7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at ABR 2025. Pours a near black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy roast, dark grains and chocolate with a hint of vanilla. Flavor has growing dark grains and roast with vanilla, barrel and a bit of booze backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2025
at 21:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tao at the brewery. Pours a near clear pale yellow with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has light grass and graham cracker with straw and wheat supporting. Flavor has earthy grass and light wheat with some graham cracker and straw underlying.
Tried
from Draft
at
Surly Brewing Company
on 04 Oct 2025
at 23:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear straw yellow with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma is straw forward with growing hay and bit of lemon underlying. Flavor has earthy straw and hay with some leaves and a touch of lemon in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Surly Brewing Company
on 04 Oct 2025
at 22:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Surly. Pours a slightly hazy orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has mango and dank citrus with a bit of sweet onion supporting. Flavor has dank mango and citrus with grass, melon and some sweet grains supporting.
Tried
from Draft
at
Surly Brewing Company
on 04 Oct 2025
at 22:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Darkness Day. Pours black with a dark earthy brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has smoke and earthy dark grains with some roast and just touch of cherry underlying. Flavor combines smoke and sweet dark grains with some light peat coming through and a hint of roast.
Tried
from Draft
at
Surly Brewing Company
on 04 Oct 2025
at 21:28
8.4/10
LCI. Old school. Still holding up pretty well. Roasty coffee, chocolate, licorice. Boozy
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2025
at 11:13
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear pale gold with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has a decent amount of corn with straw, grains and a touch of hay underlying. Flavor is similar with corn through out, light grains, straw and a bit of hay in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Surly Brewing Company
on 21 Sep 2025
at 18:55
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Can thanks to Stuu's Chicago trip. Pours jet black with a thick beige head. Aromas of blackberry, molasses liquorice. Taste is blackberry, black cherry and liquorice. Smoky, tar, woody and boozy finish. Nice.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2025
at 12:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8
bottle at ashs ...dark black ..thin tan lacing . soft rich chocolate roast malts nose ...dark sweet chocolate roast ..heavy chocolate roast malts ...dark sweet rich chocolate roast ..woody chocolate roast malts..Light vanilla roast
Tried
on 08 Sep 2025
at 15:00
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Can thanks to Stuu's Chicago adventure.
Appearance - matt to jet black. Beige, crema head.
Nose - savoury, blackberry, molasses and an edge of liquorice.
Taste - blackberry, black cherry and liquorice. Smoky tar edge.
Palate - full bodied, lean, lightly woody and not boozy.
Overall - a very complex but elegant imperial stout.
Appearance - matt to jet black. Beige, crema head.
Nose - savoury, blackberry, molasses and an edge of liquorice.
Taste - blackberry, black cherry and liquorice. Smoky tar edge.
Palate - full bodied, lean, lightly woody and not boozy.
Overall - a very complex but elegant imperial stout.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2025
at 14:42