Last Rites
Ironfire Brewing Company

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From:
Ironfire Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
16%
Score:
99
Avg:
4.54 | pDev: 6.17%
Reviews:
16
Ratings:
63
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 26, 2022
Added:
Apr 26, 2015
Wants:
  21
Gots:
  32
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Ratings by IrishColonial:
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Rated by IrishColonial from Texas

4.26/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Jul 11, 2015
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Bowers-Brew from Illinois

3.96/5  rDev -12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Lots of bourbon and smoke. I didn't get much chocolate, but it is 5 years aged so I think that probably faded some. It's a good beer, but I wouldn't put this in the top tier that the rating suggests. Prost!
Jun 26, 2022
 
Rated: 4.56 by edthehead from Maryland

Nov 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4.5 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Oct 29, 2018
 
Rated: 4.31 by Ristaccia from Nebraska

Apr 07, 2018
 
Rated: 4.45 by SaxmanRick from Minnesota

Mar 27, 2018
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Rated by dazedman from Virginia

4.39/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Chocolate, nothing but chocolate
Mar 23, 2018
 
Rated: 4.75 by greenspointexas from Texas

Mar 20, 2018
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Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota

4.52/5  rDev -0.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks to HOPTOMIC_BOMB for this 22 oz. bottle which has, inexplicably, been sitting in the fridge for a couple of months. Why? Chocolate? Bourbon? Stout? TRIPLE_CHOCOLATE? Split with my wife.

The pour is black & frightening. The slight head fizzes like Alka-Seltzer, & vanishes before I can even set the bottle down. I’ve had infected stouts that sounded just like that, & my wife could hear it ten feet away. Nose is all chocolate, no funk. That’s a fine sign, right there.

Last Rites reminds me that there needs to be some innovation in the candy industry. Bourbon Hershey’s? Gin Peppermint Patty? Oooh, Tequila Kit Kat. Back to the beer: this is pure chocolate, & the real thing, not the sickly sweet nonsense that brewers sometimes try to pass off as “chocolate”. Wonderful chocolate penetration is backed by a lovely kick of bourbon, vanilla leaning into white chocolate, heavy cream, with a surprisingly light touch of heat considering the 16% ABV. Smooth, thick, silky sipper. If one failed to see the ABV on the label, one might end up face down in the shag. And not in a good way.

Bloody hell. I have no idea why I traded for this beer, other than it I really wanted the Huna that the BOMB was offering up, &, well, chocolate. Glad I did. Excellent beer that is kicking at the glass ceiling of the elite.
Feb 01, 2018
 
Rated: 4.35 by GClarkage from California

Dec 11, 2017
 
Rated: 3.91 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Oct 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4.21 by Beernoobie from California

Oct 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by Original_Gravity from Washington

Oct 28, 2017
 
Rated: 4.13 by billab914 from Virginia

Oct 08, 2017
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Rated by elemenohpee1 from California

4.78/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
So much chocolate and booze. This is very good, and flying way under the radar.
May 19, 2017
 
Rated: 4.95 by dpgoblejr from New Hampshire

Apr 25, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by impending from California

Apr 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.44 by Bunuelian from Minnesota

Mar 18, 2017
 
Rated: 5 by CraftFan5 from New Jersey

Dec 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by mrn1ceguy from Illinois

Aug 19, 2016
Last Rites from Ironfire Brewing Company
Beer rating: 99 out of 100 with 63 ratings