7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
22 oz. bottle, pours jet black with a tiny tan head. Aroma is intense, with deep roasted barley, molasses, largely fermented out dark sugars, and moderately bourbony oak barrels. Flavour is extremely massive, with sludgy roasted malt, subdued bourbon, somewhat fermented out dark sugars, and plenty of oak. Rather sludgy palate; the barrels come through more as oak than bourbon, and the finish is somewhat rough. It's good, but less so than the Hellshire average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2023
at 05:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 650mL bottle. Black with small dark tan head. Vanilla, booze, mild chocolate, enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2023
at 05:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Inky, medium brown body, no head. The aroma is honeyish and raisiny. Comes across like it's going to be really sticky. A fair bit of barrel on there. Not actually much stout character. On the palate, tannic, but very much that honey stickiness. Light vanilla, oaky, boozy, figs and other fruit notes. It's burly...the sugars kind of point in the direction of being refined, but this is not even close to refined. The alcohol dries the throat, and the tannins dry the tongue. Again, there's not much imperial stout character here; it's definitely more of a barley wine. Almost chaotic.
Tried
on 29 Dec 2023
at 05:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
16 oz. can, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma reveals piney hops, some resins, and toasted bready caramel. Flavour is quite malty for a west coast, with lots of bready malt, toasted dry caramel, and resinous hops. Quite malty on the finish with a substantial hop character. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2023
at 06:08
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 650mL bottle. Dark brown with no head. Bourbon, vanilla, dark fruit, solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2023
at 04:09
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22oz @ Matt's (thx for the bottle, man!) shared with Phill and other Matt's friends. Appearance: very dark copper with a weak beige head. Aroma: loads of American oak, quite sweet, candies, some dark fruits, chocolate. Taste: along the same lines, some booze, moderately sweet, lots of candies and oak. Overall: good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2023
at 23:37
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany with almost no head. Aroma is loaded with complex bourbon barrels, brown sugar, molasses, and vanillin. Flavour is extremely rich, with intense bourbon barrels, vanillin, molasses, brown sugar, and caramel. Wonderful complexity, with super complex bourbon and brown sugar. Lovely, elegant BA barley wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2023
at 23:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Inky black, no head. The aroma is balanced chocolate and vanilla. On the palate, lots of vanilla, it goes on, with a nice barrel character, again lots of nice chocolate. That's really some of the nicest vanilla character, and of course the base is damn fine.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2023
at 07:21
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
22 oz. bottle, pours jet black with a small brown head. Aroma is rich and decadent, with big bourbon barrels, alcohol, some vanilla, and molasses. Flavour is extremely intense, with complex vanilla beans, big bourbon barrels, and molasses. The booze can definitely be felt, though it's integrated well. The vanilla bean complexity is sure nice, melding well with the barrels. Massive stout -- very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2023
at 07:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from 650mL bottle. Very dark brown with almost no beige head. Vanilla, mild whiskey, feint chocolate, decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2023
at 07:18