Systems Theory East Coast Edition
Black Isle Brewery in Munlochy, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: Poppels BryggeriStout - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.59
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Black Isle and Poppels from Sweden collaborated a year or so ago to make a fantastic imperial stout called Systems Theory. Since then the beer has been maturing in whisky barrels and is now ready to make a reappearance.
There are two versions – a West coast version (using Islay barrels which gives a peaty flavour) and an East coast version which has oak, vanilla and dark chocolate notes.
There are two versions – a West coast version (using Islay barrels which gives a peaty flavour) and an East coast version which has oak, vanilla and dark chocolate notes.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 9
black with a kaki head. aroma is maly, chocolate, sweet wet malts, whisky, licht peat. taste of chocolate, cacao, malty, powdery, lightly sour, roasted malts, soft whisky, peat is nice, could be firmer BA. --- Beer merged from original tick of Systems Theory - East Coast Edition on 13 Oct 2018 at 22:23 - Score: 7. Original review text: Lorre zegt het is ok, gebrand, cacao, chocolade, lichte turf, whisky zacht, maar vind de steviger geturfde eigenlijk wat lekkerder.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2018
at 18:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Black Isle taproom. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of coffee, dark chocolate, faint whisky. Taste is rich, smooth dark chocolate, coffee again, pipe tobacco. Long finish. Mmmm...
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2018
at 20:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Van Moll Brewpub. Shared with Teun. Opaque pitch black color, small to average sized beige to light brown head. Aroma and flavor is malts, dark and roasted malts though quite moderate, as in "mellowed down", roasted malt light earthy notes, decent to medium malt bitter. Slight liquorice hint as well. All flavors though add something to the beer. Medium body and decent to medium carbonation. Very well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2018
at 20:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Black beer, light brown head. A sweet-ish whisky and malt aroma. Flavour is a bit drier and sharper. Scotch, malt, dark chocolate, some coffee. A bit of woodiness. A good, solid barrel aged stout that I could drink more of than the strength would ultimately allow!
Tried
on 05 Oct 2018
at 23:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Sampled at BXL 18. Thnx for sharing, everyone. Pours black, small tanned head. Smell is full, roasty. Mild umami. Taste is full, roasty, sharp. Bit booze. Mild oak. Nice.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2018
at 14:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft @ BXL Beer Fest. Dark brown colour, brown foam. Lots of roasted malts and coffee well blended with whisky flavours. Nice sipping beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Sep 2018
at 11:32
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample @ BXL BeerFest 2018, shared with Belgian RB crew, thanks. Brune foncée, col fin beige. Arôme est malté sur légère note grillée, biscuité léger avec petite douceur rétro-nasal rappelant le mélanoid. Palais est malté, grillé, touche de caramel le tout demeure un peu sur le fini doux, peut-être aidé par la barrique de whisky? Qcq éléments de fruits noirs arrivent en fin de bouche.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2018
at 13:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ BXL Beerfest 2018. A hazy very dark brown beer with a small tan head. Aroma of liquorice, strong dark malt, cookies some coffee. Taste of strong dark malt, liquorice, chocolate, some wood, slightly boozy.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2018
at 16:30
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2018
at 18:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
8 3 7 3 16Draft at BXL Beerfest ‘18, Brussels. Near black with a tan head. Aroma of milk chocolate, caramel, toffee and vanilla. Flavour is light heavy sweet. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2018
at 16:34