt delish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2019
at 20:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
01.05.2015, tap @ CBC:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is mild and slightly sweet, dark malts, caramel, dark sugar, chocolate, whiskey, oak, vanilla, coffee, grass. Taste is mild and sweet, dark malts, oak, dark sugar, chocolate, whiskey, grass, sour-ish coffee, vanilla, caramel. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel. Nice.
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is mild and slightly sweet, dark malts, caramel, dark sugar, chocolate, whiskey, oak, vanilla, coffee, grass. Taste is mild and sweet, dark malts, oak, dark sugar, chocolate, whiskey, grass, sour-ish coffee, vanilla, caramel. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2018
at 08:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle during Tasting; dark brown pour with a thin dark tan head, aroma has really creamy chocolate malts along with bourbon, taste is really sweet, some bourbon, slick mouthfeel, really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2017
at 14:25
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle poured into a taster showing pitch black with quickly dissipating foam. The nose shows earthy hops with a light bourbon background. The palate is full bodied and lightly carbonated. Flavors of smoke and bourbon with a light rye spiciness. Bourbon caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2017
at 18:19