Pime Öö Islay BA (Cellar Series)
Põhjala in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.69
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An Imperial Stout, aged in Scotch Whisky barrels from Islay.
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Lci
Tried
on 25 Sep 2017
at 09:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled at Borefts Bier Festival 2017. Pitch black pour with a tan head. Notes of peat, roast, chocolate, cocoa, more roast. Quite nice, but a bit over the board with the roast, even for me.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2017
at 13:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ Borefts Beer Festival 2017, day 1. Opaque pitch black color, small light brown colored head. Smell and taste malts, heavy islay BA, peat, toasted wood, sweetish and somewhat bitter. Heavy body, average carbonation. Ok but too peaty / too much islay for me. 7-4-6-3-13.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2017
at 13:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ Borefts Beer Festival 2017. A black beer with a small tan head. Aroma of peated malt, dark roasted malt, coffee, wood. Taste of peaty malt, dark roasted bitter malt, coffee, wood, a bit boozy.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2017
at 07:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aroma is peated and dark roasted malt. Sweet, peated. Lingering dark malty. Peated and sweet caramelish finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Sep 2017
at 03:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, @ Ahven. Thanks mjs. Poured pitch black with a thin brown head. Peat smoke and sweetness. Tar, peat, sweetness, mild booze. I can see the love, but to me it's too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2017
at 12:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle, 0.33 l, at Punavuoren Ahven, 20170923) The beer poured black. Its head was small and lightly brown. Aroma had peat, liquorice and burnt malts. Palate was full bodied and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were sweetness, peat, smoke, burnt malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet, peaty and bitter. A nice beer spoiled with too strong barrel effect.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2017
at 12:35
9/10
23/9/17: Impressive. Remains as ridiculously sweet as the base, but with a nice peaty layer over it. Boozy, thick and tasty.
9/7/19: Batch 483. I'm still impressed by the lunacy of this super sweet stout, combined with the heavy peat of the whisky, and even more so that it actually works. Thick, sweet, rich and peaty. Raisins and iodine. Boozy beast of a beer. But so damn tasty.
9/7/19: Batch 483. I'm still impressed by the lunacy of this super sweet stout, combined with the heavy peat of the whisky, and even more so that it actually works. Thick, sweet, rich and peaty. Raisins and iodine. Boozy beast of a beer. But so damn tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2017
at 22:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Scores are averages of two separate ratings:
12/XI/21 - sample @ Billies Craft Beer Festival Day 1 (Waagnatie, Antwerp), BB: n/a (2021-xxx) Thanks to the Brewver crew and other beer buddies for sharing today’s beers!
Ap: 8, Ar: 8, Fl: 7, Txt: 6, O: 7, Total: 7.3
Clear dark brown to black beer, no head. Aroma: very oxidized, lots and lots of peat, very cheesy, lots of blue cheese, very weird, more peat, way too smoky… MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very sweet, lots of caramel, sugary, more peat, all peat. Aftertaste: all peat, caramel, very malty, more peat, way too much peat, don’t like it...
Imported from my RateBeer account as Põhjala Cellar Series - Pime Öö Islay BA (by Põhjala):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
22/IX/17 - on tap @ Borefts Bierfestival 2017 (Bodegraven) - BB: n/a (2017-1590) Thanks to ratebeerians and friends for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small aery beige head, unstable, dissipates quickly. Aroma: nothing but peat, more peat and still peat, hint of caramel, sweetish impression. MF: soft to no carbon, medium body. Taste: very very sweet, sugary, ripe banana, caramel, soft roast. Aftertaste: sweet, banana, caramel, sugary, lots of peated smoke, somewhat sugary, chocolate, vanilla touch.
12/XI/21 - sample @ Billies Craft Beer Festival Day 1 (Waagnatie, Antwerp), BB: n/a (2021-xxx) Thanks to the Brewver crew and other beer buddies for sharing today’s beers!
Ap: 8, Ar: 8, Fl: 7, Txt: 6, O: 7, Total: 7.3
Clear dark brown to black beer, no head. Aroma: very oxidized, lots and lots of peat, very cheesy, lots of blue cheese, very weird, more peat, way too smoky… MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very sweet, lots of caramel, sugary, more peat, all peat. Aftertaste: all peat, caramel, very malty, more peat, way too much peat, don’t like it...
Imported from my RateBeer account as Põhjala Cellar Series - Pime Öö Islay BA (by Põhjala):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
22/IX/17 - on tap @ Borefts Bierfestival 2017 (Bodegraven) - BB: n/a (2017-1590) Thanks to ratebeerians and friends for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small aery beige head, unstable, dissipates quickly. Aroma: nothing but peat, more peat and still peat, hint of caramel, sweetish impression. MF: soft to no carbon, medium body. Taste: very very sweet, sugary, ripe banana, caramel, soft roast. Aftertaste: sweet, banana, caramel, sugary, lots of peated smoke, somewhat sugary, chocolate, vanilla touch.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2017
at 18:09
8/10
Tried
on 22 Sep 2017
at 15:47