Deep Dark
Central Coast Brewing in San Luis Obispo, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.25
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can. Black beer with a brown head. Light molasses and light chocolate aroma with light bourbon. Chocolate and toffee flavor with vanilla, bourbon, and light oak. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and toffee ginger with vanilla, bourbon, and oak.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2022
at 20:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, with thanks to Felipe! Pours deep black with an initial foamy brown head that mostly dissipates, but after a refill pour a secondary creamy head forms that sticks around for ever and leaves nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is very bourbon forward, roast, chocolate. Initial flavor is also very bourbon forward, but as the beer breathes the bourbon pulls back into the rest of the stouty notes and becomes more of a compliment than a dominant. Roasty, chocolatey, figs and dates. Light sweet and light bitter. Fairly full body and creamy mouthfeel. This is a damn good beer, could be great if the bourbon could be pulled back just a touch more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2014
at 19:45