3 Floyds Brewing Company Crack the Skye

Crack the Skye

 

3 Floyds Brewing Company in Munster, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production
Score
7.85
ABV: 11.0% IBU: 39 Ticks: 22
A blend of barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout, fresh RIS, Dark Matter Coffee and vanilla.

3 Floyds, Dark Matter and Mastodon collaborated on a special release to mark National Suicide Prevention Week and raise funds for Hope for the Day, an organization that helps people and families of all shapes and sizes deal with mental health issues and suicide prevention.

This project is called "Crack the Skye," after the Mastodon album of the same name, which was dedicated to the Skye Dailor, the sister of Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor. Skye died of suicide at the age of 14, which had an obvious impact on her friends and family.

The beer has a special meaning for Brann, the band, Dark Matter and 3 Floyds, with proceeds benefiting Hope for the Day.
 

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Bottle

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2023 at 15:14


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours opaque black, small tan head, decent lacing. Aroma is cocoa, vanilla, espresso, mocha, whiskey, molasses, earth. Flavor is sweet, light plus bitter. Lingering heat. Full body.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2021 at 01:50


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Bottle from an IP(?) trade, I forgot with whom. Pitch black color. Light brown head with some retention. Aroma's: from the bottle there's vanilla upfront; from the glass: big coffee roast vanilla, sweetness, maple syrup. Retronasal it's sweet, coffee, roast, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate roasted bitter. Fairly strong alcohol feel and rather full bodied. Long finish with roast, rather bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2018 at 09:02


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Bottle 750ml. [ As Three Floyds Crack the Skye ].Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, coffee vegetable, moderate vanilla - chocolate - wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted, coffee, coffee vegetables, dark malt, moderate chocolate - vanilla - wood. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light light alcoholic. [20180414] 8-4-8-4-16

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2018 at 14:02


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Not exactly straight up coffee in a cup, but pretty close. Additional notes of cocoa, caramel and molasses. Smoith, well-balanced. Nice! 4.3

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2018 at 22:20


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Bottle @Ulfborg Tasting. Black, beige froth. Aroma has roasted malt, coffee and spice, chili? Coffee flavour, sweet, boozy with mild hot spice.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2018 at 20:32



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Bottle: Poured a black brown with white head. Aroma is roasty malts a hint of vanilla. Taste is roast metallic vanilla.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2018 at 22:41


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

On tap at HopCat, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is absolutely decadent, with heavy bourbon and coffee. Flavour is intense, with loads of coffee upfront, followed by a bit less bourbon. What a decadent bourbon and coffee bomb. Fantastic.

Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2017 at 21:42


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at GTMW 2017. Pours black with a creamy dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has strong coffee, a bit of green pepper, dark grains, roasted malts and a hint of bourbon. Flavor has strong coffee, a bit of bourbon, roasted malts and bitter dark grains backing.

Tried from Draft on 02 Dec 2017 at 14:01