SR-71
(has 2 batches)
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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours black tan head. Nose and taste of bourbon, sticky chocolate, vanilla bean, oak and black licorice - full body
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2015
at 21:48
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
[5/3/15] Draught after Mikkeller Beer Run in Copenhagen. Black with a brown, coffee crema-like foam. Huge aroma of chocolate, liqueur, coconut, bourbon, vanilla. Sweet flavor with lots of chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, coconut and liqueur. Really full thick mouthfeel. Wonderful.
Tried
on 23 May 2015
at 14:13
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draught @ Warpigs Brewpub, København
[Courtesy of Theydon_Bois] Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, cocoa, caramel, vanilla and oak. Taste is heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla oak and roasted finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
[Courtesy of Theydon_Bois] Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, cocoa, caramel, vanilla and oak. Taste is heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla oak and roasted finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 21 May 2015
at 16:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg, 03/05/15. Pitch black with a dirty tan swirl. Nose is rich roast, chocoalte, light spice, toffee fudge, raisens, subtle enough Bourbon. Taste comprises rich chocolate fudge, bourbon wood licks, dark fruit rinds, raisens, toasted brown sugar, light spice, faint coffee, toffee. Full bodied, oily feel, light warming booze in the close. Solid Impy stout, great balance between sweet and bitter, but appears to suffer from hype a little too much !
Tried
on 07 May 2015
at 06:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
keg... Deep black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft meaty chocolate malts roast nose.. Dark heavy chocolate.. Dark. Chocolate malts.. Sweet roast... Soft. Meaty too.. Silky
Tried
on 06 May 2015
at 00:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sample at home thanks to Colin - pours black with tan head. Aroma and taste is dark malty, sweet and light roasty, big chocolate, velvety mouthfeel, some nice bourbon notes as well. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2015
at 06:06
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle at the Ultimate Imperial Stout Tasting. Thnx for the awesome day, folks! This bottle was shared by myself, from a trade by Geoffrey. Pours jet black, not much head. Smell is sharp and grainy bourbon. Taste is full, grainy bourbon. Very good MF , awesome carbo. Just damn nice once again !
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2015
at 17:16
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle - thanks to ReeceG. Pours inky glass coating black, no real head, no lacing. Aroma is coconut, bourbon, vanilla, chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet, light plus bitter, bourbon, coconut, vanilla, chocolate - wonderfully blended. Full body, creamy rich mouthfeel. A bit short of assassin, but wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2015
at 03:26
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ WWT IV, small sample. Dark color, short fluorescent brown head. Aroma of mocha, coffee, chocolate, dark fruit, bit booze. Liquid bonbon. Fruity, sweet, slight boozy in flavor. Massive stuff. Wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2015
at 11:32
9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottle at WWT tasting. Deep black with small light brown head. Milk chocolate, vanilla, bourbon. Hmmm yeah, it’s hard to put to words. Think a amazing chocolate mousse with some of the best bourbon on the side. Light coffee too, deep complex spices, molasses. Very sweet. Think bodied, I’m looking for a spoon here. Really really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2015
at 13:14