Subsidiaries
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
473mL can, pours an opaque muddy dark mahogany brown with a small beige head. Nose is somewhat syrupy, with lots of caramel, lightly tart, sweet red wine, some bourbon, and a muddy earthiness. Flavour is cloyingly sweet, with plenty of bubblegum, caramel, toffee, tons of sugars, and subdued red wine and bourbon barrels. Way too sickly sweet, which drowns out anything else about this. Agreed with the other ratings -- the blend with the quad doesn't seem to have been a good move. Messy, sweet, and thus difficult to drink.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2023
at 03:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz @ Ryan's. Appearance: dark copper with a tan head. Aroma: caramel, dark fruits, some barrel notes. Taste: along the same lines, a bit boozy. Finished with weird bitterness. Overall: meh.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2023
at 07:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Poured from 473mL can. Amber with small beige head. Oak, bubble gum, port, hint of dark fruits, just a mess of throwing spaghetii at the wall to see what stuck and guess what.... nothing... nothing did... it just left a big mess.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2023
at 06:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber-brown colour. Not much head. Fruity, orangey but also a little bit vegetal. Some toffeeish sugars on the nose as well. Some bubblegum phenol stuff, too, which is unfortunate. So they're trying to add a little something to a dullish (but not too bad) bw, and it kind of messes with the whole balance. Comes across harsh and with an odd sense of balance. Probably wasn't a great bw, even with the treatments, but adding the phenol bomb didn't help at all. Should have just rode it out without the blending, honestly. I don't think they asked the right questions here.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2023
at 06:35
8/10
Tried
on 05 Mar 2023
at 02:59
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from 650mL bottle @ Weathered 2023. Hazed gold with small white head. Some honey and slightly Bready malt. Inoffensive, but nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2023
at 07:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from the brewery, through Agatha
Dark brown colour, near black. The dominant character is caramel and burnt sugar, not much depth; good body strength, also hiding the alcohol quite well; some spirit, may be the barrel; a touch of roast in the finish, and some late alcohol warmth.
It's ok, but overpriced.
Dark brown colour, near black. The dominant character is caramel and burnt sugar, not much depth; good body strength, also hiding the alcohol quite well; some spirit, may be the barrel; a touch of roast in the finish, and some late alcohol warmth.
It's ok, but overpriced.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2023
at 10:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from the brewery, through Agatha
Dark colour, near black. Nice aroma of chocolate, mild rum. It's a bit thin and dry when compared with most Imperial Stouts available nowadays, but it has a good chocolate flavour; the finish is sadly even thinner; maybe a tad metallic too.
Good, but overpriced.
Dark colour, near black. Nice aroma of chocolate, mild rum. It's a bit thin and dry when compared with most Imperial Stouts available nowadays, but it has a good chocolate flavour; the finish is sadly even thinner; maybe a tad metallic too.
Good, but overpriced.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2023
at 10:01
7/10
Decent, not spectacular. Coffee is gentle.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2023
at 05:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
473 ml can. Pours a dark brown with fizzy head that settles quickly. Aromas of rich chocolate and slick roasted malts. Flavors of somewhat vegetal green and roasted peppers, dusty chocolate and roasted malts. Thin for these adjuncts.
Earlier Rating: 12/25/2021 Total Score: 3.5
473 ml can. Pours a dark brown worth moderate head that settles quickly. Aromas of thin chocolate, roasted peppers and roasted malts. Flavours of dark dusty chocolate, roasted peppers and dry roasted malts. Nice hot spicy finish.
Earlier Rating: 12/25/2021 Total Score: 3.5
473 ml can. Pours a dark brown worth moderate head that settles quickly. Aromas of thin chocolate, roasted peppers and roasted malts. Flavours of dark dusty chocolate, roasted peppers and dry roasted malts. Nice hot spicy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2023
at 23:55