Subsidiaries
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown. Lots of bourbon, no head, sticky sweet, cactus barrel, but generally good. The kind of beer that was good 10 years ago but fades with time.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2026
at 17:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown, fruity, boozy, sticky, what I miss is a sense of purpose. It’s a big, reasonably complex beer, but I am unconvinced of the details.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2026
at 17:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown. Fruity, boozy, orangey, pears, the cognac barrel is rocking, the base maybe showing some crystal malt.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2026
at 17:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown, no head, nice bourbon, rich chocolate and sweet dark malt, the bourbon is heavy but comes across well here, high quality.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2026
at 17:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown, thin head, big cinnamon and vanilla nose, similar taste but of course cinnamon smells better than it tastes. Good stout backdrop. Nice pastry character on this.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2026
at 16:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sweet, some toast, some alcohol, maple, coffee, maybe ginger. Comes together reasonably well.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2026
at 16:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dullish and cloudy, has a deep fruity character, juicy, strong, plenty of sweet malt.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2026
at 16:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: black in color with a finger and a quarter of khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: milk chocolate, vanilla, dark chocolate, dark fruits, some muddled earthy spices; molasses, light honey, sweet woody/barrel
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine variety of sweetness tones, those light earthy spices slide in underneath (they seem too muddled for me to tell what they actually were); finishes chocolatey with sweet barrel and molasses-like tones
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper; pretty smooth along the tongue and some light touches of barrel trying to show super light assertive vibes on the tongue
Overall: a nicely done barrel impy stout I would welcome again!
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: black in color with a finger and a quarter of khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: milk chocolate, vanilla, dark chocolate, dark fruits, some muddled earthy spices; molasses, light honey, sweet woody/barrel
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine variety of sweetness tones, those light earthy spices slide in underneath (they seem too muddled for me to tell what they actually were); finishes chocolatey with sweet barrel and molasses-like tones
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper; pretty smooth along the tongue and some light touches of barrel trying to show super light assertive vibes on the tongue
Overall: a nicely done barrel impy stout I would welcome again!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2026
at 14:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: milk chocolate, spearmint, black licorice, light molasses-like tones; confectioner sugar
Flavor: that minty sweet to underlying spicy-like vibe with the milk chocolate - I believe I get what they're trying to do; finishes like a peppermint paddy to me
Texture: about medium bodied - maybe a touch under; good as a sipper: good smoothness to this beer
Overall: while I've talked with some of my friends who have had this beer and they say this tastes like toothpaste, to me, it's more like a peppermint paddy
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: milk chocolate, spearmint, black licorice, light molasses-like tones; confectioner sugar
Flavor: that minty sweet to underlying spicy-like vibe with the milk chocolate - I believe I get what they're trying to do; finishes like a peppermint paddy to me
Texture: about medium bodied - maybe a touch under; good as a sipper: good smoothness to this beer
Overall: while I've talked with some of my friends who have had this beer and they say this tastes like toothpaste, to me, it's more like a peppermint paddy
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2026
at 14:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: dark pink to glossy red sort of color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet to tart cherries; slight oaky sweetness; light lemon sweetness; with some tart character
Flavor: leads with the tart then has a slight sweet character of the cherries in there; lemon doesn't show up as strong here; finishes mostly with the tart cherries
Texture: light to medium bodied; good as a sipper; some smoothness but also light tart fixtures embrace the tongue in a semi-assertive way
Overall: nicely done cherry tart ale I would welcome again.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: dark pink to glossy red sort of color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet to tart cherries; slight oaky sweetness; light lemon sweetness; with some tart character
Flavor: leads with the tart then has a slight sweet character of the cherries in there; lemon doesn't show up as strong here; finishes mostly with the tart cherries
Texture: light to medium bodied; good as a sipper; some smoothness but also light tart fixtures embrace the tongue in a semi-assertive way
Overall: nicely done cherry tart ale I would welcome again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2026
at 14:19