Mighty Matroesjka
Brouwerij 't Verzet in Anzegem, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.65
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Double Barrel Aged (Rum & Sherry) Imperial Stout. Experience the mystery of Mighty Matroesjka. At first sight, she's sweet as dried fruit and honey. A souvenir from her stay in Jamaican rum barrels. But don't be mistaken, this Russian Imperial stout also infiltrated like a true KGB-agent in Sherry barrels. Making her burning hot like a Siberian stoven. The ideal solution when you are freezing your ass off.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Two considerable positives to start with, an imperial stout and barrel aging, apparently doubly so. This 33 cl bottle was obtained from a happy retailer in Belgium. A welcome addition to the bottom of my Buffalo Bayou snifter, the sight is a dense brown-black with a fleeting head of tan foam. The scent is a bit different but appealing, dark plums, bakers chocolate and scorched grain with some indication of booze. I take a drink and find an obvious sweetness at the front end, raisins, dark chocolate, caramel, bark, malt and wheat bread. The alcohol lurks in the background, let us see if it bites me later. A better brew if the sweetness was subdued somewhat, still I will enjoy this one for what it is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2023
at 02:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle on 712 to Edinburgh, thanks to Doddy, 24/02/23. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a beige cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is dried fruits, dusty oak, spice, toffee, barrel tones. Taste comprises sweet malts, chocolate, brown sugar melt, toffee, light barrel. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Okay impy ... sips easy for the big 15% but overly sweet and lacking complexity for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2023
at 12:53
7/10
Tried
on 24 Feb 2023
at 12:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
9/XII/22 - 33cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck (Vichte), shared @ home, BB: 9/XII/31 (2022-1730)
Pretty clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, little stable, falls down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: good roast, sweet impression, caramel, sugary, dried fruits, alcohol is very noticeable, soft roast, dark chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very sweet and sugary start, lots of alcohol, lots of raisins, way too sweet, Madeira, port, very oxidized, don’t like it. Aftertaste: more oxidative notes, sugary, caramel, port, alcohol, way too sugary and sweet, this is undrinkable, don’t like it at all. Even after deliberately waiting for quite some time before trying this (1 year after bottling is my guess).
Pretty clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, little stable, falls down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: good roast, sweet impression, caramel, sugary, dried fruits, alcohol is very noticeable, soft roast, dark chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very sweet and sugary start, lots of alcohol, lots of raisins, way too sweet, Madeira, port, very oxidized, don’t like it. Aftertaste: more oxidative notes, sugary, caramel, port, alcohol, way too sugary and sweet, this is undrinkable, don’t like it at all. Even after deliberately waiting for quite some time before trying this (1 year after bottling is my guess).
Tried
from Bottle
from
Bierhalle Deconinck
on 09 Dec 2022
at 20:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Cream foam for short seconds over brown-rimmed black beer. Sweet, chocolate, alcohol, faint roast, booze. Very sweet, bit woody, liquorice, dried fruit and raisins. Bit of vanilla, ripe banana, plums, fusels' galore and a bit of incense. Furious alcoholheat - though not raw. Velvety, filthily rich. Impressive bombshell - but just after the Viven Barley wine it seems a bit unpolished. Txs to Stef!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2022
at 12:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 330ml. -at Ambasada Zagreb, shared with hrabren. Black coloured, medium sized brownish head, chocolate, alcohol and dried fruits in the nose. Sweet roasted malt, chocolate, dried fruits, some molasses and light alcohol with rather sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2022
at 10:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.33 l bottle shared with Ogi at Ambasada. Zagreb. Dark brown, medium brownish head. Sugary, lots of dried fruit, chocolate, molasses. Hidden alcohol. Slick, thick, chocolate liqueur, oak, wallnut, sugar. A bit sweet, sophisticated, oily. Fruity and nutty flavour. Strong. Moderate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2022
at 17:37
6/10
It's like a cheap porto from the Aldi. First sip is Okay... But then it hits... You're drinking sweet excess wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2022
at 00:10
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2022
at 19:17