Death Before Decaf
Backcountry Brewing in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.63
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RennyDoig (4318) reviewed Death Before Decaf from Backcountry Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
373mL can. Pours black with fast-fading tan head. Aroma is rich with cardamom, cinnamon, chocolate, chai, wood. Flavour has a lovely spiced chai, chocolate character, some wood, good boozy warmth. Mouthfeel is smooth without being syrupy, some carbonation. Could probably be improved with more bourbon and less sweetness, as others have said, but fantastic nonetheless.
fiulijn (28444) reviewed Death Before Decaf from Backcountry Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Dark brown colour. Nice aroma of cookies, malt, spices. It's full bodied, sweet; rich flavour, dark sugars, and a generous spice kick (cinnamon, cardamom, chili bite); warming alcohol (it's also not too cold, but I like it like this).
Excellent.
BeerPlace (10850) reviewed Death Before Decaf from Backcountry Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16oz @ home shared with Alex (thx for the beer, man!). Appearance: brown with a beige head. Aroma: loads of spices, nice sweetness, coffee, some vanilla, and booze. Taste: along the same lines, pretty nice balance between coffee and spices. Overall: good one.
Gerbeer (8166) reviewed Death Before Decaf from Backcountry Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
473 ml can. Gusher on opening. Minus points for brewery issue. This type of beer should not have ongoing fermentation… Pours a very dark brown with little remaining head. Aromas of ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, black chocolate, vanilla and slick roasted malts. Flavors follow same though with more balance, spice vs malts, plus coconut. Not getting much barrel effects; maybe due to the spice still taking a lead. Quite a good beer ruined by the opening experience. (Otherwise a 3.9)
Oakes (33097) reviewed Death Before Decaf from Backcountry Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Dark brown. It actually pours a bit thin, as pastry stouts go. Not much head. I'm digging the big cinnamon and clove aroma. Lots of coconut in there, too. On the palate, medium thickness (for a modern impy), balanced spices. A dash of ginger, lots of cinnamon, clove, and those are three things that will club the shit out of star anise on the palate, so not surprised those are what I taste. The malt base is sticky dark sugars and coffee. The barrels are refined, rounded. High quality second use stuff, bringing enough to round out the spices but remain balanced. Coconut remains as an accent. This blend of flavours could be a harsh clusterfuck, but I'm finding this well-balanced and tasty.
mcberko (47051) reviewed Death Before Decaf from Backcountry Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
473mL can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is full of chai spice—cardamom especially—with coffee, vanilla, and subtle bourbon. Flavour has plenty of coconut and cardamom upfront, with plenty of sugars, vanilla, and very subtle. As pictoman says, could use more bourbon character; also could use less sweetness. But surprisingly excellent.
pictoman (9602) reviewed Death Before Decaf from Backcountry Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from the tap. Very dark brown with small beige head. Lots of chai spice, mild coffee and vanilla underlay, feint coconut in the background. Could use a hint more of the bourbon barrel, but quite nice.