Never Say Never 2021 (Elijah Craig)
Rouge River Brewing in Markham, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.21
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A deep dark stout with very thin brown head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with dark fruits, licorice, bourbon barrel notes, woody notes, alcohol warmth, very nice and rich. In mouth, a nice rich chocolate malt with dark fruits, licorice, alcohol warmth, bourbon barrel notes, woody notes, light herbal character, very nice. On tap at brewery.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from 355mL can (thanks Taylor). Black with dissipating beige head. Boozy bourbon, touch of chocolate and roast malt, but overall a bit unbalanced (too boozy).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
355mL can, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out a nice deep bourbon barrel character, followed by medium roast, and alcohol. Flavour is boozy, with plenty of bourbon barrels, medium roast, harsh alcohol, and a touch of dry dark cocoa. Boozy as hell and slightly unbalanced -- I wish this were 4-5% less -- but the flavours are nice and the barrel character adds plenty of depth. Good but a bit too hot.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dark roasted malt with some black chocolate notes and some vanilla and bourbon notes. Taste is also a mix of dark roasted malt with some bitter black chocolate notes with some bourbon notes with vanilla and very faint residual sugar notes. Body is pretty full with some good carbonation and light warming alcohol notes. Enjoyable dry bourbon-aged imperial stout.