Rain Shadow - Single Barrel Rye (2020)
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
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7.98
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This is Single Barrel Rain Shadow; our annual release of our straight-up Barrel Aged Imperial Stout. This year, we've developed it into three distinct expressions. This is the Rye variant, aged in American Rye Whiskey barrels in our barrel store for 1 year. We've aged it so you don't have to - ready to enjoy.
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8/10
Intense rye whiskey.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2025
at 19:00
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can 330ml @ yngwie
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, cocoa, alcohol, ryebread, molasses, oak and vanilla. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, wood, rye, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla and hint of smoke finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, cocoa, alcohol, ryebread, molasses, oak and vanilla. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, wood, rye, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla and hint of smoke finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2023
at 19:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tasting of three single barrel rain shadows (rye, bourbon, scotch) with my brother and girlfriend. Pours dark with little head. Aroma is rich and sweet, raisins, caramel, molasses, lots of dark malts, chocolate, roasted barley. Full body. Malty and sweet, lots of rye, spicy sharp notes in comparison to the other two (especially the bourbon), with rye and intense dark malts, burnt sugar, molasses and chocolate, medium bitterness. Nice, not as smooth as the bourbon and not as complex as the scotch.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2022
at 20:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Can, 0.33 l, at Pikkulintu Kontula, 20220809) The beer poured oily and black. Its head was small and lightly brown. Aroma had burnt malts, sweet rye bread, wood and vanilla. Palate was full bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, ash, sweet rye bread, wood and bitterness. Aftertaste was woody, burnt and bitter. A delicious burnt brew with balanced barrel notes.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2022
at 19:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330 ml can, vintage 2020 bb Dec 22, from Etre Gourmet. Black body, with a small, creamy, dark beige head. Aroma of whisky, dark chocolate, cocoa, liquorice, tobacco, coffee, subtle smoke, some dark fruits. Tastes similar. Medium, creamy mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation. Finishes warm, medium roasty, moderate sweet, with whisky, dark chocolate, liquorice, slight smokiness. 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 17
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2022
at 11:35
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
0,33l bottle at home shared by Saeglopur, big thanks. BB 12/2022. black color, small coffee colored head. smells of vanilla, bourbon, rye, marzipan, bitter chocolate, nutty, very nice smell. full body, no carbonation. tastes of whisky, vanilla, nutty, earthy, roasty, bitter chocolate, fudgy, spices. finishes lightly roasty and super balanced with notes of whisky, fudge and some spices. very nice one, great balance, not as sugary as most other stouts nowadays.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Apr 2022
at 13:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. It pours a lighlty oily almost black body topped by a dense but minimal sized tan head. The aroma is quite boozy at first, but then some rye malt and caramel starts to show up. Dark rye bread, hints of molasses and coffee, a burnt note and then some more caramel and rye bread. It's full-bodied, sweet and warming, almost sticky, but the alcohol helps it feel smooth. Licorice, dark rye bread, bourbon, oak notes, a touch of vanilla and charred wood, with dark sugar, molasses hints, caramel notes, some coffee and a good dash of alcohol in the flavor. Everlasting finish. Nice indeed, but please don't drink fridge cold. 220129
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2022
at 16:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Black. Chocolate, acetaldehyde, vanilla, wood, roast, sweet, bitter finish, some alcohol.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2022
at 16:25
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
330 ml can, pours black with full dark tan head. Aromas of malty rye, raisins, oak and nutty chocolate/praline. Fkavirs follow same tanned a bit by the rye alcohol but otherwise really Nicky balanced. Fantastic
Tried
from Can
on 24 Nov 2021
at 02:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can 330ml. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰
[ As Buxton Rain Shadow 2020 Single Barrel (Rye) ].
ABV: 12.0%. Cloudy dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, bread, rye - bourboon, rich, barrel - vanilla, light wood, moderate chocolate and coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, dark malt, roasted, chocolate - coffee, rye - bourbon, barrel - vanilla, wood, light licorice, licorice mouthfeel. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20211009]
8-4-8-4-16
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2021
at 23:04