Imperial Eclipse Stout - Brewmaster's Grand Cru Blend 2015
FiftyFifty Brewing Company in Truckee, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.98
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Gold wax.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pitch black color. At nine years old it has lots of marzipan, milk chocolate, oak, dark fruit. Super smooth. Rich. Super well balanced. Excellent t
Tried
on 28 Jun 2024
at 07:04
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Wineglass showing pitch black with no head.
The nose shows moderately intense notes of molasses.
The palate is lightly carbonated and light bodied. Moderately sweet with flavors of honey and oak.
The nose shows moderately intense notes of molasses.
The palate is lightly carbonated and light bodied. Moderately sweet with flavors of honey and oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2024
at 11:22
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, now about 7 years of age. Pours a black colour and a light brown head with a small blanket retention. Aroma's: roasty, sweetish, boozy, molasses. Retronasal it's sweetish, honey, roasty, sticky toffee, light dried fruity and boozy. Flavour is fairly sweet, with light roast and fruit. Above medium bodied. Warming alcohol, but not burning. Light roasty bitterness in the finish. Sticky toffee cake all over, with some dried fruit, lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2022
at 21:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle pour, shared by Tcon. Thanks for pulling this one out! Dense cocoa brown pour. Really held up nicely with tons of complex barrel. Some dusty oak up front, lots of dark chocolate, amd smooth whiskey. Have to imagine the whiskey noted on this was hot at first, but it settled down nicely. Thick body. Way too easy to drink. Cocoa, Oak, smooth whiskey. Just an overall excellent imperial here. Love it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2021
at 02:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From bottle to tulip. Cellared since 2015 and what a joy on a night where this was needed. Pours deep, deep, deep brown with light brown head that accumulates throughout. Light chocolate covers the initial aroma. Cocoa. Beautiful mix of alcohol, chocolate, faint dark fruit. Powdery cocoa. The Grand Cru each year is so nice from FiftyFifty. I think some of the robustness may have faded from this beer, and it has left a delicate well-balanced beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2020
at 04:03
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color ale with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of nice black chocolate notes with some bourbon, vanilla and woody notes. Taste is also a good mix of bourbon, black chocolate and vanilla with some woody notes and a sweet finish. Body is full with nice creamy texture and good carbonation with some warming alcohol notes also perceptible. Super enjoyable BA stout and quality of barrels really shows.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2019
at 14:56
9/10
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Tried
on 01 Sep 2018
at 14:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ home. Opaque dark brown to black color, medium sized light brown colored head that lasts for quite a while. Aroma is malts, heavy bourbon, ripe apples, brandy. Taste malts, bourbon, dark chocolate, some roast, sweet a little bit initially but then malt and liquor bitterness takes over. Medium body and carbonation. Heavy but nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2018
at 22:04
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours opaque black, small tan head, decent lacing. Rich aroma of bourbon, chocolate, molasses, roasted malts, hints of vanilla and oak tannin. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter. Full body, rich creamy mouthfeel. One of the better ones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2018
at 02:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gold waxed bomber shared by AdamC on 7/30/17.
Clear, deep magenta-auburn-tinged mahogany. Light tan head fades to nothing.
Baker's chocolate, light caramel, lots of vanilla and something like light apple brandy show through in the nose. Not intensely aromatic, with some light oxidation and moderate roast lingering on the finish. Not too boozy, as it seems to have mellowed in two years.
Lightly sweet choco-caramel in the mouth with vanilla, apple brandy-like character and a fairly light barrel impression, all told. Tannin is mild and the sugars are pretty well-attenuated. It is a bit thin of body, not that it's under-malted or anything. Just surprisingly light for its size. Very light carbonation and sticky caramel and brown sugar mixing with light alcohol and spicy whiskey. Fine, rather plain, but at least it's not overdone.
Clear, deep magenta-auburn-tinged mahogany. Light tan head fades to nothing.
Baker's chocolate, light caramel, lots of vanilla and something like light apple brandy show through in the nose. Not intensely aromatic, with some light oxidation and moderate roast lingering on the finish. Not too boozy, as it seems to have mellowed in two years.
Lightly sweet choco-caramel in the mouth with vanilla, apple brandy-like character and a fairly light barrel impression, all told. Tannin is mild and the sugars are pretty well-attenuated. It is a bit thin of body, not that it's under-malted or anything. Just surprisingly light for its size. Very light carbonation and sticky caramel and brown sugar mixing with light alcohol and spicy whiskey. Fine, rather plain, but at least it's not overdone.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2017
at 19:17