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Black Tuesday - Reserve
The Bruery
- From:
- The Bruery
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #30 - ABV:
- 20.5%
- Score:
- 100
Ranked #110 - Avg:
- 4.56 | pDev: 7.02%
- Reviews:
- 43
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 27, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 30, 2014
- Wants:
- 185
- Gots:
- 55
Hoarders only Black Tuesday variant. Black Tuesday aged in bourbon barrels for one year and then aged on fresh bourbon barrels for one year.
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Ratings by facesnorth:
Rated by facesnorth from Pennsylvania
3.42/5 rDev -25%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
May 16, 2016
3.42/5 rDev -25%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
May 16, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio
3.64/5 rDev -20.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.64/5 rDev -20.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Look - black and thick with a nice tan head and sticy lacing
Smell - so much barrel
Taste - Booze Booze Booze... barrel and chocolate but overly boozy
Feel - thick slight carb
Overall - The booze is killing this beer
Sep 18, 2023Smell - so much barrel
Taste - Booze Booze Booze... barrel and chocolate but overly boozy
Feel - thick slight carb
Overall - The booze is killing this beer
Rated by Sandis from Minnesota
4.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
2020 version poured from a 750ml bottle into a snifter. Bottle #1041 dated 2/11/2020. An absolute beast. Boozy, thick and mildly sweet.
Mar 24, 2023Reviewed by MilwaukeeBeerMaker from Wisconsin
4.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
2021 vintage bottle share at a bottle share on 12/3/22. Amazing beer; drank fairly easily and just a ton of flavour and barrel in the taste. It was a little on the boozy side, not terrible, but I'd expect that from a 21% ABV beer.
Feb 20, 2023Reviewed by Rug from Massachusetts
4.52/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.52/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
2020 vintage
Oh man, we have quite the big boy here. A 21% on a Tuesday afternoon? What the hell am I doing? Well, I’m on vacation this week and today turned out to be a stormy day, so I figured it’s the perfect time to crack this beer I received in a BIF from the legendary @Eziel. I’m getting close to the end of what he sent me, and they’re all heavy hitters. Let’s see what this one is all about
Pours a very dark brown with a finger of light beige head that fades to a ring and leaves minimal lacing
There’s a definite sweetness in the nose, but it’s wonderfully balanced given its size. I’m picking up on aromas of chocolate fudge, earthy bourbon, toasted oak, nougat, black cherry, sweet caramel, molasses, toasted hazelnut, and light vanilla
This one really packs a punch in taste, heavy booze and char fight for attention while a huge sweetness backs it all up. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting charred oak, cacao, sweet bourbon, red grape, marshmallow, sweet vanilla, molasses, toffee, light nutty malt, and black cherry. The swallow brings notes of hot bourbon, charred oak, nougat, cacao, black cherry, molasses, apple brandy, vanilla, sweet caramel, and nougat
A full body pairs with gentle carbonation, resulting in a silky and slightly thick beer. Finishes mostly dry but boozy as all hell
There’s no 2 ways about it; this beer is incredible. So complex and hitting all the right notes. Perfect for a quiet day to myself hanging out outside while it rains
Aug 23, 2022Oh man, we have quite the big boy here. A 21% on a Tuesday afternoon? What the hell am I doing? Well, I’m on vacation this week and today turned out to be a stormy day, so I figured it’s the perfect time to crack this beer I received in a BIF from the legendary @Eziel. I’m getting close to the end of what he sent me, and they’re all heavy hitters. Let’s see what this one is all about
Pours a very dark brown with a finger of light beige head that fades to a ring and leaves minimal lacing
There’s a definite sweetness in the nose, but it’s wonderfully balanced given its size. I’m picking up on aromas of chocolate fudge, earthy bourbon, toasted oak, nougat, black cherry, sweet caramel, molasses, toasted hazelnut, and light vanilla
This one really packs a punch in taste, heavy booze and char fight for attention while a huge sweetness backs it all up. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting charred oak, cacao, sweet bourbon, red grape, marshmallow, sweet vanilla, molasses, toffee, light nutty malt, and black cherry. The swallow brings notes of hot bourbon, charred oak, nougat, cacao, black cherry, molasses, apple brandy, vanilla, sweet caramel, and nougat
A full body pairs with gentle carbonation, resulting in a silky and slightly thick beer. Finishes mostly dry but boozy as all hell
There’s no 2 ways about it; this beer is incredible. So complex and hitting all the right notes. Perfect for a quiet day to myself hanging out outside while it rains
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.22/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.22/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2021 batch. Most of the BT Reserve years is two sets of bourbon barrels, but this one is grape brandy and then bourbon.
This one pours a very dark black color, with a small head, and no lacing.
This smells like charred oak, lots of bourbon, lots of vinous grape character, brandy, roasted malt, dark fruit.
This is a nice bridge between some of overtly wine based Black Tuesday variants, and the regular bourbon Black Tuesday. The grape brandy adds a pleasantly oaky vinous character, sweet, but finishes dry, with oaky char, marshmallow, dark chocolate, caramel, roast, and bourbon.
This is medium bodied, slightly thin as most Black Tuesday variants tend to be, with a lots of concentrated booziness. It’s not overwhelmingly boozy, but it really kind of does drink like a distilled stout liqueur.
I haven’t had much Bruery in a while, but this was definitely a fun beer to revisit this brewery with. It’s definitely something to share with a bunch of people, like 10 people, maybe, but it’s well done.
Aug 10, 2022This one pours a very dark black color, with a small head, and no lacing.
This smells like charred oak, lots of bourbon, lots of vinous grape character, brandy, roasted malt, dark fruit.
This is a nice bridge between some of overtly wine based Black Tuesday variants, and the regular bourbon Black Tuesday. The grape brandy adds a pleasantly oaky vinous character, sweet, but finishes dry, with oaky char, marshmallow, dark chocolate, caramel, roast, and bourbon.
This is medium bodied, slightly thin as most Black Tuesday variants tend to be, with a lots of concentrated booziness. It’s not overwhelmingly boozy, but it really kind of does drink like a distilled stout liqueur.
I haven’t had much Bruery in a while, but this was definitely a fun beer to revisit this brewery with. It’s definitely something to share with a bunch of people, like 10 people, maybe, but it’s well done.
Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio
4.56/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
750 ml wax capped bottle, 2021 edition (aged in Copper & Kings grape brandy barrels for a year, then aged an additional year in bourbon barrels), 21.8% ABV, bottled 01/19/21. Served in a Black Tuesday chalice, the beer pours dark brown/black with not quite an inch tan head that fizzled away somewhat quickly. I like the aroma a lot, the brew smells like dark fruit, brandy, bourbon, vanilla, molasses, dark chocolate and roasted malt. I like the taste a lot too, it's similar to the aroma but with the addition of some dark bread, burnt/charred malt, coffee, licorice and earthy flavors. There's a lot going on here, but all of the flavors mesh well together with no one flavor overpowering the others. Mouthfeel/body is full, it's coating and a bit syrupy with a moderate amount of carbonation. Nowhere near as boozy as I was expecting considering how strong this brew is! Certainly worth trying if you get the chance to!
Jul 23, 2022
Black Tuesday - Reserve from The Bruery
Beer rating:
100 out of
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