Cognac Barrel Noir
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.88
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This very limited release is our love letter to barrel aging. We started with a huge imperial stout brewed with a selection of our favorite dark-roasted malts. Then we aged the beer for over a year in Rémy Martin Cognac puncheons—double sized oak barrels—where the beer breathed in the rich oak, vanilla and Cognac aromatics of the barrels, resulting in this contemplative black ale, overflowing with bold coffee, chocolate and brandy flavors.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours clear black with a small beige head, some lacing. Aroma is cocoa, vanilla, brandy, some dust. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, boozy, some dried fruit and roast malts. Medium light body, some acidity, hot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2016
at 23:40
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
375mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of booze from the cognac, not much else. Flavour is a cognac bomb - not getting much else besides super boozy cognac. Wish this could be more refined. Super boozy. Not a favourite of mine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 14:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
375 mL bottle poured and shared. Thanks Keven for finding this for me. Pours black with a tan foam head. Obvious barrel aged, roasted aroma with some noticeable hop. Slight syrupy flavor with smooth chocolate, sweet caramel, and a roasted finish. Very nice beer. Another solid one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2015
at 22:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max’s place. Thanks Stas & Vova. Black with a small tan head. Slightly sour aroma with fruits, wine, wood, roast, coffee, chocolate. Sweetish-sourish flavor, fruity, woody, vinous, with cognac, roast, a bit of coffee and a bit of chocolate, slightly alcoholic, with some bitterness. Medium-bodied. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2015
at 10:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark brn/blk with a tan head. Aroma is coffee. Med + body. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, a little wood, and detectable brandy. Flavors tend to dominate the barrel aspects, but the wood/brandy tends to build with time. So where’s sour? Lost in delicious barrel enhanced flavors? Or is this wholly non-sour? Good tasting stuff in any event.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2015
at 11:48