8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
473mL can. Pours black with no head. Chewy dark sugars, bourbon, rum, coffee, cacao, and a touch of cinnamon on the nose. Flavour has a very rich malt profile, dark sugars, good roast, earthy coffee and dark chocolate, notes of cinnamon and vanilla, a light touch of chili heat; huge bourbon and rum barrels. The base is great and the barrels and adjuncts are well integrated. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2026
at 00:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black with a small foamy beige head. Roasty with strong cherry and faint coffee. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
from
D's Six Pax & Dogz - Regent Square
on 22 Apr 2026
at 20:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Black pour. Thin tan head. Espresso, blackberry, hint of vanilla, and raisins. Coffee palate.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Run
on 22 Apr 2026
at 00:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Coffee and prune nose. Black, thin tan head. Espresso, raisin. Full body, easy carbonation. Not too fruity, thankfully.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Run
on 21 Apr 2026
at 23:47
8.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Pint can pours with a dark chocolate colored body that supports a mocha colored head of foam. The aroma offers up an inviting blend of vanilla, chocolate and nutty coffee pulling up into increasing levels of boozy heat. The taste is indeed velvety with chocolate to slick dark chocolate near ponderous rich vanilla goodness. To midway the barrel treatment begins to kick in with boozy yet fairly smooth bourbon barrel slowing giving ground to dark roasted coffee and a blend of coffee nuttiness. Into the finish the coffee lingers as the boozy heat begins to warm the innards. What a fun sipper.
Tried
from Can
at
AleSmith Brewing Company
on 21 Apr 2026
at 04:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
US Pint can (last one of the mixed four pack, from Baron's Market, Temecula), drank on 19th April 2026. Black with a tanned roof. Fairly bitter and almost sour blackberry start, gets sweeter as you attack it. Can't decide if it's the best of the 2025 series, or the worst.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2026
at 19:00
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Top 50 for the style. Breaking this out to celebrate Flyers 3-2 game one playoff win against the hated Penguins! 16 ounce can from Tavour. Jet black pour. Small tan head dissipates to a creamy cap. Aromas of dark roasted malt, coffee, oak and whiskey. Initial sip brings joyous notes of dark coffee, rye malt and dark chocolate. Quickly followed by notes of oak, whiskey, vanilla and chocolate ganache. Remarkably smooth and complex for such a big brew. The warmer this gets, the better it tastes. Well done!
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 19 Apr 2026
at 04:13
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very dark brown. So much vanilla and wafer flies out of the glass and smacks you in the face. Some coffee, but this is a fairly unsubtle beer. On the palate, the balance is really good though. Coffee, some barrel, alcohol, all of which smacks up against the over the top vanilla character. It's a weird mix of refined vs unrefined.
Tried
from Can
at
AleSmith Brewing Company
on 18 Apr 2026
at 20:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can @Luppolo Station (Rome). Nera, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma molto scura, bruna intensa, a bolle grossolane, non molto persistente. Naso tendenzialmente di cacao amaro e caffè, con notte sottili di nocciola. In bocca ha un attacco cioccolatoso, prosegue caffettosa, leggermente etilica, caramello salato, leggero residuo zuccherino (burro d'arachidi). Corpo pieno ma leggermente inferiore alle attese, non lunghissima, carbonazione medio-leggera. Non male, ma le Speedway Stout di una volta (e in generale le Imperial Stout) erano un'altra cosa. A quanto un revival?
Tried
from Can
at
Luppolo Station
on 18 Apr 2026
at 12:56
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Thanks fonefan! Black colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is chocolate syrup, some mild toasted coconut, mild rubbery elements with some alcohol as well. Flavour is liquorice, mild coffee, chocolate syrup, toasted coconut, some alcohol and mild dried fruity cakey tones.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Apr 2026
at 19:54