Big Cactus

Wren House Brewing Company in Phoenix, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series

Score

7.79

ABV: 11.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

A blend of our decadent Imperial Stout aged in Weller bourbon barrels for 29 months, Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels for 24 months, and rum barrels for 11 months. Balancing that blend with a recent big stout brewed with Dutch Syrup, before resting the entire batch on heaps of Ugandan and Tahitian vanilla beans. We're getting stroopwafel-esque sweetness stemming from both the Weller barrels and the Dutch Syrup combined. A non-dominating oak presence throughout with a mild spirit backbone attributed to those younger rum barrels. Finishing with some black cherry and dark fruit richness alongside the burnt sugar and caramel sweetness make this blend a true experience to enjoy.

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8.4

SHIG (13887) reviewed Big Cactus from Wren House Brewing Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Panda thanks to Ibrew2or3: Poured a pitch black with a bubble light brown head ring. Aroma is boozy, vanilla, doughy, molasses, roasted malts. Taste is big boozy, dark fruits, raisin, vanilla, rum, molasses.

Tried on 15 Sep 2024 at 22:49

8.4

RennyDoig (4859) reviewed Big Cactus from Wren House Brewing Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

473mL can. Pours black with thin beige head. Aroma has black liquorice, bourbon, brown bread. Flavour has bourbon, dry wood, toasted brown bread. Excellent incorporation of malt-forward stout and bourbon barrels.

Tried from Can on 06 Sep 2024 at 02:49

8.4

Oakes (33770) reviewed Big Cactus from Wren House Brewing Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Dark brown. Not much head. Rich aroma, some toasty barrel character, light vanilla, little bit nutty. Very nice barrel character. The palate has a fairly vanilla character, very toasty, chocolatey, molasses - that's the stroop! Everything comes together quite well in here.

Tried on 06 Sep 2024 at 02:43

8.1

mcberko (47797) reviewed Big Cactus from Wren House Brewing Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 oz. can, pours jet black with a small brown head. Aroma is quite rich, with plenty of bourbon and rum barrels both showing themselves, Stroopwafel, and some vanilla beans. Flavour is very smooth and cohesive, with plenty of vanilla beans, syrup, rum barrels, and a touch of the bourbon, finishing with that Stroopwafel character. Expert blend -- very smooth and cohesive. Excellent.

Tried from Can on 06 Sep 2024 at 02:41

Ibrew2or3 (10834) reviewed Big Cactus from Wren House Brewing Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Pint can pours with a deep dark colored body that has thin dark mahogany hues and supports a full mocha head of foam. The aroma offers up a blend of dark roasted malts, dark chocolate malts and bourbon booze followed by a dash of fruity esters, kettle caramelization and then more booze and bourbon. The taste delivers smooth slick modestly malt sweetened velvety dark chocolate and dark roasted malts rushing towards a wall of supple smooth bourbon and a bit of boozy heat. To midway it picks up a flash of esters and a growing dark chocolate goodness. This is bangin' with balance, depth, richness and sipping perfection.

Tried from Can on 31 May 2024 at 03:56