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Black Creek
Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
- From:
- Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
- Mississippi, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.85 | pDev: 10.65%
- Reviews:
- 23
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 29, 2017
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2013
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 15
Black Creek is a Southern-style imperial stout producing aromas of dark chocolate and coffee, with a complexity of roasted barley and caramel flavors on the palate.
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Ratings by atlbravsrno1:
Rated by atlbravsrno1 from Maine
4/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 04, 2015
4/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Jul 04, 2015
More User Ratings:
Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
3.16/5 rDev -17.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev -17.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Rating from notes on a bottle taken in Spring 2015:
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
May 29, 2017C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Reviewed by basaywhat from Illinois
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle. Pours deep black with ruby highlights and a small firm tan head. Aroma of the roasted malt is most dominant, with a bit of toffee. Flavor is rich and malty.
May 10, 2017Reviewed by avalon07 from South Carolina
3.81/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L: Poured from a bottle to a pint glass. Had a black color and a thick consistency. There was a two inch, creamy / fizzy, tan-colored head that lasted an average amount of time. Not much lacing.
S: A pretty good aroma of coffee, malt, and some chocolate as well.
T: Tasted of a good amount of coffee, a bit of dark malt, a hint of chocolate (not quite enough), and some caramel in the finish. The flavor here is a solid one, but it isn't quite as potent as it should be. The coffee takes center stage, but could have been more pronounced. Nonetheless, it's a decent taste.
F: A well-carbonated beer with a smooth finish. Medium- to full-bodied.
O: Black Creek is a likable enough stout, but it has its flaws. Worth a look, though.
Jul 01, 2016S: A pretty good aroma of coffee, malt, and some chocolate as well.
T: Tasted of a good amount of coffee, a bit of dark malt, a hint of chocolate (not quite enough), and some caramel in the finish. The flavor here is a solid one, but it isn't quite as potent as it should be. The coffee takes center stage, but could have been more pronounced. Nonetheless, it's a decent taste.
F: A well-carbonated beer with a smooth finish. Medium- to full-bodied.
O: Black Creek is a likable enough stout, but it has its flaws. Worth a look, though.
Reviewed by Squire from Mississippi
3.79/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.79/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: As black as the name, large volume cap, little lacing.
Aroma: Dark roasted malt, some toffee, little hops.
Taste: Pretty good, like what Guiness used to be. Roasted malt with little hop influence, richly flavored in the dark chocolate sense without actually tasting like chocolate. There is a sense of sweetness mid palate that is overtaken by roasty malt which lasts through to the finish with a lingering roast malt bitterness.
Texture: Not as heavy as one might expect but certainly no lightweight.
Overall: Likeable without being memorable. It has the heft of flavor one expects from an Imperial Stout and should please fans of that style. Good candidate for the buy local ticket.
May 17, 2016Aroma: Dark roasted malt, some toffee, little hops.
Taste: Pretty good, like what Guiness used to be. Roasted malt with little hop influence, richly flavored in the dark chocolate sense without actually tasting like chocolate. There is a sense of sweetness mid palate that is overtaken by roasty malt which lasts through to the finish with a lingering roast malt bitterness.
Texture: Not as heavy as one might expect but certainly no lightweight.
Overall: Likeable without being memorable. It has the heft of flavor one expects from an Imperial Stout and should please fans of that style. Good candidate for the buy local ticket.
Reviewed by NolaHopHead from Louisiana
3.86/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle, 2014 vintage. Pours black with towering foamy head, required slow patient pour. Aroma is sweet chocolate, fruity cherries. Taste is sweet chocolate and coffee, the fruitcake fruitiness is in the taste as well. Thin bubbly mouthfeel and very dry finish. Ok stout, a little different, disappointed in the feel.
Jan 16, 2016Reviewed by delta490 from Virginia
3.71/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a deep brown with a slight reddish tint. The head pours out massive; too much so, actually. It's light tan and loosely foamy. It has good retention and leaves a nice sheet of soapy lacing that slides back into the glass. The aroma is light roastiness with a little boozy sweetness. The taste is good, nothing mind blowing. It has sweetness initially but it's quickly replaced with deep roasted malt. The body is thin and a little tingly.
2014 edition
Dec 05, 20152014 edition
Reviewed by barczar from Kentucky
3.66/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
2013 vintage.
Aroma is lightly boozy and roasty, with a touch of sherry. Moderate nutty malt notes surface.
Flavor is chocolatey and roasty, with a nutty, toasted malt backbone and rounded with moderate sherry oxidation. There's a touch of a buttery finish.
Oct 03, 2015Aroma is lightly boozy and roasty, with a touch of sherry. Moderate nutty malt notes surface.
Flavor is chocolatey and roasty, with a nutty, toasted malt backbone and rounded with moderate sherry oxidation. There's a touch of a buttery finish.
Reviewed by pagriley from Illinois
3.64/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce into snifter
L - pours somewhat translucent with a very effervesent vigorous foam - over-carbed
S - Hints of chocolate, coffee and dark malt
T - Soft and chocolatey
F - Medium light bodied, a touch prickly, but ok
Overall a decent beer - nothing special, but good.
Sep 15, 2015L - pours somewhat translucent with a very effervesent vigorous foam - over-carbed
S - Hints of chocolate, coffee and dark malt
T - Soft and chocolatey
F - Medium light bodied, a touch prickly, but ok
Overall a decent beer - nothing special, but good.
Reviewed by Tone from Missouri
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a black color. 1/4 inch head of a tan color. Decent retention and slight lacing. Smells of sweet malt, roasted malt, slight alcohol, hint of yeast, and a slight hop. Fits the style of an American Double / Imperial Stout. Mouth feel is sharp and clean, with an average carbonation level. Tastes of roasted malt, sweet malt, slight alcohol, slight wood, slight yeast, and hops. Overall, weak appearance, good aroma, body, and great blend,
Jul 21, 2015
Black Creek from Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
112 ratings
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