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From:
The Bruery
 
California, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
15.7%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.28 | pDev: 11.68%
Reviews:
19
Ratings:
130
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 05, 2022
Added:
Jan 15, 2014
Wants:
  137
Gots:
  35
This is Black Tuesday with Syrah grapes aged in French Oak barrels.
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Ratings by AkaFlash:
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Rated by AkaFlash from Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +16.8%

Apr 27, 2014
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Reviewed by SHODriver from North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A: Poured into a snifter to a black beer which is topped by a finger and a half of dense and slightly rocky light tan head which fades slowly to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing
S: Smells super jammy with some dark berry notes, touch of dark chocolate, hint of coffee, and some oak
T: Taste is dark berries and some dark chocolate, hints of roasted malt, a touch of coffee, licorice, and some nice oak. On the swallow there's more oak, dark chocolate, licorice, coffee and dark berries
M: This beer has a pretty full body with a slightly syrupy feel. Carbonation is light but more than adequate for the style while the beer has a drying finish due to the ABV.
O: Overall this is a really nice beer. This is balanced in flavor with some interesting nuances that make it a very enjoyable beer to drink. It would be nice to see them try to make this again
Mar 05, 2022
 
Rated: 3.75 by djrn2 from New Jersey

Feb 03, 2019
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Reviewed by rudzud from Massachusetts

3.97/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Finally split with JLindros.

A - Poured into a standard tulip a nice ruby mud no head but really phenomenal legs.

S - Aromas of nice juicy Syrah grapes, light chocolate, old almost stale beer.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with strong dark chocolate. Sticky sweet, little grape jelly, light wine notes.

M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, little sweet and sticky.

O -Overall this was a rather solid black Tuesday treatment. Interesting wine notes!

Serving Type: bottle
Aug 11, 2018
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

3.95/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Split with rudzud
No lacing, legs just stick forever, mud cola dark brown

Nose big candy grapes, reddish heavy grapes and wine, sweet brown malts, candy sugar, molasses, butterscotch toffee, little booze, Bruery old aged beer

Taste big heavy sweet malt, boozy alcohol syrupy, toffee candy butterscotch, molasses, big candy grape reddish port like wine, dark chocolate, booze tingle, little bitterness, chocolate mud

Mouth is thick syrupy heavy boozy, light carb but expected

Overall not bad, def aged maybe too much and wine is lighter but booze might be lighter too
Aug 11, 2018
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.63/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours black like a Black Tuesday, but as you move toward the edge, you see dark brown and eventually dark red if held up to the light. Aroma was Black Tuesday and some funky grape must.

Taste was definitely more bitter than Black Tuesday. It wasn't a hop derived bitterness, but the grape just took away from the Black Tuesday boozy smoothness I was used to. Perhaps the French Oak contributed to drying it out and making it a little more bitter. Then again, the beer probably is closed to 100ibu anyways. A little bit of a licorice in taste and bitterness, could do without that. Big red wine notes that are unique with this one. Its kind of overload, while I can appreciate the uniqueness and massiveness, it just is too much at once, the tannins, the french oak, the bourbon, too many port notes in the end. I still have another so maybe I'll like it more next time.
Nov 23, 2017
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Reviewed by M-Fox24 from New Jersey

4.24/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottled: 11/22/13
Opened: 11/22/17

A: Pours black with brown, reddish highlights. Off-white head is minimal, with little retention, and no lacing

S: Bursting with cherries, balsamic, and some grapes with assorted fruits. Aroma is vinous, port/red wine with some bourbon in the workings

T: The notes linger as it opens with vinous tones of apples, caramel, toffee, licorice, and a variety of herbs. More to explore in the traces of wood, and some vanilla elements with the French oak and roasted malt playgrounds. The intermingling of the assorted dark fruits and chocolate is sensible and delicate

M: A gentle body with generous carbonation yet fragrant, oily, and mellifluous. Heat seems to have mellowed with time, given the bottle and restrained backend burn

O: The vinous, port aspects don’t bring out the most sophisticated wine. Nonetheless, there’s something to say about the complexity, balancing, and intermingling of notes, especially as the temperature plays around
Nov 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.94 by Bubbawilly88 from California

Jul 02, 2017
 
Rated: 4.02 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Mar 25, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

Nov 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.34 by Rhettroactive from Virginia

Apr 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.97 by imperialking from Illinois

Mar 18, 2016
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Reviewed by cooch69 from Pennsylvania

3.71/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This one was an ok attempt but they really nailed it the second time around. Maybe it's my fault that I had this with a year to a year and a half age on it but there really wasn't enough grape to back up all the malt they had in there. Good attempt none the less with lots of chocolate and some fresh oak. Nice body and not too aggressive for the ABV
Mar 13, 2016
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Reviewed by YodersBeerEmporium from Iowa

4.38/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Was lucky to have the opportunity to try both Batch 1 and Batch 3 at a share recently on Super Bowl sunday! Batch 1 was great and a little more balanced as it has sat a while. Strong but delicious!
Feb 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.98 by 2beerdogs from California

Feb 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4.26 by SanFranJake from California

Dec 14, 2015
 
Rated: 4.24 by IrishColonial from Texas

Jul 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.9 by Armando_Perez from Florida

Jul 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.49 by MacQ32 from South Carolina

Jul 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.1 by Cynic-ale from Texas

Jun 21, 2015
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Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 130 ratings