Modern Times Beer Decahex - Scrawlhome Rye

Decahex - Scrawlhome Rye

 

Modern Times Beer in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production
Score
7.91
ABV: 15.4% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Imperial stout aged in Scrawlhome Rye barrels

Decahex was our tenth anniversary beer, brewed 3 years ago. The goal of this month's beer was to be a MEGA rendition of Mega Devil’s Teeth.

We wanted to allow its own uniqueness to show, while doubling down on the biscuit/bready notes of the beloved stout. The beer was allowed to age in a handful of unique barrels, including Scrawlhome Rye Barrels (aka Rittenhouse Rye!) for 26 months. These barrels contributed some amazing spice notes and tons of oak to a beer that is already a malty powerhouse.
 

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8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Dark brown. No head, nice and oily. On the palate, it's got a nice fruitiness, a burly rye character, umami, rich alcohol, lots of barrel. That fruitiness and rye are really nice accents to the base, which has demerara and soy sauce undertones. Excellent as usual.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2026 at 04:55


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

22 oz. bottle, pours black, almost no head. Nose is divine, with a wonderful rye whiskey barrels, complex-as-hell sugars, molasses, some cocoa, and dark fruits. Flavour is super rich and complex, with intense dark fruits, spicy rye whiskey barrels, deep sugars, and molasses. Full of dark dried fruits, spicy rye, and wonderfully sticky, complex sugars on the finish. Remarkably constructed as usual. Fantastic.

Tried from Bottle at Modern Times - Far West Lounge on 14 Mar 2026 at 04:53


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from 650mL bottle. Very dark brown with almost no beige head. Wonderful rye whiskey underlay, nice and rich, enjoyable.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2026 at 04:45


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

650mL bottle. Pours black. Intense roast, dark molasses, and rye barrels on the nose; a gentle smokiness. Flavour has a rich roasted malt base that's well-integrated with intense rye barrels; a gentle smokiness and thick molasses as well. Body is thick. This is excellent, the rye barrels come through very well.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2026 at 00:55


8

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2025 at 23:19


8

Smooth, slightly roasty and heavy with barrel notes, rye, chocolate sauce, cocoa, vanilla and hints of earthiness. Pretty tasty and balanced.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2025 at 23:11


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

2.5oz. Appearance: dark brown with a brown head. Aroma: woody, dark fruits, some booze, tannins. Taste: along the same lines, very complex, very fruity, loads of oak. Overall: very nice.

Tried on 24 Jan 2024 at 22:37