Bring the Ruckley
Transient Artisan Ales in Bridgman, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.22
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Imperial Stout with Vanilla Aged in Eastern Kille Rye Whiskey Barrels with Tugboat Coffee, Vanilla Beans & Maple Syrup
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda at home, thanks to Dave, 20/07/2025.
Black with a fast escaping tan head.
Nose is toasted brown sugars, chocolate, spice, dark malts, toffee fudge, mellow rye barrel.
Taste comprises chocolate melt, mellow booze nip, molasses, brown sugars, toffee fudge, rye barrel, subtle spice.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost offered.
Solid well balanced BA sipper.
Black with a fast escaping tan head.
Nose is toasted brown sugars, chocolate, spice, dark malts, toffee fudge, mellow rye barrel.
Taste comprises chocolate melt, mellow booze nip, molasses, brown sugars, toffee fudge, rye barrel, subtle spice.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost offered.
Solid well balanced BA sipper.
Tried
on 20 Jul 2025
at 17:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
13th July 2025
Panda thanks to Wingman. Pretty much an opaque dark brown beer, small and short lived bubbly dark tan head. Smooth palate, fairly light all told, a modest dryness and decent fine carbonation. Transient intensity bursts out of the glass. Super rich chocolate cake / chocolate torte. Ripe fruity chocolate segues seamlessly into the punchy fruity whisky and whisky alcohol spice. Fairly light finish. Long spicy linger. Woof! Intense!
Panda thanks to Wingman. Pretty much an opaque dark brown beer, small and short lived bubbly dark tan head. Smooth palate, fairly light all told, a modest dryness and decent fine carbonation. Transient intensity bursts out of the glass. Super rich chocolate cake / chocolate torte. Ripe fruity chocolate segues seamlessly into the punchy fruity whisky and whisky alcohol spice. Fairly light finish. Long spicy linger. Woof! Intense!
Tried
on 13 Jul 2025
at 21:45
8.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2025
at 21:51
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, meaty, roasted coffee, vanilla, maple, peppery, taste is similar, chewy, warming bourbon, sweet in the finish. 8/9/9/9/8.5
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 10:02
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle shared with Joen and Laura. Opaque jet black color, small dark brown lacing. Aroma is malts, espresso, dark malts. Flavor are malts, dark malts, dark chocolate, espresso, espresso chocolate bitter and bourbon. Wow this is something else. Full body, soft velvety texture, soft carbonation. Awesome beer.
Tried
on 10 May 2025
at 14:41
8/10
Dark sweet roasted malty with choclarand caramel dark sweet malty finish. Lovely
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2025
at 12:37
8/10
Lil bit of green pepper at first but it airs out. Nice chocolatey sweet maple coffee syrup.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 13:31
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
(Draught at Beer Temple, Amsterdam, 17 Feb 2024. Vintage 2021) Black colour with creamy, brown head. Malty, roasted nose with chocolate, vanilla, coffee and maple syrup. Malty, roasted taste with notes of sweet espresso, dark chocolate, vanilla, maple syrup, treacle and a balanced coffee bitterness in a vinous and chewy finish. Full body, sweet. Boozy, sweet and powerful. Still, really rich, tasty and far better balanced than expected. Great beer!
Tried
on 16 May 2024
at 20:58
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2023 Vintage Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a deep brown to black with a finger of beige head that dissipates. Crazy nose of rye whiskey, pepper, bourbon, vanilla, dark chocolate and rye chaff. Palate is very similar with a nice warming boozy rye whiskey flavor that sits next to dark chocolate, milk chocolate and vanilla underneath. Some kit-kat like notes. Finishes dry. Great stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 27 Apr 2024
at 03:30