Dark Rituals
Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Regular|
Score
7.95
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Barleywine/Stout Blend
A calculated blend of a high gravity version of our FOBAB Best of Show-winning Arcane Rituals Barleywine aged in Elijah Craig and Heaven Hill Double Oak barrels layered with casks of Darkstar November and double mashed Darkstar November aged in Old Fitzgerald and Rittenhouse Rye barrels at the perfect ratio to pull you through time, space, and all the lessons our production and blending teams have learned on this plane of existence.
Dark Rituals pours black with glints of amber while sweet aromas of toffee and raisin flicker through the senses. Flavors of fig and heavy caramel teleport through the familiar rye-riddled stout base of Darkstar November, fortifying the palate for the oaked finish and spike of bourbon on the 13.13% exhale.
A calculated blend of a high gravity version of our FOBAB Best of Show-winning Arcane Rituals Barleywine aged in Elijah Craig and Heaven Hill Double Oak barrels layered with casks of Darkstar November and double mashed Darkstar November aged in Old Fitzgerald and Rittenhouse Rye barrels at the perfect ratio to pull you through time, space, and all the lessons our production and blending teams have learned on this plane of existence.
Dark Rituals pours black with glints of amber while sweet aromas of toffee and raisin flicker through the senses. Flavors of fig and heavy caramel teleport through the familiar rye-riddled stout base of Darkstar November, fortifying the palate for the oaked finish and spike of bourbon on the 13.13% exhale.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
08.04.2023: 0,5l bottle at home. black color, small coffee colored head. smells bourbon, vanilla, nutty, bitter chocolate. very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes bourbon, vanilla, nutty, marzipan. finishes rather sweet with notes of marzipan, vanilla and bourbon. very sweet, boozy, not overly special
8, 8, 7.5, 7, 7.5
Rerate 19.02.2026: 0,5l bottle at home. black color, tiny head. smells and tastes of vanilla, bourbon, tad boozy, spices, molasses. was rather muted at first, but improves quite a bit once it warms. Quite a lot better than the first bottle, less sweet.
8, 8, 8, 8, 8
8, 8, 7.5, 7, 7.5
Rerate 19.02.2026: 0,5l bottle at home. black color, tiny head. smells and tastes of vanilla, bourbon, tad boozy, spices, molasses. was rather muted at first, but improves quite a bit once it warms. Quite a lot better than the first bottle, less sweet.
8, 8, 8, 8, 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2023
at 07:29
8/10
Raisins, figgy, very strong rye and bourbon. A silky black licorice finish. This will get you wasted.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2022
at 18:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
500ml (thx, Brian S.!) @ Sales Force. Appearance: very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: roasty, stout and barleywine like, barrel, dark sugars. Taste: along the same lines, very sweet, more on the barleywine side, but stout is easy to find here as well. Overall: good one.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2022
at 06:43
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 500mL bottle (2021 vintage). Dark brown with minimal beige head. Roast malt and toffee malt with boozy bourbon and mild dark fruits. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2022
at 06:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown, no head. It's got a bit of roasty stout, and definitely some barrel. The barley wine shows on its own - some caramel/toffee sort of malts, deep fruitiness, and a pretty big splash of alcohol in the finish. This seems like the two beers are on their own here; it doesn't present as cohesive. But each of the components are pretty good.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2022
at 06:25
8/10
Medium body, oily, sweet, boozy. Caramel, dark chocolate, raisin, barrel, smooth, finishes dryish. Good stuff, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2022
at 21:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to AJ. Pours black with small tan head that lasts. The aroma is cocoa, roast, dark fruit, wood, bourbon. Slick body, toffee, raisin, wood, licorice, bourbon, nice sweetness, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2022
at 02:37
8/10
This is exactly as described. Dark brown pour, looks light after the previous stout. Fig and vanilla nose, really solid grainy rye spice underneath. Toffee, maybe some cherry and chocolate at the end. Says to pair with a “ramen wagyu burger”—ramen bun???
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2022
at 22:40
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle (2021) pour from Valley Beverage, Sherman Oaks. It's an opaque dark brown--virtually black--with light sparkle, thin cap of khaki head with poor retention, nice viscosity and no lacing. Aroma is strong mix of bourbon, oak, toffee, dark fruit, figs, vanilla. Taste is bourbon, whiskey, oak, rye, toffee, dark fruit, figs and late chocolate. Mouthfeel is full bodied with thick, smooth texture, soft carbonation, no sign of alcohol, and finish as taste. Overall, this is a real delight! Some will find it a little too sweet but great strength and complexity of aroma and flavors and well balanced with hidden alcohol. No small feat--barrel-aged beer at its finest!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2022
at 05:14
8/10
Sweet, typical Bottle Logic Bourbon, nice, sweet, raisins,
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2021
at 16:25