Retribution
DuClaw Brewing Company in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.53
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First brewed in 2011 and released the first weekend of November every year, Retribution is full-bodied and jet black with a small tan head and a complex flavor profile of dark chocolate, coffee, smoky malt, and dark fruit, concealing a massive, warming 11.2% abv. After fermentation, Retribution ages approx. 6 months inside of bourbon barrels made from charred American White Oak and carefully monitored for before being bottled in individual runs from each barrel, making the beer from each barrel a unique drinking experience. The resulting Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, infused with aromas and flavors of charred oak, vanilla and caramelized sugar, is a testament to craft brewing, and a physical manifestation of patience justified.
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8/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2014
at 16:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Walnut aroma, good strength. Opaque black, thin tan head. Walnut flavor. Medium body, alcohol noticeable, kind of tangy.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2014
at 15:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Opaque brown color. Aroma of vanilla and cocoa. Taste has vanilla, brandy, bourbon, butterscotch. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2014
at 15:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From notes, consumed on 5/26/13. Bottle (2012, Barrel 15) poured into a Belgian snifter. Pours jet black with half a finger of tan head. Head fades quickly, good lacing. Aromas of big bourbon and dark fruit, coconut, vanilla, dark chocolate. Tasting notes of dark fruit, dark chocolate, bourbon, oak, vanilla, sweet booze. Medium-full body with a semi-dry warm finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2014
at 02:04
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 5.5
Poured from a bottle it is a dark rich chocolate brown with an ecrue head. The atoms is of Bourbon and the taste has the Bourbon flavor redonatinv through it with tones of licorice and vanilla. Yummy
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2013
at 23:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a 22 oz bottle shared at home. Pours black with a tan head. Bourbon nose. Flavors of bourbon, oak, vanilla, with some licorice. Dense mouthfeel. Moderate carbonation. Bitter, boozy finish. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2013
at 15:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours black with tan head. Nose and taste of cola, bourbon, oak, roast chocolate, sweet malt, vanilla and caramelized sugar. Finished a bit boozy. Medium to full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2013
at 18:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz.Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate, coffee, light hoppy. Flavour is heavy sweet and moderate ot heavy bitter with a long duration, sweet chocolate, alcohol, bourbon, vanilla, light oak - wood. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120202]
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2012
at 09:01
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Sloth from 2011 Barrel # 11/20. Nose is chocolate, vanilla, light bourbon, and oak. pitch black with a small cinnamon-tan head. Flavor is rich lightly sweet chocolate, lots of vanilla, and hints of bourbon. Excellent stuff, wish I had a case! Kind of like a less sweet Black Tuesday.
Tried
on 28 May 2012
at 19:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2011 bottle from barrel 09/20 thanks to hophead22. Pours with a near black body with nearly no head. Aromas are of bourbon, brown sugar, lots of dark fruits, light smoke, vanillin, whiskey, burnt, molasses. Flavors are of brown sugar, quite sweet, licorice, currants, vanilla, boozy with some lactose. Medium bubbles, chewy, big bodied. Sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2012
at 11:07