Oxbow Brewing Company Infinite Darkness

Infinite Darkness

 

Oxbow Brewing Company in Newcastle, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating
Score
7.02
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 24
10% stainless-aged Belgian Imperial Stout is strong, dark and robust with complex notes of dark fruit, almond, bakers chocolate and roast.

Admin Note: Brewed without Liquid Riot this time and in stainless steel tanks rather than oak barrels this time.
 

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7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

a: dark brown body | thinnish oily head
a: soy sauce | alcohol | burnt coffee
f: bourbon | rich nuts | pitted fruits
t: licorice | strong peat | bitter finish
o: still pungent | deep roasty notes throughout | good balance - but strong!

33 cL (it says 12 ounces, but I don't think that's true) bottle | Department of Beer & Wine: Alexandria, Virginia | 25-September-2020 | US$5,39 | bottled: 20-February-2020 | sampled: just over five years later on 09-October-2025, after a nice training run for the USMC Marathon 2025

Tried from Bottle from Department of Beer and Wine on 09 Oct 2025 at 16:23


7

Botlled from department. Dark pour, malts chocolate etc. Mild mouth ok enough

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:52


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle - pours dark ruby - this beer isn’t quite sure what it wants to be - is it a dark Belgian? - an imperial stout? - a foreign export stout? - it’s kinda all three, but as a result, isn’t completely successful at being any - there’s lots of pleasant candi sugar and Belgian yeast character, but a bunch of dark malt roastiness and bitterness gets in the way of it rather than complimenting it - texture is a bit too thin for a stout and the body is kind of watery - meh - not in enjoyable, but I’m still not exactly pleased that I have three more bottles of this.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2021 at 01:01


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap. Pours pitch black with a light brown head. Aromas of dark chocolate, lightly smoked roasted malts, licorice, light estery notes. Taste has dark chocolate, light bready malts, licorice, subtle ashy, estery fruity.

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Glass, 8-ounce, draught, drunk at Lupulus, savoured on October 12 2018; eye: black, opaque, good ring of brown head, slight lacing; nose: malt, roasting, chocolate, light acidity; mouth: malt, roasting, chocolate, light acidity, light cocoa, sourish, sourish finale with slight cocoa, medium body, average carbonation, slightly bitter, lightly sweet, a bit thin; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 8 onces, en fût, bue chez Lupulus, savourée le 12 octobre 2018; œil : noire, opaque, bon anneau de mousse brune, très légère dentelle; nez : malt, torréfaction, chocolat, légère acidité; bouche : malt, torréfaction, chocolat, légère acidité, léger cacao, aigrelet, finale aigrelette avec très léger cacao, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, très légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, un peu mince; en résumé : bien

Tried on 11 Oct 2019 at 16:33


8

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Tried on 05 Sep 2018 at 12:40


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

8 oz draft at the Portland Bottling location. Pitch black, thin tan head. Aroma is light charred malt, yeast, chocolate. The flavor is nice: chocolate nuanced throughout, light char, yeast in the finish. Good body and texture is proper.

Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2017 at 16:48


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Soft barley aroma with lots of dark chocolate and carbonation. Good beige head and jet black body. Flavour is nice licorice notes and motor oil hints, bitter and dark just like me! The sweet finish could be crispier. It's a nice big heavy imperial stout.

Tried on 21 Dec 2017 at 16:46


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ MBCC '17 [ Red Session ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2017, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. [ As Oxbow Infinite Darkness ].Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, roasted - chocolate, light coffee, wood - barrel. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, roasted, dark malt, sweet malt, roasted - chocolate, wood - barrel, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. IMO. abit thin, and hides the 10% well. [20170513] 8-3-8-3-15

Tried on 02 Nov 2017 at 10:33


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017 - Red Session
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, cocoa, licorice and yeast. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long yeasty, chocolate and cocoa finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 17 Oct 2017 at 11:42