Modem Tones - Sherry Barrels: Date Shake Edition
Modern Times Beer in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.98
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This version of our beloved imperial stout took a glorious 10-month stay-cation in sherry barrels before being racked out onto massive amounts of Ugandan vanilla beans, cinnamon sticks, Deglet Noor dates, and walnuts. The finished beverage is delightfully viscous and drinks like the best date shake sweet money can buy.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz bottle. Pours very dark brown with minimal beige head. Aroma has cinnamon, vanilla, dates, maybe some sherry. Flavour has dry, oxidized sherry barrel, lots of dates, some vanilla and cinnamon that complements the profile well. Excellent, very complex and well-constructed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2024
at 05:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown. Just a thin head. There's a decent chocolatey note to the aroma, some alcohol, a touch of date, cinnamon. On the palate, it's got some dates, chocolate, and then there's a bit of sherry barrel that really kicks into the finish. A hit of alcohol comes into the finish, along with cinnamon. It's not the richest but still has a bit of cocoa note. But it is interesting how the sherry barrel lends complexity but not the richness of a bourbon...sort of the opposite of how a sherry barrel influences scotch.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2024
at 05:33
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz (thx, Brian S.!) @ Salesforce. Appearance: almost black with a beige head. Aroma: cinnamon, some chocolate, dates, vanilla. Taste: nice body, quite a lot of cinnamon and dates which are nicely integrated with chocolate. Noticeable sherry-related oxidization notes in the finish. A lot is going on here. Overall: nice multilayered complex product. Very nice.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2024
at 05:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle, pours jet black with a small tan head. Aroma is full of intense sherry barrels, followed by light cinnamon, a touch of dates, and some dark sugars. Flavour is quite rich, with big sherry barrels, lots of sweet dates, vanilla, and a touch of cinnamon. Cohesive with all the disparate elements working together, while the sherry is still dominant. Excellent as always, but doesn't reach the heights of many MT BA beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2024
at 05:27
10/10
Tried
on 17 Dec 2023
at 02:07
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
22oz bottle pours out black topped with a small tan head. Nose is sweet roast malts sherry notes chocolate and barrel. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts chocolate sherry barrel and some caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2023
at 17:55
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bomber at share. Near black pour with a thin, sturdy beige head. Full aroma of sweet chocolaty malts, vanilla, molasses and sherry. taste brings subtle nutty flavors to the creamy, smooth liquid dessert of a beer with a slow rising warmth. Creamy and decadent.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2022
at 03:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
No head; pours viscously over orange-rimmed brown-black beer. Chocolate, fusels, alcohol, liquorice, jap, charcoal. Chocolate, marzipan, chocolate pastry; fusels again. Full bodied, furious alcoholheat. Viscous. As with IBU overdoses - one can get too far. No doubt many will love this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2021
at 12:15
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
650ml bottle. Heavy, sweet and slightly syrupy with some sherry, vanilla, nutty notes, ripe dates and figs, hints of cinnamon. Quite complex and sweet. --- Beer merged from original tick of Modem Tones - Date Shake Edition on 09 Feb 2020 at 15:05 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2020
at 13:07