BOYD - Double Barrel 2024: Armagnac & Rye
Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.51
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Returning for the first time since 2020, and the seventh time ever, BOYD is back.
The 2024 edition is a special blend of 18 month Armagnac barrel aged and 15 month Rye barrel aged Imperial Stouts.
The result is a fantastic intersection of oak, spirit character, and rich, caramelized flavours. It's warming, it's decadent, and it only emerges once every blue moon.
The 2024 edition is a special blend of 18 month Armagnac barrel aged and 15 month Rye barrel aged Imperial Stouts.
The result is a fantastic intersection of oak, spirit character, and rich, caramelized flavours. It's warming, it's decadent, and it only emerges once every blue moon.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown. Not much head. The aroma has a great burnt toffee accent, with a big rye note. The Armagnac notes show up a little bit, lending just an accent. It's got a fair bit of Armagnac through the palate, lending a bit of raisiny fruitiness when combined with that rich dark chocolate cacao type notes. The rye ends up being less potent in the palate, and the wood overall is not as powerful. There's a lot of complexity to this. Excellent as usual.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2025
at 17:36
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml (thx, Chris S. for a quick forward of the box!) @ Ryan's shared with Faress and Josh. Appearance: very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: sweet, heavy, nice barrel notes. Taste: a lot of Armagnac barrels, thick, quite sweet. Overall: pretty good.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 04:14
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 500mL bottle (pkg 31 January 2024). Very dark brown with minimal beige head. Rich armagnac, rye underlay, molasses, dark fruit and chocolate, enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 04:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brown bottle, 500 ml, date: 31 JAN 2024, via Chantal Nantel (merci!) on 26 February 2024, savoured on 27 February 2024; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, ring and island of brown head, no lacing; nose: malt, molasses, cognac, light spices, light ash, light chocolate; mouth: malt, molasses, cognac, light spices, light ash, sultana, light chocolate, finale in cognac with presence of apple, well-balanced, full-bodied, average carbonation, mildly sweet, silky and syrupy texture; to sum up: quite likable FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, date : 31 JAN 2024, via Chantal Nantel (merci!) le 26 février 2024, savourée le 27 février 2024; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, anneau et îlot de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, mélasse, cognac, léger épices, léger cendré, léger chocolat; bouche : malt, mélasse, cognac, léger épices, léger cendré, raisin sec, léger chocolat, finale en cognac avec présence de pomme, bel équilibre, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture soyeuse et sirupeuse; en résumé : bien aimé
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, date : 31 JAN 2024, via Chantal Nantel (merci!) le 26 février 2024, savourée le 27 février 2024; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, anneau et îlot de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, mélasse, cognac, léger épices, léger cendré, léger chocolat; bouche : malt, mélasse, cognac, léger épices, léger cendré, raisin sec, léger chocolat, finale en cognac avec présence de pomme, bel équilibre, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture soyeuse et sirupeuse; en résumé : bien aimé
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2024
at 22:57