The Empty Man
Deeds Brewing Co. in Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.14
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Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Orange and Cocoa
Nestled in the darkest part of the cave, you can finally rest. Here the fingers of the icy winds could not pick apart your clothes and race over your bare skin. You hear a strange whistling and almost in a trance you step forward. There is a presence in the cave that beckons, it tugs at your sanity.
As the uncontrollable shivering starts, you kick a bottle out of its hiding place. Was that there before? The bottle rolled about and came to a rest against your feet. The bottle’s label gives away no secrets. You crack the top off the bottle and inhale.
Nestled in the darkest part of the cave, you can finally rest. Here the fingers of the icy winds could not pick apart your clothes and race over your bare skin. You hear a strange whistling and almost in a trance you step forward. There is a presence in the cave that beckons, it tugs at your sanity.
As the uncontrollable shivering starts, you kick a bottle out of its hiding place. Was that there before? The bottle rolled about and came to a rest against your feet. The bottle’s label gives away no secrets. You crack the top off the bottle and inhale.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
From a 440ml can on 18/5/2023. Pours the deepest brown with a small tan head that disappears quickly. The nose is powerful and just lovely - all melting jaffa lollies and choc orange mud cake. The tatse largely follows suit - rich choc orange, and cakey with some bourbony booze reasonably prominent in the background. Not super sweet, but still definitely on the dessertish side, though it's tempered by moderate citrus rind bitterness. The plate is syrupy and a touch oily, the carbonation moderate. This is a real experience, huge, complex and intense, yet somehow still approachable. Absolutely cracking stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 18 May 2023
at 07:32