Winey Bastard Imperial Stout
Nickel Brook Brewing Co. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.39
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Nickel Brook took some of the best Pinot Noir barrels from the Niagara wine region and tossed their Bolshevik Bastard Imperial Stout in it? I mean, what have they done to the soft oak and subtle, earthy fruit notes from the barrel? Their Imperial Stout has WAY too much chocolate, coffee and dark fruit flavours for the delicate notes imparted by the barrel-aging process. I don’t know what they think they’re doing. So what if it’s delicious? Drink it today, or cellar it to enjoy later as it matures. A votre santé!
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9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle kindly donated Karol, many thanks. Almost black color with huge beige head, gusher. Intense red wine aroma with dark berries, red currant in aroma. Taste, initially roasted malt, coffee overlapped by red wine, dark berries, red currant, Brett. Extremely tasty beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2015
at 14:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bouteille 660ml. Couleur noire opaque, mousse moka présentant de grosses bulles. Arôme de raisin, boisé, épicé?, malt torréfié. Goût de raisin, épicé, malt torréfié, légère acidité, café. Carbonatation faible, corps moyen.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2015
at 16:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle on the RBSG bus
Dark brown with a medium sized tan head, good lacing. Aroma of dark malts and fruity. Taste of dark malts, sour and grapes
Didn’t like this one
Dark brown with a medium sized tan head, good lacing. Aroma of dark malts and fruity. Taste of dark malts, sour and grapes
Didn’t like this one
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2015
at 19:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle on the RBSG bus. Pours a very dark brown with small tan head that lasts. The aroma is grape, roast, chocolate. Medium mouth, rich malt, chocolate, roast, light dryness, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2015
at 17:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. Nose is berries tartness and roast malts. Taste is more of berry tartness roast malts and some chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2015
at 16:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
750 ml. Pours a clear brown color with a medium white head. A big sweet vinous brown, brown sugar.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2015
at 16:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a dark brown color head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of dry roasted malt is offset by some vinous notes with light oak flavours. Taste is also a great balance mix between some vinous notes offset by dry roasted malt notes with some black chocolates notes also noticeable. Body is full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. I am not a big fan of aging imperial stout in wine barrel but I must admit I was quite impress by this mix.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2015
at 13:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Red wine barrel, plum, molasses, anise and roast malts. Jet black with a rich brown head. Red wine barrel, nice acidity, molasses and roast with a bitter finish. Nice, I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2014
at 15:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bar Hop, pours black with a small brown head. Aroma brings out shitloads of red wine and brett - they overtake the impie stout notes completely. Flavour is rather exquisite, bringing out a unique mix of red wine, brett and roasted malt. Huge, potent flavours, without being brutal at all. A slow sipper, but a treat.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2014
at 07:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
As Winey Bastard: A deep dark stout with a thin dark brown head. In aroma, a sweet licorice chocolate malt with light wine notes and alcohol warmth. In mouth, a nice sweet chocolate with vinous notes, white grapes, licorice, herbal notes, coffee grinds, alcohol warmth. On tap at Arrow and Loon, Jan 2 2013.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jan 2013
at 17:01