Chainsmoker - Barrel-Aged
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Cycle BrewingPorter - Smoked Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.75
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Barrel-Aged version of the smoked imperial porter brewed in collaboration with Florida's Cycle Brewing back in 2016.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
2016 @ Ratebeer Odense Tasting late summer, 2022. Pours Black with a small creamy head. Roasted aroma and nose. Smoke, licorice, coffee, soy and ashes. Warming alcohol. Heavy. A touch of oxidation.Long finish.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2022
at 05:34
7/10
Ratebeer Odense in August. Black with a lasting off-white head. Roasted aroma with dark sugar, molasses, liquorice and ash. Sweet roasted flavour with way too much hot alcohol.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2022
at 20:13
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Shared at TGB. Pours a clear cola with a thin tan head. Aromas of licorice and fudge. Flavors are sweet dark pit fruits. Delicious.
Tried
on 30 Mar 2019
at 00:57
6/10
Tried
on 20 Oct 2018
at 13:43
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle (thanks brandon). Pours black with light brownish head. Aroma is sweet, bourbon, roast, malt. Flavor is very sweet, roast, malt, bourbon, vanilla, hint of smoke, fruits. Overall: great. --- Beer merged from original tick of Chainsmoker on 19 Oct 2018 at 20:49 - Score: 8. Original review text: #whalez
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2018
at 17:49
8/10
Wanilia, czekolada, jakby syrop klonowy? Bomboniera. Dymnosc jest. Migdaly. Fajnie intensywny i zlozony. Teamslodyczka
Tried
at
Powiśle
on 13 Oct 2018
at 18:11
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Collab of Toppling Goliath with the equally renowned Cycle, sampled from a shared bottle at Belgium Chimipalooza. Pale yellowish beige, opening, moussy head, hazy mahogany bronze robe. Strong, seductive bouquet of honey liqueur, sweet sherry, plum jam, candied fig, white pepper, bourbon, mango chutney, vanilla beans, treacle, cured meat, pipe tobacco, caramel, rum. Sweet onset, blackberry jam, fig compote and stewed plums with a honeyish edge as well as light sourish undertone, soft carb, thick and bit vinous mouthfeel, quite ‘fluffy’. Hazelnutty and chocolatey malt middle, thick and rich, leading towards a long, rich, boozy but not unpleasantly astringent, heavily bourbon-coloured finish with rum- and vanilla-like aromatic notes lifting the whole thing up; light smoky accent in the finish. Beautiful beer, too bad these high profile Toppling Goliath offerings are so hard to find due to limited production and high demand.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2018
at 12:45
8/10
Mellow barrel, roast & smoke nose. Sweet, bitter & malty taste. Soft, round & creamy mouth. Very good! Nicely balanced!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2018
at 15:29
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at a tasting. Very dark brown pour with a tan head. Notes of caramel, maple syrup, bourbon, light smoke, salted caramel, whiskey, very subtle and well-integrated peated notes, light alcohol burn.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2017
at 23:35
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Well, I am a total TG fanboy, so when this was released I knew I had to track it down. Thanks to etw1987 for the trade! Shared at a tasting. Pour opaque black, medium creamy tan head, dissipates fairly slowly, good lacing. Aroma is cocoa, bourbon, roasty with vanilla notes. Flavor is medium sweet, medium plus bitter, very light smoke, almost not even noticeable, cocoa. Full body and creamy mouthfeel. Identifiable as a TG stout, and that is not a bad thing at all.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2016
at 23:43