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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8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle 22fl.oz. shared at [ A Day To Sink All Sea Shepards tasting. ], Brussels, Belgium. [ As Toppling Goliath SR-71 Blackbird ]. [ Gold wax - Vintage 2015 ].Clear dark dark brown black color with a small to average, open and fizzy, fair lacing, mostly to fully diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, vanilla, coconut, coffee, alcohol - buzzy. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long long duration, sweet malt, vanilla, coconut, chocolate, coffee, buzzy, caramel. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft to flat, finish is light alcoholic. [20160917] 9-3-9-5-18
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2017
at 12:01
10/10
To the left. As insane as expected from this brewery. Crazy decadent and crazy delicious. Incredibly intense bourbon barrel character!
Tried
on 15 Oct 2016
at 16:45
9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of linusb. Thanks man, huge want! Pours viscous oily pitch black with a small creamy goldenish mocha head that doesn’t leave much trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is intense to say the least, malty and nutty with roasted malts, burnt caramel, toffee, vanilla fudge, charred wood, toasted coconut, caramelized pecans, dark roast coffee, high quality dark chocolate, moist soil and bourbon alcohol. Taste is sweet, bitter, malty and nutty. Mouthfeel is thick viscous, velvety, round, oily, tiny astringent, slightly boozy and full bodied. Finish is insanely rich with all the components mentioned in the taste. As insane as expected from this brewery. Crazy decadent and crazy delicious. Tried side-by-side with Assassin 2014 and this definitely holds more bourbon barrel character. Insanely rich!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2016
at 09:44
9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
650 ml bottle (gold wax) shared at the original Chez Moeder Lambic’s cellar. Black color with beige to light brown head. Malty aroma, roasted, cocoa, chocolate, caramel, toffee, mild coffee, vanilla, coconut, wood, alcohol. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Full silky creamy body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2016
at 13:48
8/10
Tried
on 18 Sep 2016
at 14:37
10/10
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Tried
on 26 Feb 2016
at 20:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at RBWG. Big thanks to djd07 for getting me a taste. Black appearance with a dark brown head. This has a rich chocolate flavor with some whiskey, caramel, and coconut. Super smooth and drinkable. I like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2016
at 23:18
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
22oz bottle with a big thank to darrel. Pours out pitch black with a tan ring. Nose is brown sugar hot chocolate bourbon barrel notes lots of sweetness vanilla. Taste is great thick rich brown sugar roast malts lots of sweetness plenty barrel and great end. I really want to hate these guys but shit this is great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2015
at 21:52
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft sample at Dexters courtesy of a kind soul from Chicago who queued at 4 am. Completely black colo, thick beige head with good retention for a BA beer. Beautiful aroma of rich vanilla, toasted coconut, burnt espresso. Taste is silky smooth rich burnt cocoa and vanilla.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2015
at 13:15
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Draught after Mikkeller beer run. Opaque black liquid with medium tan head. Aroma of vanilla, licorice, coffee, chocolate, light wood, light booze and raw sugar. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with notes of vanilla, chocolate, biscuit and raw sugar. Full bodied with low to medium carbonation and sticky mouthfeel. Really good. Great body and complex aroma. Lives up to the hype.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2015
at 18:39