Obscura Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Galway Bay Brewery in Oranmore, Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
6.81
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Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with spices
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @MBCC 2025, Green Session. Black, tan head. Cinnamon, chili and heavy dark malty aroma. Chili and cinnamon, rich sweet dark malty flavour.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Sep 2025
at 15:08
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at MBCC 2025 (Green session), pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has lots of spirit barrels and some moderate malt. Flavour has way too much spirit, which ruins everything else. Bad perfumey barrel character I can’t get past.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2025
at 18:08
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at MBCC 2025, green session. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Toasted bread, crusts and cinnamon on the nose. Flavour has cinnamon, toasted bread, rye, boozy finish. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 May 2025
at 18:13
6/10
Draught @ MBCC '25 [ Green 🟩 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250524]
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 21:01
6/10
Draught @ MBCC '25 [ Green 🟩 Session 🧙♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250524]
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 21:01
7/10
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 19:20
7/10
MBCC 2025. Session #4.
Cinnamon, spices, heavy, sweet. Ok, too too much spices.
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Cinnamon, spices, heavy, sweet. Ok, too too much spices.
8☆3☆7☆4☆14》36
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 18:49
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
MBCC. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and spicy. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. 240525
Tried
on 24 May 2025
at 17:34
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2025
at 17:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
24/5/2025. Draft at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen. Green session.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2025
at 17:06