Commissar
Real Ale Brewing Company in Blanco, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.34
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2015 vintage - 9.8% abv
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Maverick (5062) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Pours very dark. Chocolate roasted malts. The standard program for Ris but really good.
nimbleprop (16618) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
22oz bottle (who's still using these?) pours a murky, dark brown/black with some fluffy grey head. This is straight up and down RIS, malt, toast, some char, some caramel, a little molasses. Flavor's are mostly burnt toast, licorice and caramel. It's balanced. This bottle was listed at 9.8% No one is making this beer anymore.
nathanvc (6881) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
6 October 2022. At The Dooryard, San Antonio. Shared with the lovely Anke!
A: hazy black, small, foamy, beige head.
A: iodine, band-aid, soy, brandy, rum-soaked raisin.
T: sweet date & fig, chocolate, iodine, herbs.
F: herbal hops, medicinal notes, sourish coffee & citrus even; warming brandy-like alcohol.
P: medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tasty but not really balanced, too medicinal - perhaps way too young.
Weihenweizen (7366) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Refrigerated 0.5 L brown bottle poured into a cup. Black with small brown head. Aroma is dark malt, medium/light body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is dark malt and dry finish.
Rennat42 (5572) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. A- Star anise, roasty. A- Black color, black liquid, light brown head. T- Star anise, roasty, cocoa, mild char. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Really solid RIS, especially for the price point. Traditional with lots of black licorice, cocoa, and roasted malt. Traditional and excellence. For the price one of the best RIS's I've had.
KevinReddirt (2104) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
One more of Real Ale’s fine selection of 22 oz. bombers. My favorite of those? Perhaps. First look is the usual imperial stout darkness, almost jet black but not quite. A pour gives a thin dark brown crest that pretty much disappears. So what about that . The smell is herbal and earthy but not its strong suit. The taste is the set-off. Strong. Chocolate definitely, malt, a good yield of hops, maybe even a hint of citrus. A bit of bitterness afterwards asking you to take another drink. The 9.8% ABV shows itself but does not knock you over. Once again, thanks Real Ale.
theisti (5524) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Half pint cask pour at Easy Tiger in Austin, Texas. The pour is dark black with a 1/4 inch khaki head that is quite lasting. The aroma is vanilla caramel malt, roast and a bit of coffee as it warms. The taste is sweet chocolate, along with the vanilla caramel malt. As with the nose, the coffee is there but pretty buried. The palate is heavy bodied with soft natural cask carbonation and a coating mouth feel. Solid.
Buckeyeboy (18951) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22oz bottle pours out black topped with a small head. nose is light roast malty pit fruit pine some odd metallic notes. Taste is pine hops roast malts some sweetness.
Drake (22938) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Rating 10.7K! 10699 was called Calm Before the Storm, so, here is the storm! Bomber from Secret Santa crajun! Near black, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of intense roasted malt, tobacco, green hops, chocolate, grain. The taste is roasted malt, dark chocolate, cherries, tobacco. Full bodied, chewy texture, lingering bitterness. Nice, dry, big stout. Bottle states 9.8% ABV.
madmitch76 (40205) reviewed Commissar from Real Ale Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
24th February 2013
Opaque black beer with good pale tan head. Palate is light and a little airy. Medium dark malts, no roast or bitterness. A touch of chocolate. Traces of aniseed and licorice. A little malt cream. Finishes soft and dry with a little licorice bitterness. All right!