Origin of Darkness (2024) - Spanish Cedar & Bitter Orange Infused Imperial Stout
Collective Arts Brewing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Collab with: The Establishment Brewing CompanyStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special Out of Production
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Score
7.75
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Explore the depths of the unknown with our latest Origin of Darkness offering. This Imperial Stout is more than a brew — it's otherwordly. Crafted in collaboration with Calgary's The Establishment Brewing Company, it's aged on Spanish Cedar and infused with bitter orange and a hint of cinnamon, giving it an audacious twist. Demerara sugar adds a rich sweetness to balance its bold 10.7% ABV. This intense and delicious brew features Bogotá's Cristian Alarcón D. artwork.
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9.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
500ml bottle. Jet black colour with slightly late awakening, average to huge, thick, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, tan head. Woody and slightly fruity aroma, chocolately, dark malty background, notes of cedarwood, some orange, dark chocolate. Taste is initially sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty and citrusy fruity, notes of dark chocolate, orange, mandarine, some zesty bitterness, later more and more woody, the cedarwood replaces the fruitiness step by step, disguises eventually the malty basis in parts; subtle hints of tobacco, cinnamon, vanilla.
Creamy texture, smooth, super soft and silky, minimally cloying palate, fine, dense, soft, creamy carbonation.
Very well crafted, wonderful composition, not overly complex, very clean, focussed, nevertheless quite some subtleties, super tasty - fantastic!
Creamy texture, smooth, super soft and silky, minimally cloying palate, fine, dense, soft, creamy carbonation.
Very well crafted, wonderful composition, not overly complex, very clean, focussed, nevertheless quite some subtleties, super tasty - fantastic!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2026
at 14:08
8.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2026
at 13:35
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, wood spice, orange peel, toffee, vanilla, taste is chewy toffee, vanilla, cinnamon, creamy, chocolate, bitter orange. 9/8/9/9/8 --- Beer merged from original tick of Origin of Darkness Spanish Cedar & Bitter Orange Infused Imperial Stout on 31 Mar 2025 at 17:54 - Score: 8. Original review text: Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, wood spice, orange peel, toffee, vanilla, taste is chewy toffee, vanilla, cinnamon, creamy, chocolate, bitter orange. 9/8/9/9/8
Tried
on 06 Apr 2025
at 09:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brown bottle, 500 ml, via Sébastien Bertrand (merci!) on February 8, 2025, savoured on March 27, 2025; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, ring and islands of beige head, no lacing; nose: chocolate, spices, slight tobacco, alcohol, light fruitiness, light cedar; mouth : chocolate, spices, alcohol, light fruity, slight cedar, light alcohol warmth, caramel, bitterness, orange, finale in chocolate with light presence of bitter orange, full-bodied, average carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, slightly raspy texture; in summary: fine
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, via Sébastien Bertrand (merci!) le 8 février 2025, savourée le 27 mars 2025; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, anneau et îlots de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : chocolat, épices, très léger tabac, alcool, léger fruité, léger cèdre; bouche : chocolat, épices, alcool, léger fruité, très léger cèdre, léger chaleur d’alcool, caramel, amertume, orange, finale en chocolat avec légère présence d’orange amère, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, via Sébastien Bertrand (merci!) le 8 février 2025, savourée le 27 mars 2025; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, anneau et îlots de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : chocolat, épices, très léger tabac, alcool, léger fruité, léger cèdre; bouche : chocolat, épices, alcool, léger fruité, très léger cèdre, léger chaleur d’alcool, caramel, amertume, orange, finale en chocolat avec légère présence d’orange amère, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2025
at 20:46