The Rusty Nail
Fremont Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.22
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The Rusty Nail begins life as The First Nail, an oatmeal stout of epic proportions with brewer’s licorice, smoked barley, and pale malt and is then aged on cinnamon bark. She becomes The Rusty Nail after spending 15 months in 12-year old bourbon barrels. The Rusty Nail pounds your palate, challenges your perception of all that you’ve known of beer, and leaves you wanting … another sip. “A fine beer may be judged by one sip, but it’s better to be thoroughly sure.” – VWP.
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8/10
Cinnamon overdose
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2022
at 23:09
8/10
Tried
on 14 Feb 2022
at 01:18
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle at Weathered 2022 (2021 release). Black with small tan head. Very rich. Chocolate, cinnamon, molasses, hint of licorice. Very good, but almost too rich though (definitely need to share the bottle).
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2022
at 08:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2020 Limited Release bottle. Shared with friends. Outstanding Imperial Oatmeal Stout. Thick like syrup, awesome
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2021
at 22:31
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
--Bottled, from Systembolaget. -- Black, small head. Rich aroma of chocolate, cinnamon and hazelnuts. Syrupy sweet with maple syrup, hazelnuts, cinnamon. Licorice and honey. Sticky finish. Too cakey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2021
at 19:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
2017 bottle from hopt. waxed and capped. pitch dark, small brown head. strong heavy aroma of dark roasted malts, bourbon, licorice, chocolate, so well blended, lots of bourbon aroma. flavor is sweet hard roasted malts, dead hops (it's from 2017 we're almost 2022 now) several kinds of wood, sweeter woody notes, from borbon probably, almost tastes like cedar wood, very faint note of raisins and dark dried fruit. Has aged quite well, balance and the level that stuff is mixed together is so impressive..
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2021
at 13:25
9/10
Yesterday
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2021
at 18:14
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Waxed bomber from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a dark tan head which didn't last long. Aroma of cinnamon and chocolate with some smoke notes, plus smooth toasted malt and dark fruit. It smells sweet. Extremely full bodied. Flavor is bourbon, cinnamon, chocolate, dark malt, dark fruits and some not musty wood. Lots going on here. Some anise in the finish. Not dry. Heat is well concealed. Something provides bitterness. Great ale.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2021
at 00:37
8.5/10
Was curious about this, and it paid off. Sort of. Soft, boozy, but not very thick. The cinnamon definitely comes through, but it's not too much for me which is rare. Soft rich bourbon, of course. The licorice is light, hoped for more
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2021
at 22:00
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2021
at 09:25