Sling Yer Hook
Belching Beaver in Vista, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.21
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After 9 glorious years you'd think we'd run out of ideas for beers, but you'd be wrong. Our 9 Year Anniversary beer, a unique sipping brew with the distinctive nose of a well-crafted bourbon is silky smooth, like rich flowing caramel. We also added a pinch of salt to balance the roasted coffee notes and chocolate-like malt character of an Imperial Stout. It's so good, you'll tell anyone trying to get their grubby paws on it, "Sling Yer' Hook!"
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from The Gull, North Vancouver; bottled Oct 2021
Black colour, small head. Tons of caramel, some malt, a bit salty; dark chocolate; and there is quite some vanilla too; it's sweet, a bit boozy.
Not bad, but it's monodimensional.
Black colour, small head. Tons of caramel, some malt, a bit salty; dark chocolate; and there is quite some vanilla too; it's sweet, a bit boozy.
Not bad, but it's monodimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2022
at 09:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 500mL bottle (pkg Oct 21, 2021). Black with small tan head. Tons of caramel, mild chocolate, very mild barrel in the background. Too sweet, but okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2022
at 07:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml shared with Ryan in Alex's garage. Appearance: dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: loads of caramel, very sweet, chocolate. Taste: along the same lines, don't really get bourbon here. Overall: good.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2022
at 07:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown, on the nose with a butterscotch character - ok, that's caramel flavour. On the palate that caramel is pretty prominent, some chocolate and a fair bit of alcohol. A bit clunky, but maybe that's just me not digging the caramel character.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2022
at 05:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of dark sugars, earthy cocoa and a hint of barrels. Flavour is chocolatey and barrel-heavy, with lots of dark cocoa, dark sugars, and a hint of bourbon barrels. Lots of dark sugars, kind of murky, with a sugary bourbon finish. Not the most complex or elegant BA impie, but it's solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2022
at 05:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from Hops & Bottles. Near black pour, barely there bubbly head. Caramel aroma, sweet. More caramel in the taste, light barrel notes. One of the better show cases for caramel in a beer that I've had. Tasty, sweet. Not overly strong.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2022
at 04:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml. Aroma has notes of bourbon, chocolate, sherry, raisin, vanilla, toffee. Pours very dark brown to black with a thin beige head that settles into a ring quickly. Taste is moderately to highly sweet with a lightly bitter edge. Slightly salty. Strong caramel flavor, also bourbon, coffee, sherry. Good, but pretty rich.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2022
at 03:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
6 50 ml bottle. Pours black with short tan head. Aromas of dark caramel, nougat and salty chocolate with peanuts and soft bourbon. Flavours of same though not much barrel. Salty and sweet. Reminds me of a Crunchie chocolate bar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2022
at 01:57