Assassin - Bramble Barrel
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.99
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
sampled from a shared bottle. Sweet and rich, and lots of berry flavor. Chocolate and roasted malt as well. Great palate on this beer. --- Beer merged from original tick of Assassin Bramble Barrel on 24 Jun 2023 at 23:35 - Score: 8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle pour shared by Clark VV--thanks, Clark! It's an opaque dark brown with thin cap of beige head, nice viscosity and no lacing. Aroma is strong raspberry, blackberry, chocolate, roasted earthy malt. Taste mirrors aroma. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth, thick texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, a bit syrupy and sweet but the berries are exquisite.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
12 oz. Bottle. Thanks to ClarkVV! Seriously, a treat. Aroma is bold raspberry blackberry. The flavor shows rich berries throughout. A lot of juicy berries. With the slightest amount of barrel. Bourbon is nearly completely overridden by the berries. Awesome!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle, undated, drunk 2/25/23. Unclear, rich mahogany. Tan head to ring. That is berry and it's rich, intense, juicy, phenomenally-well-extracted and macerated. Hell yes. Light bourbon, chocolate, ash, vanilla, oak and no alcohol. Really bright and fruity and luscious. Juicy, rich, sweet, chocolatey, heavy vanilla, bourbon spice and richness with not-quite-syrupy textures and sweet, malty and yet balanced malts via the intense, authentic, delicious berry addition. For all the hype, this is pretty fucking well-done. It's not sweet, it's not sugary, syrupy, boozey. Tons of authentic fruit. I want more.
Wow, aroma is insane. Loads of berries, not sweet, great flavor and mouthfeel. What a treat. Thanks Clark.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared by Brian, thanks! Pours black with a brown head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has dark berry with a good amount of dark grains and a good amount bourbon underlying. Flavor has dark berry and dark grains with light roast and a bourbon note backing.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours a thick, oily, cola black, with small tan head. Aroma is chocolate and bourbon, with tart berries. Flavor follows, with a strong licorice note in addition, as well as a touch of woodiness. Very, very rich, sweet, and smooth.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to Russell. Pours black with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong berry, bourbon, wood, vanilla. Slick body, berry, cocoa, licorice, bourbon, nice sweetness, very nice.