Violins
Blackout Brewing in Cluj-Napoca, Nord-Vest, Romania 🇷🇴
Brewed at/by: Hophead BrewingStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.51
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6th anniversary Double Barreled imperial stout with vanilla beans.
Aged for 1 year in a maple bourbon barrel, then for another year in a Barton 1792 bourbon barrel.
A touch of oak acidity from the extra aging in barrels is present.
414 bottles in existence.
Brewed and cared for at Hophead.
Aged for 1 year in a maple bourbon barrel, then for another year in a Barton 1792 bourbon barrel.
A touch of oak acidity from the extra aging in barrels is present.
414 bottles in existence.
Brewed and cared for at Hophead.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Pours black with a small dark brown head.
Aroma features the barrels prominently, lots of bourbon, oak, dark chocolate, bit of maple and vanilla.
Taste is quite rich, loads of bourbon and oak, dark chocolate, liquorice, prominent savoury/umami note (soy?), a lot of maple sweetness, vanilla gets a bit lost, warming boozy finish though I wouldn't have guessed as high as 15%
Full bodied, smooth.
Aroma features the barrels prominently, lots of bourbon, oak, dark chocolate, bit of maple and vanilla.
Taste is quite rich, loads of bourbon and oak, dark chocolate, liquorice, prominent savoury/umami note (soy?), a lot of maple sweetness, vanilla gets a bit lost, warming boozy finish though I wouldn't have guessed as high as 15%
Full bodied, smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
from Left Field Beer
on 01 Mar 2026
at 02:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From bottle at Wild Festival 2025. Sweet, thick, syrupy, soy sauce, booze. Chocolate syrup, roasted malt, caramel. Sweet, warming, boozy. Quite nice, huge.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2025
at 11:11
8/10
Bottle in the Airbnb. Pours black, nose is vanilla, chocolate, coconut, raisin, funk, taste is sweet creamy vanilla, chocolate, roasted, some maple syrup, funk. 8/8=9/8/8
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2025
at 17:51