Double Espresso iStout
8 Wired Brewing in Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.25
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Søren has always wanted to brew an espresso imperial stout, so for 8 Wired’s 15th birthday, he finally got around to making one! We’ve taken the base recipe for the iconic iStout, and cranked the ABV right up. Using an intense, rich, espresso blend from our friends at Rush, this is truly one mighty coffee experience!
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8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
From a 330ml can on 2/7/2025. Pours a deepest brown with a small tan head. The nose is lovely - strong fresh coffee with a touch of smoke. It's complex on the sip - coffee dominates but there's lots of dark and milk chocolate, some smoky notes, and nice sharpish roasty bitterness at the back. Easy drinking for such a big bopper, and probably good that it comes in a little can. The palate is slightly syrupy, the carbonation average. A bold, flavoursome, excellent big winter sipper.
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Corks Liquor
on 02 Jul 2025
at 09:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. 1/2 cm tan head atop a very black beer. Some caramel and roast under a fresh coffee aroma. Lots of coffee and a fair bit of roast. Quite sweet in a way that balances things nicely. Coffee lingers. Very well mannered without being cloying for a big brew.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:58