Twenty Three (XXIII)
Central Waters Brewing Co. in Amherst, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.59
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Our 23rd Anniversary Beer. As always, this year is our famous anniversary blend of stouts, slightly different each year, aged in bourbon barrels for 2 full years.
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bomber shared by Jay J, 12/27/24. Black, thin head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, whisky, oak. Taste is roast, whisky, caramel, oak, vanilla. Well balanced.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2025
at 20:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Dark brown colour with a mediumsized foamy beigeish brown head. Aroma is bourbon, wood, vanilla, some espresso, mild cocoa, ashes, roasted tones with some alcohol and mild toffee too. Flavour is espresso coffee, some cocoa, roasted malts, some alcohol, toffee, mild dried fruits with some wooden and slightly spicy tones. I spent a good 3 hours drinking this at the pub.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2023
at 17:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Big, beastly sugar stout. Nice blend after tasting the single barrel. Hot barrel tone sort of smoothed out by the sugary black base. More depth than it's peers still, a fun beer to sip at.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2023
at 22:41
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at annual end of the year Fryslân tasting. Opaque black color, small beige to light brown colored head. Smell and taste malts, dark malts, some roast, bourbon. Nice bourbon and bitterness in the finish. Very solid. Heavy but nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of XXIII (Anniversary #23) on 21 Dec 2021 at 23:28 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9. Original review text: Bottle at home. Opaque pitch black color, a bit fizzy light brown colored head. Aroma is malts, roast, bourbon, dark malts. Flavor is malts, dark malts heavy bourbon, vanilla, some herbs or spices lightly in the background, liquor bitterness and malt bitterness. Typical ASA, I like it. Very nice!
Tried
on 28 Dec 2022
at 23:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 650 ml shared with Miro B, kajser27 and Max. Black with beige head. Chocolate, cocoa, bourbon, sweet, warming. Soft texture. Warming. Medium+ bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2022
at 18:38
7/10
Way too much carbo, chocolate, bourbon, moah
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2021
at 20:37
8/10
Tried
on 03 Apr 2021
at 17:33