Buxton Brewery Rain Shadow

Rain Shadow

 

Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.90
ABV: 11.5% IBU: 75 Ticks: 256
A brooding, heavyweight stout, crammed with intense, deep roast specialty malts.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Had this after having three single barrel rain shadows with my brother and girlfriend. Pours very dark, almost no head. Aroma is intense dark malts, with loads of coffee, dark chocolate, roasted barley. Full-bodied and thick oily mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, lots of burnt sugar, caramel and dark malts. Very dark chocolate, dark roast coffee, some vanilla. A bit heavy on those specialty malts imho, but still good.

Tried from Can on 28 Dec 2022 at 21:20


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can. Close to black body under a fine brown head. Strong and nice aroma of dark malt, dark chocolate, roasted coffee, dry fruit and warming alcohol. Taste is sweet, dark roasted malt, dark, sweet chocolate, coffee, cocoa, warming alcohol and pleasant bitterness. Full bodied with long lasting aftertaste. Very nice.

Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2022 at 18:05


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Well stored bottle, tasted November 2022. Pitch black body under a moderate sized beige head. Aroma has dark malt, vanilla and coffee. Taste is super smooth, soft dark malt, medium sweet, coffee, dark chocolate, balanced bitterness and mils, warming alcohol. Fine body with long lasing aftertaste. Solid, smooth and very nice indeed.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2022 at 15:20


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Black, brown head. Tobacco and chocolate up front. Mid sweet with medium to full body and rounded mouthfeel. Chocolate cake, licorice and madeira. Mid bitter finish. Solid and well made.

Tried on 16 Oct 2022 at 20:14


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

A black beer, a head is medium and brown. Aroma has salt liquorice, liquorice, chocolate, barrel, bourbon, hint of dried fruits. Taste has salt liquorice, barrel, light bourbon and roastiness, some prune, richness of malts. Full bodied, but not stickyness. Great beer, powerfull, intensive and balanced. Over 3 years old but still in brilliant condition.

Tried on 28 Aug 2022 at 13:41


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Appearance: Very dark brown, light tan head. Aroma: Dark malt, roasted, chocolate and coffee. Taste: Dark malt, dark fruits. Quite roasted, bit of coffee. Bought: Courtesy of Nordcore, 330 ml Info: 20/7-2022, BB: 16/11-2022

Tried on 21 Jul 2022 at 15:07


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

Black with a medium light brown head. A roasted malt aroma, with chocolate, dried fruit with some wooden barrels end. Sweet with a warm roasted malt, dried fruit and some oil ending. ASM

Tried on 20 Jul 2022 at 22:31


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Creamy excellent mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried on 05 Jul 2022 at 09:00


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Aus der Flasche (bottled 06.07.2016 / bbe 06.07.2021) im 2016-09 getrunken. Dieses Stout mit braun-schwarzer Schaumkrone erschlägt einem fast mit seiner Röst-Bitterkeit. Es ist so als ob man in geröstete Kaffeebohnen beißt und dann zerkaut. Leider fehlt hier jegliche Balance und die BItterkeit sorgt für kein Spaß im Glas. 7/4/3/2/6 Aus der Flasche (bottled 06.07.2016 / bbe 06.07.2021) im 2022-04 getrunken. Diese nun fast 6 Jahre alte Kaffeebohnen-Monster ist deutlich gezähmter und auch wenn es deutlich nach kalten Kaffee schmeckt rundet im Hintergrund ein feines Schokoladen-Aroma das Stout ab. Die Röst-Bitterkeit ist nun sehr gut eingebunden und ist sehr stimmig zum Aroma. Jetzt ist es ein gutes Stout. 7/4/7/4/10

Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2022 at 14:21


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Thin brown head left a spotty cover on a still black body. Aniseed, malt & boozed up aroma. Full bodied, soft, smooth & cloying. Malt, chocolate, liquorice, smokey & brandy tastes with tangy finish. Big hitter.

Tried on 16 Feb 2022 at 22:15