Double Barrel Rat Queen
Barncat Artisan Ales in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.25
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Mooch tasting, courtesy of Sergey
Black colour, with brown rim. Aroma of tobacco, alcohol, cacao. Full bodied, thick, luckily the sweetness is strong, still the alcohol is evident, so it tastes like a liquor; chocolate flavour, bourbon.
It's not elegant or complex or particularly outstanding; but it's not an easy beer to brew, they pulled this off quite well.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
500ml (thx, Brian C. for getting this one for me and Max C. for the amazing delivery!) @ Sales Force. Appearance: very dark brown, almost black with a beige head. Aroma: lots of bourbon and cognac barrels. Taste: along the same lines, very boozy and very barrel forward, quite sweet. Overall: it's very boozy, but it has complexity provided by many layers. I was able to appreciate it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Poured from 500mL bottle. Black with minimal beige head. Too boozy, alcohol heat, nose is nice, but taste is unbalanced. Cognac prominent, bourbon, molasses and some chocolate. Very slow sipper. I warmed up to it more as I sipped it more.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500mL bottle, pours black with a small light brown head. Aroma is extremely boozy, with intense cognac upfront, followed by more subdued bourbon, and lots of alcohol. Flavour is extremely boozy and harsh, with a ridiculously harsh cognac character, followed by bourbon, and harsh booze. The cognac and booze are quite harsh. This ain't going for balance or elegance. It's certainly tasty, but it's quite harsh. Good.