Galway Bay Brewery We Still Got It

We Still Got It

 

Galway Bay Brewery in Oranmore, Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Stout - Imperial Special
Score
7.68
ABV: 13.8% IBU: - Ticks: 16
We still got it! This 3 year rum barrel aged imperial stout was brewed in the spring of 2018 with one of our best friends Chris Treanor, who left Galway Bay Brewery in 2016 to join White Frontier in Switzerland. This classic imperial stout was brewed with 10 malts to 24 Plato OG, then racked to rum barrels and aged for 3 years where it gained an extra 3.8% from the barrel maturation. The taste has layers of chocolate and caramel on a delicate frame, with notes of dusty cocoa, a pleasing rum spice and some booze warmth on the finish. Brewed by friends to share with friends. To be enjoyed now or aged cold.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Bierwinkel Hop, Amersfoort. Roasty aroma with dark chocolate, booze, roast, soft rum, dark chocolate. Medium sweet and pretty rich, some alcohol. Medium to full body. Not as much rum as I expected, but good. Feisty brew.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:58


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle split at the Digital Shadow Tasting, picked up from Yards & Crafts online, 13/07/22. Black with a moderately appointed tan head. Nose is dark malts, spice, chocolate, rum whisper, raisins, dried fruits. Taste comprises roasted notes, chocolate melt, molasses, spice, fruit rinds, rum kiss. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid BA impy.

Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2023 at 15:24


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Draft. Black beer with a dark tan head. Rum and chocolate aroma. Rum and chocolate flavor with light caramel. Medium bodied. Rum and chocolate linger with light caramel. Rum begins to overpower but not always in a bad way.

Tried from Draft on 26 Apr 2023 at 21:32


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle. Earthy and heavy with figs, prunes, rum, oak, stingy dry wood, roastiness and syrup

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2023 at 22:44


7

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2023 at 18:49


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Black with thin head. Aroma has fruity vinous notes and lots of vanilla and caramel. Sweet taste with vanilla and brown sugar. Slight woody dryness. Some grassy, earthy notes with a touch of bitterness in the finish.

Tried on 03 Dec 2022 at 14:55


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate. Great.

Tried on 20 Jul 2022 at 13:21


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared in Canary Wharf - cheers to Cloin. Pours deep brown with a creamy tan head. Medium to big sweet flavour with sturdy roast, meaty dark malts, scorched earth. Full bodied, lightly oily, fine carbonation. Warming finish, ashy roast and baking cocoa. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2022 at 19:13


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at the sweltering Columbus tasting. 13/07/2022. Many thanks to Colin. A oily dark caramel black coloured pour with a fading tan head. Aroma is big salty peat, bitter black boozy, bitter black sugars, liquorice, boozy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, oily, meaty roast, bitter roast, liquorice, harsh alchol, bourbon. Palate is oily, boozy, harsh woody, spicy wood, bitter wood. oily. . Big meaty roast.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2022 at 19:09


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

13th July 2022
Level 6 tasting. Cheers Colin! Opaque black brown beer, very short lived tan head. Fairly neutral nose. Palate is notably light and has decent fine carbonation. Slightly tangy dark chocolate malts, some dark chocolate cream. The rum barrelling is relatively light but provides a modicum more fruity richness. Light smooth spicy finish. Nice but could be a tad sweeter for me.

Tried on 13 Jul 2022 at 19:06