SR-71
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.71
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Barrel Aged Imperial Stout - 14% ABV, Stealth IBUs
2015 Bottling - Gold and Platinum Wax (No difference between them)
Admin Note - This beer has been confirmed to be the equivalent of Assassin (Barrel Aged Norseman’s Wrath) with more time in the barrels. These mirror the 2014 Assassin release in that they are Pappy Van Winkle barrels and likely the same exact beer, batch, and base. However, because the brewery has chosen to distinguish the product under a new label (albeit, one that was a completely different beer before), we’ve allowed separation of this entry under our rules.
2015 Bottling - Gold and Platinum Wax (No difference between them)
Admin Note - This beer has been confirmed to be the equivalent of Assassin (Barrel Aged Norseman’s Wrath) with more time in the barrels. These mirror the 2014 Assassin release in that they are Pappy Van Winkle barrels and likely the same exact beer, batch, and base. However, because the brewery has chosen to distinguish the product under a new label (albeit, one that was a completely different beer before), we’ve allowed separation of this entry under our rules.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thanks for sharing this Chris - Black with a brown head - Dark malt aroma - Dark malt body with wood barrel flavours - Dark malt and wood barrel flavours goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 21:40
8/10
From backlog. Taster, from Bottle, in The park outside of Mikkeller & Friends, Copenhagen. (As 2018 Vintage) Black with some brown head. Roasted Malts, Chocolate, coffee, bourbon, barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2024
at 18:55
8/10
Massively roasty with loads of barrel notes, dry earthiness and hints of coffee and dark chocolate. Quite intense old skool roasty overdose. Nice, but perhaps slightly past its prime
Tried
on 09 May 2024
at 16:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample from the bottle in front of Mikkeller Friends, Copenhagen. Color is very dark brown with very small head. Aromas and flavors: Soy, chocolate, Cacao ..
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2024
at 14:16
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle @ Dangerous Bottleshares 14. Thanks to Al for this. Gold waxed. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aromas of boozy, bourbon, sweet fudgey vanilla, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, cocoa, light minty thing going on (what the fuck? I was the only one getting this. Almost like minty chocolate), burned wood, roast, liquor cake. Taste has lots of rich dark chocolate, cocoa, dry, malt, vanilla, fudge, caramel, roasted coffee, milky sweet notes, nuts, dark fruits, brownie. Holy shit this is good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
650ml bottle. 2015 vintage. Smooth, thick and roasty with loads of oak, wood, vanilla, cocoa, toffee, syrup, bourbon, molasses, rye and chocolate. Awesome, super well balanced barrel aged imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2019
at 15:02
9/10
Black tan - bourbon, grape skin, rich chocolate 4.5
Tried
on 13 Jun 2019
at 19:37
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottle shared by Clark L, founder of Toppling Goliath. Pours an opaque and viscous black with a thin tan.
Aromas are boozy and dark fudge. Flavors are layers of chocolate and dark pit fruits. Perfection
Aromas are boozy and dark fudge. Flavors are layers of chocolate and dark pit fruits. Perfection
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2019
at 06:39
9/10
Kawa, czekolada, beczka, konsystencja oleju, wcale nie takie slodkie, kwaskowate posmaki. Wywazenie, rownowaga i kosmiczne cialo urywaja.
Tried
at
Mikkeller Bar Warsaw
on 31 Jul 2018
at 21:17
9/10
Thx to kermis
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2018
at 11:17