Rain Shadow
(has 8 batches)
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.90
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A brooding, heavyweight stout, crammed with intense, deep roast specialty malts.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle at home 2016. That was just too much! It was very tasty and had an excellent mouth feel, but was dominated by a huge, strong coffee flavour. It meant that it was a bit one dimensional and it was so thick and strong in flavour that I struggled to finish the glass. I feel that it is a beer that needs a few years in the bottle to mature, perhaps calm down a bit and develop some secondary and tertiary flavours
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2017
at 06:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Ratebeer Best. Pours black with medium tan head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, wood, dark fruit. Medium body, roast, dark chocolate, licorice, bitter finish, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Feb 2017
at 16:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Archer Road Beer Stop, Sheffield. Very dark, chestnut brown. Film and ring of sticky, leggy, tan head. Nose has liquorice. Soy sauce. Dark chocolate. Some split wood. Some creosote. Big on the savoury. Taste is fairly sweet, in a treacly kind of way. Chewy, robust mouthfeel. Bitter, chewy, savoury finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2017
at 18:14
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black oily pour. Aroma has chocolate, creamy roasted malt, mocha coffee and licorice. Rich flavor of creamy chocolate, licorice, coffee, bitter fruity hop and mocha. Absolutely delicious, but the old recipe was perhaps even a bit better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2017
at 15:54
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, courtesy of DerA. Pours dark brown. Aroma is mostly chocolate, some tar, coffee and liquorice, yet all not overwhelmingly strong. Body is super bitter, but also with a nice sweetness. Roasty throughout. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2017
at 14:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ tasting shared by Joes. Opaque black color, small brown color. Smell and taste malts, lightly roast, dark malts, slightly earthy, nice malt bitter, bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2017
at 14:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle (from etre gourmet). Pours black with brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roast, malt. Flavor is sweet and bitter, roast, nutty notes, malt, coffee. Finish is sweet and roast bitter with some dryness. Overall: good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2016
at 18:34