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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8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,33L bottle, BB 07.09.2024. Pours dark brown-black with brown head. The head stays. Aroma is dark chocolate, milk chocolate, vanilla, alcohol, smoke. Flavor is sweet and bitter, dark chocolate, coffee, oat, roast. Finish is coffee and dark chocolate with some warming alcohol. Overall: great stuff. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rain Shadow 2019 (11.8%) on 18 Jul 2018 at 10:02. Original review text: bl
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2014
at 11:29
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Another huge wonderful stout by Buxton. Big roast and chocolate with mocha cream aromas. Creamy consistency as well. Bitter finish. Black pour with mocha head and lacing. Very well balanced and a delicious beer. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2014
at 10:41
8/10
Tried
on 04 Dec 2014
at 14:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from The Bottle Shop and drunk at home. Black thick oily beer with a massive massive tan head. It’s going to take 5 mins for the head to settle down. Big dark intense choc and espresso coffee and also some liquorice. Big and intense in the mouth but still with some drinkability. Chocolate and coffee are good to excellent. Never keen on liquorice flavours, but in this it’s ok. Hides ABV pretty well. I mean it got me drunk no doubt. Bit of chocolate sponge cake. It’s competent and tasty and drinkable enough. Yep thick intense decent..
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2014
at 14:19
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Fra fat på What’s Brewing smaksfest nov-14: svart med kort brunt gardinskum. Intens aroma av høykvalitetskaffe tilsatt en touch sjokolade, lakris og furunål. Like god smak, fyldig og smud. Begynner å kjenne at den gir utslag på Richters skala, eller er det fordi vi nærmer oss slutten på en usedvanlig fin kveld hvor smaksopplevelsene sto i kø?
Tried
on 19 Nov 2014
at 08:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
How: Draught.
Where: Man in the Moon, Stockholm.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Coffee, liquorice, chocolate, alcohol.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Coffee, chocolate, liquorice, alcohol, some caramel.
Where: Man in the Moon, Stockholm.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Coffee, liquorice, chocolate, alcohol.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Coffee, chocolate, liquorice, alcohol, some caramel.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2014
at 02:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at What’s Brewing smaksfest 14.11.14. Black. Dark brown head,. Fine aroma of roasted malt, pine and coffee. Similar taste. Strong in aroma, taste and alcohol.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2014
at 12:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at Man in the Moon, Stockholm. Perfectly black, beige head. Licorice, pastis and tobacco up front. Sweet with full body and soft mouthfeel. Sugar, licorice and alcohol. Notee of leather and tobacco. Peppery very bitter finish with plenty of resin. Well structured but a bit too heavy/sweet /resiny.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2014
at 09:32
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Cornelius. Impenetrable black body with a thick tan head that holds well. Excellent lacing. Aroma of espresso, caramel, liquorice, chocolate brownies and underlying fruity hops. Flavour of raisin, black cherry, dark chocolate and treacle. Full body with a syrupy mouthfeel. Low carbonation. A rich, boozy Imperial Stout with a long, bitter finish and decent dose of hops for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2014
at 14:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap at Man In The Moon. Black, big tan head. Deeply roasted notes, bitter chocolate. Lovely body, lightly bitter, medium smooth with long finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2014
at 05:34