Rain Shadow (2014)
(Batch of Rain Shadow)
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.92
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Bottled & Keg. A brooding, heavyweight stout, crammed with intense, deep-roast specialty malts. A recipe 8 months in the making with multiple edits before we were happy to proceed, in the end it was a delight to brew.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[1/31/16] Draught sample at RateBeer Best festival in Santa Rosa. Black with a light brown head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, coffee. Bittersweet flavor with roast, coffee, licorice, ash. Quite full-bodied. 8/4/7/4/14=3.7
Tried
on 13 Feb 2016
at 18:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Rich dark roast with some dark chocolate. Jet black with a decent light brown head. Lots of big sark roast and a nice bitterness. Huge and well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 22:53
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at Tucker Tower during RBWG 2016. Pours deep black-brown with a cream beige head. Lots of scorched malts in the nose, baking cocoa, earth. Medium to heavy sweet flavor with lots of bittersweet dark chocolate, bitter earth, charred leather, raisins, light smoke. Full bodied with average carbonation. Warming finish with more hard, ashy roast, espresso, baking cocoa. Great stuff overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 22:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at JoeT’s cat cabana. Opaque black liquid with small to medium tan head. Aroma of licorice, raw sugar, coffee, raisins and dried fruit. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with notes of chocolate, raw sugar, licorice and raisins. Medium to full bodied with medium carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 22:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; dark brown pour with a frothy tan head, aroma has strong bourbon and roast malt, taste has smooth chocolate, some bourbon, roast malts, bitter chocolate, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2015
at 16:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Chocolate, coffee, molasses, caramel and liquorice. Also slightly spicy and earthy. Moderately bitter and sweet. Medium-bodied and oily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2015
at 13:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black, brown tan head. Bit boozy aroma, roast and sweetness. Taste is roasty and leaves strong hop bitterness onto the tongue. Solid Imperial IPA.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2015
at 10:13
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Pitch black color. Fairly dark brown color. Lots of bakers chocolate, molasses, very dry with dark fruit nose. The mouth is slightly solid, silkly smooth, lots of molasses dark fruit dark chocolate, very heavy full body. Tons of bitterness in the finish. Fucking great British imperial stout.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2015
at 08:02
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from de Molen Beershop, dated 3/9/14 BB 3/9/24, large sample. Dark color, medium frothy brown head. Aroma of big roast malt, fruity, molasses, caramel, chocolate, mocha. Quite sweet in taste, lots of roast and coffee, choc, bit alcohol. Some dry grainy notes in the finish together with sweet sirupy molasses and a touch of coffee. Wonderful stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2015
at 14:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Eebria via brewery. Deep black colour, with a thick tan head. Aroma has coffee, chocolate, and stewed dark fruit. Taste is mid sweet with a toasted bitterness. Thick body, and slightly oily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2015
at 09:15