FiftyFifty Brewing Company Imperial Eclipse Stout - Scotch Barrel

Imperial Eclipse Stout - Scotch Barrel

 

FiftyFifty Brewing Company in Truckee, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.53
ABV: 10.1% IBU: 75 Ticks: 8
Now in its 12th vintage, 2019 Eclipse is our rich Imperial Stout aged to perfection in whiskey and spirit barrels. All Eclipse starts with the same base beer bringing hints of dark chocolate, espresso, and a smooth complexity, with each barrel treatment delivering its own unique character after a minimum of 180 days of aging. Scotch Barrel is aged in and blended from a variety of premium Scotch barrels. Dipped in dark brown/deep purple wax. Was not available at the Eclipse release party, only for purchase from brewery afterward (limited release)
 

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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Very dark brown almost black little to no head. Aroma is boozy, chocolate, vanilla. Taste is chocolate, vanilla with hints of brown sugar.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:01

9.2/10
Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2023 at 22:14

8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours clear near black, small tan head, good lacing. Aroma has a hint of peat, cocoa, molasses, earth, tobacco. Flavor is medium sweet, medium bitter, light peaty smoke, earth, whiskey. Full body. Really nice. Exactly how scotch ba stouts should come out. Well crafted.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2022 at 01:08

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Bottle pour in share from WillRunForBeer--thanks, Brian. It's an opaque black with light viscosity, thin ring of beige head and no lacing. Aroma is strong barrel, bit of peat, roasted malt, milder scotch. Taste is strong malt, toffee, bit of oak and scotch. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth, creamy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, decent complexity and strength.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2021 at 18:58

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
2019 label. Bottle shared by Willrunforbeer! Aroma is very peated and smoky. The body is decent with a charred character. Finish is smoky scotch and peated malt. A strange aftertaste but certainly has some nice characters.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2021 at 18:48

7/10
Thanks Brian, aroma is peaty scotch, roasted malts. Taste follows notes of chocolate and coffee and grains. Abv is well hidden.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2021 at 14:44

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2021 at 16:30

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Dark brown pour with a tall, fine-grained tan head. Notes of cocoa, chocolate, a bit of honey, sweet whiskey, smoke. A pretty good scotch BA stout.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2020 at 19:02