Rings Of Splendor Blend #2
Private Press Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.85
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Blend:
Sending Vibrations (barrel #145) aged 11 months in Buffalo Trace barrels
Sending Vibrations (barrel #156) aged 11 months in Elijah Craig barrels
Duke (barrel #193) aged 12 months in Elijah Craig barrels
Duke (barrel #194) aged 12 months in Heaven Hill barrels
Duke (barrel #195) aged 12 months in Booker's barrels
Duke (barrel #198) aged 12 months in Bliss barrels
Adderley (barrel #210) aged 12 months in Blanton's barrels and 8 months in Basil Hayden barrels
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
500ml (thx, Brian S.!) @ Ryan's. Appearance: dark brown with a bit of beige head. Aroma: a nice mix of sweetness. bourbon, American oak, and a little bit of dark fruits. Taste: quite thick, multi-layered bourbon, lots of brown sugars, moderately sweet. Overall: pretty impressive for a non-adjunct BBA Imperial Stout.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours a deep, opaque mahogany with a medium beige head with decent lacing and residual. Aroma iss chocolate, vanilla, oak tannin, bourbon, fudge, coffee grounds, tobacco, and molasses. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light bitter, well integrated and bursting with flavor. Full body, silky mouthfeel. This is how you barrel age a beer.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Poured from a 500 ml bottle. Aroma is malt forward and rich with layers of dark chocolate, dark caramel, toffee and lighter notes of roast and toasted grains. Lighter notes of vanilla and dark espresso. Light oak notes and bourbon character with light alcohol spice. Pours jet black with a small, thick, creamy, dark mocha head that recedes steadily to a small, thick, film that lingers on the edges. Light lacing and long legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet with lots of dark chocolate, dark caramel, espresso and lighter notes of toasted bread, toffee and vanilla. Hints of ash and tobacco. Moderately bitter with medium alcohol notes. Lingering dark chocolate and espresso notes in the finish. Medium light bourbon notes and faint oak. Mouthfeel is full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and moderate alcohol warmth. Overall, a really solid BA stout. Great stout character with solid supporting barrel notes. Definitely boozy, but not so much that it's hard to drink.