Rain Shadow
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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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
440ml can from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk. A deep black body under a fawn-coloured head blanketing the glass. Dark malty aromas, well roasted with scent of liquorice and black chocolate. Well blended malt-driven taste of liquorice, grainy chocolate and a twist of dark fruits. Smoothly roasted finish. Does not taste the strong. A nice one. (Rating session at Finn's place, with djoeye and Finn, Tromsø 18.02.2021).
Tried
from Can
on 19 Feb 2021
at 09:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Spandert av Rune. Delt med ham & djoeye på Nerstranda. Svart. Lavt mokkafarget filmskum. Nøttearoma. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken lakris, lær & sjokolade.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2021
at 17:13
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Can at home from Buxton online. A dense jet black coloured pour with a lasting dark tan creamy head. Aroma is rich salty roast, black liquorice, dark choc, light farmyard note. Flavour is composed of super rich cakey malts, burnt figgy pud, dark chocolate, liquorice, robust earthy roast. roast. Flavour is composed of full bodies, creamy, smooth, fine carbonation, velvety. Super rich, hides the abv very well. Supurb.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2021
at 23:34
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can, via the brewery online shop. 330ml, which is very sensible. I’m all for it. Pours nicely oily, very dark mahogany brown. Sits nearly black in the glass. Fine and dense, lasting, leggy, tan head. Nose has dark chocolate malt. Sweet vine fruit. Light roast coffee bean. Bit of a cherry truffle thing. Taste has a dark chocolate sweetness to start, with a robust, chocolatey, vinous, burnt toast bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel with soft carbonation suggests a way lower ABV. Lingering chocolate bitterness to finish. Pastry-less blinder.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2021
at 23:11
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from my brother, thanks! Opened on a Monday, the day you need a beer the most. Very dark with a fine bubbled brown head. Super toasted notes, cacao, light soy, molasses, very powerful nose. Flavor is a silky sweet dessert at first, then follows up with a massive coffee-like roasted finish of smooth bitterness that balances the sugars. One of the best stouts I've had this winter.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2021
at 20:58
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
440 ml can, from Vinmonopolet Bryne. ABV is 10.0%. Pitch black colour, large to moderate tan head. Nice aroma of roast malts, coffee, dark chocolate. Distinctly roasty flavour, medium sweet, notes of coffee and dark chocolate again, hints of vanilla and liquorice, medium bitter finish. Very good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jan 2021
at 04:04
7/10
can at home... Jan 2021... dark black.. small tan head... soft sweet mellow earthy chocolate roast malts nose and... earthy ch.. Light funk... dark chocolate.... big ross... quite bitter
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2021
at 18:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Taster at home courtesy of Saeglopur, big thanks. black color, small coffee colored head. smells bourbon, vanilla, toffee, earthy, some figs, light chocolate, some coffee, hints of some peat. very nice smell. full body, light carbonation. tastes of light peat, coffee, caramel, vanilla, nutty, marzipan, earthy, peppery, bitter chocolate, bit soy sauceish, tobacco. finishes lightly roasty bitter / sweet with notes of soy sauce, peppery and tobacco notes. very nice one, lovely balance, a lot going on, bit too heavy on the oxidation notes for me though.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2021
at 17:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330 ml bottle from Etre Groumet, bottled 24 June 19. Black body, with a medium, dense, creamy, coffee-colored head. Beautiful aroma of dark chocolate fudge, bourbon, soy sauce, coffee, tobacco, some dark fruits, slight vanilla. Tastes quite similar, with more ashy notes. Full, oily mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation. Finishes wooden, medium roasty, a bit sweet, a bit ashy, with dark chocolate, coffee, bourbon, tobacco, some soy sauce. Tasty! Rich and complex, with the bourbon barrel perfectly integrated. Beautiful dark chocolate notes throughout, balanced by diverse roasty notes. Once again an outstanding barrel aged Impy by Buxton. Score: 9 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 17
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2020
at 20:29
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Smell of coffee. Dark brown colour, dark brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, some oak, coffee. Bitter, medium sweet. Thick texture. Intense flavours.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2020
at 20:11