Black Magick
Voodoo Brewing Company

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From:
Voodoo Brewing Company
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
Ranked #1,106
ABV:
15%
Score:
93
Ranked #3,092
Avg:
4.2 | pDev: 12.14%
Reviews:
203
Ratings:
323
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 30, 2023
Added:
Jul 05, 2006
Wants:
  394
Gots:
  71
This is an Imperial Stout that is of great strength and complexity. We then gently age that beer in Elaigh Craig 13 1/2 year old Bourbon Barrels for 6 months to 1 yr. and then primed and bottled to bottle condition for continued aging and celler life. Black Magick should be able to be aged up to about 5 years, to heighten the complexity and smooth nature of this beer.

First Black Magick brewed in Feb 2007. Released 2009. = 15% ABV

Second Black Magick brewed in 2009 and released 2011. = 15.5% ABV
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Ratings by Overlord:
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Reviewed by Overlord from California

3.28/5  rDev -21.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Thanks to JWelsh for the trade!

Pours black with, startling enough, kind of a ruddy bit of foam around the edges. Interesting, and unexpected. No real head. Just a thin crust of foam.

Smells like booze soaked dark fruits along with booze and bourbon soaked booze booze booze booze. And there's maybe some chocolate, oak, and vanilla in there. And booze. You can smell the bourbon from five feet away.

Taste is one of the most alcohol laden beers I can ever recall consuming. I've had stouts of 10-13% that hid their ABV much better than this 15% monster. It's like a souped up Kentucky Bourbon Stout. Big bourbon, chocolatey/roasted malt, and dark fruits galore, with some vanilla and oak to round it out. I'm actually surprised that the main characteristic of this flavor is the dark fruit, rather than chocolate, coffee, or the more typical double stout panoply. Fairly disappointing aroma/flavor package due to the heat.

Mouthfeel is, surprisingly, neither that thick, nor "chewy." It's not watery, mind you, but I was expecting a syrup.

Drinkable? Yeah ... for me maybe. But for me, it's a full-time thing (name that movie!).
Jan 28, 2009
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

4.01/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Super black, thin brown head. Aroma was bourbon for sure, but really hot like they dumped some actual bourbon into the beer itself.

Taste actually wasn't hot, good amount of chocolate malt yielding toffee like flavors and barrel goodness. Pretty impressive mouthfeel to hide this amount of heat. Dare I even call this underrated.
Dec 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.1 by wethorseblanket from California

Sep 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by BDeibs from Colorado

Jun 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by GRG1313 from California

Jun 07, 2015
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Rated by Wowcoolman from California

4.18/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Still drinking well, showing some Sherry (oxidized) notes.
Jun 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by drewone from California

Jun 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4.29 by blacknyellow20 from Ohio

May 27, 2015