10,000 Steps
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Regular|
Score
8.21
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Blend of barrel aged imperial stout and barleywine ale brewed with maple syrup and conditioned on cacao nibs and vanilla beans.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
26th February 2025
Panda thanks to Wingman. Pretty much an opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly darkish tan head. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Rich dark malts, a good dark chocolate, slightly earthy. Good fruity bourbon, rich and ripe and very mildly spicy. A vague notion of maple on the back end, not sure I would have spotted it without for knowledge. A sound Impy.
Panda thanks to Wingman. Pretty much an opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly darkish tan head. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Rich dark malts, a good dark chocolate, slightly earthy. Good fruity bourbon, rich and ripe and very mildly spicy. A vague notion of maple on the back end, not sure I would have spotted it without for knowledge. A sound Impy.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2025
at 23:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 30/01/25.
Lighter shade of black with a fast collapsing beige head.
Nose is fruit cake mix, dates, chocolate, brown sugar melt, vanilla, mellow barrel notes.
Taste comprises dark fruit rinds, bourbon, spice, oak, molasses, brown sugar melt, figs, faint maple presence ... well tempered, booze tunes, toffee crisp.
Full bodied, light oily feel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid BA strong.
Lighter shade of black with a fast collapsing beige head.
Nose is fruit cake mix, dates, chocolate, brown sugar melt, vanilla, mellow barrel notes.
Taste comprises dark fruit rinds, bourbon, spice, oak, molasses, brown sugar melt, figs, faint maple presence ... well tempered, booze tunes, toffee crisp.
Full bodied, light oily feel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid BA strong.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2025
at 23:33
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2025
at 23:35
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle, 500 ml, shared with Hrvoje and MiroB. Black with tan head. Nice chocolate and bourbon, some caramel, bit sharpish in the finish, medium sweetness. Medium to full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2024
at 21:53
8.6/10
Rich and sweet, boozy barleywine dominated malty maple smooth. LCI
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2024
at 17:26
8/10
Strong, booze, chocolate, cacao, ok
Tried
on 19 Oct 2024
at 17:35
7.8/10
Beautiful beer. Super robust, super strong. Love it. A proper strong american. Beertemple ams
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2024
at 16:32
9.6/10
Vanilla, chocolate, smooth and barrel aged
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2024
at 18:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours opaque black, minimal head or lacing. Aroma is cocoa, fudge, vanilla, bourbon. Flavor is merlin sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2024
at 03:52