6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500mL bottle. Pours very deep brown with small beige head. Aroma has vanilla, pepper, cocoa, cinnamon. Flavour has vanilla, gentle cocoa, cinnamon, some bourbon. The habanero results in an astringent finish. Fairly smooth mouthfeel. Not bad, but the habanero is messing up the aroma and flavour of the beer. The profile is just really weird and not really working for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2024
at 06:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 6
500mL bottle. Pours black with minimal tan head. Aroma has balsamic, blackberries, rye whiskey, and dough. Flavour has a ton of balsamic vinegar up front, tart blackberries. The nose is pretty pleasant, but the flavour is a mess with way too much acidity. Also surprisingly thin for a high ABV stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2024
at 03:23
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml @ Matt's new place. Appearance: dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: lots of blackberry seeds that remind me of cinnamon, some barrel. Taste: along the same lines, roasty bitterness, some acidity, good body. Not really balanced. Overall: it's weird and not very good, but not very bad either.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2023
at 04:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 500mL bottle. Very dark brown with small tan head. Jammy blackberry balsamic. Not egregious like some of the others think. It's fine. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2023
at 04:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown. No head. Some rye barrel up front, but then there's a blackberry that comes in. It has some tartness, lots of blackberry, not sure where the stout comes into play here. Some sugars. A bit of chocolate, but it's probably better as a cooking beer...you could do a lot with this in the kitchen.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2023
at 04:31
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is full of balsamic, tart blackberries, and maybe some miscellaneous barrels. Flavour is jammy, with intense balsamic glaze, tart blackberries, and weird doughnut notes. I mean, it's not awful, but why makes such a thing? What a travesty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2023
at 04:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle sample at the 2023 Mondial de la Biere. Hazy to cloudy golden amber color, few bubbles. Aroma of stonefruit and berries. Taste is very tart almost acetic, with tannins
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2023
at 00:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can, courtesy of Sergey
Dark brown colour, it seems opaque. Aroma of chocolate, earth, spirit. It's full bodied, sweet, dark chocolate, a sour fruit touch that adds dynamics, warming alcohol. This is rich, and very good.
Dark brown colour, it seems opaque. Aroma of chocolate, earth, spirit. It's full bodied, sweet, dark chocolate, a sour fruit touch that adds dynamics, warming alcohol. This is rich, and very good.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2023
at 10:02
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
16oz (thx, Brian C.!) @ Alex's. Appearance: dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: nice bourbon, chocolate, some vanilla character, maybe some fruity acidity from cherries. Taste: along the same lines, noticeable bourbon and American oak, chocolate, vanilla notes, definitely some cherries but they are nicely integrated. Overall: very nice. Last 3 beers I've had from the brewery forced me to change my mind about it. I avoided it for a couple of years but I am glad to get back to it after Brian expressed his opinion regarding the quality of the recent releases.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2023
at 02:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can, courtesy of Sergey
Dark brown, near black, very small head. Aroma of vanilla, old wood, chocolate. Thick mouthfeel, it's very sweet; flavour of brown sugar, caramel sauce, vanilla, light sour note, old wood, very light tobacco; smacking lips.
It's rich, very good.
Dark brown, near black, very small head. Aroma of vanilla, old wood, chocolate. Thick mouthfeel, it's very sweet; flavour of brown sugar, caramel sauce, vanilla, light sour note, old wood, very light tobacco; smacking lips.
It's rich, very good.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2022
at 20:57