Black Is Beautiful: BCV
Reverence Barrel Works in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.95
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500mL bottle, pours black with a medium light brown head. Nose seems somewhat metallic, but that could be the banana and coconut, with gentle rum and a touch of roast. Flavour is quite sweet, with lots of lactose, loads of banana, gentle coconut, and some rum barrels to round it off. This is mostly banana, with the other adjuncts further back. I like banana but this is too much and not complex enough. Fun beer but it's not for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
(500ml bottle shared by Luc, thanks a lot!) Pours black with a thick pale tan head. Notes are nice rich burnt sugar base, toffee and light molasses coupled with some moderate chocolate, with lovely balanced banana and creamy coconut, vanilla floral accents, all the flvaours are very present but none of the adjuncts overwhelm, the warming lightly spiced fruity rum barrel builds through the sip and reaches maximum at the finish but isn't overpowering either. Nice lingering banana/coconut floral fruit in the aftertaste. Medium-bodied, slick, slightly creamy carbonation, alcohol mostly hidden. Definitely has the feel of a late night tropical cocktail, if that makes sense, dark but still exotic. Really nice stout! I am glad I had the chance to try this barrel club release.