So Happens It's Tuesday
The Bruery

Bought On-Line

750ml
2016 Edition

Poured into a tulip a very nice dark brown color, very nice carbonation, with a pretty nice one-finger tan head, which leaves some nice little islands and some nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is very nice, malty, with lots of chocolate/toffee, very nice vanilla note, with a pretty nice touch of dark fruits (cherries, raisins, plums, figs, dates, grapes), pretty nice touch of bourbon/oak, some licorice. The taste is really really nice, malty, very nice touch of chocolate/toffee, vanilla, bourbon/oak, dark fruits (cherries, raisins, plums, figs, dates, grapes), some licorice. Full Body, ABV hidden very well, a very complex brew. A sipper for sure, but goes down very smoothly. Overall, WOW! Fuckn' Awesome Brew! Very nice silkyness. Highly Recommended!

Taste like a bottle of chemicals. The bruery is truly awful. Legacy destroyed

 

Black color. Big, white head. Bourbon, coffee, chocolate, and vanilla a rich aroma. Moderately sweet taste with pleasant, roasted bitterness at the end. Has everything you expect from a bourbon barrel-aged stout.

RB transfer

Purchased a year or two ago in Woodland Park, Colorado for sharing with our SAN group. Alas, things change and higher ABV beers are not appropriate anymore.
So I guess I win. Poured stout black with a light brown head.
The flavor was, well, for a 4 year old can of beer, freaking awesome. Not much of the bourbon left, but loads of roasted malts. Coffee and chocolate and some vanilla. Good stuff.
The feel is nicely viscous, appropriate for the ABV. This is a sipping beer.
OA, I would really like to try this fresh.

Acquired a 16oz can from @resistance88 7-12-23. Canned 9-15-22; consumed 5-7-24.

Beer poured black with a nice tan head that dissipated quickly.

Nose is very nice as i am getting roasted malts, leather, vanilla, and a touch of bourbon.

Taste is a huge medium roasted malt base that apparently takes in a large dose of wet barrels. Getting some vanilla and a good dose of bourbon and heat with each sip.

Mouthfeel comes across light to medium bodied and thin from the high-gravity nature.

Overall this is a nice beer. Not knowing the base beer i am not sure if this is the culprit for the heat or wet barrels are. Either way this one needs to rest another 2-3 years to incorporate the barrel factor. Thanks Tomas for the opportunity to try!

2020 vintage @ 15.3% - and I am pretty sure age does not help this.
Pours black with a half finger of mocha coloured head - laces nicely.
Aroma of dark fruit, some molasses, cocoa, a touch of char, oak and hints of bourbon.
Sweet chocolate, dark fruit with notes of cherry, vanilla, wood on the palate. There is a sweet-tart flavour, slightly vinous (which for me is a detractor).
Medium full mouthfeel - decent carbonation; little to suggest this is in fact 15+%. A touch of lingering vinous note. Would like to try this fresh - it is a very good imperial stout but for the price point, not sure.

750mL (2016 vintage) into a tulip. Pours a nearly opaque black with a minimal head.

Aroma is roasty and chocolatey. Cocoa, espresso, smoky char.

Taste leads off with a pronounced sourness—Rainier cherries mostly. Vinous. Little of the chocolate or roast from the aroma, making me wonder if I was just expecting that based on the appearance (the mind can play tricks). This tastes more like a Belgian sour than an imperial stout. Not bad, just … unexpected. Looking at other reviews not many mention this—until I sort by low score and I see that a bunch of 2016 bottles were infected. So that explains it. OK. Adjusting expectations.

Mouthfeel is slick, medium bodied, also vinous. Leaves behind a sour-cherry aftertaste.

Overall just not the beer I was expecting. If this was a Flanders oud bruin or Flanders red I might think differently of it—but this is an imperial stout. So let’s just chalk this up as a brewing failure.

Pours black with thing sized tan head that falls fairly quick with some light lace.

Aroma is nice smooth big roasted notes chocolate and bourbon barrel notes in the front. Vanilla, oak, dark fruits hidden underneath.

Taste follows the nose, big roasted notes sweet chocolate surrounding bourbon notes upfront. Charred oak, vanilla, dark fruits, cherry hints mingled in the mix. Finish is sweet but also has a tart char hint to it also.

Mouthfeel is big but not chewy as you would think. Carbonation is smooth though.

Overall an enjoyable big ass stout.

So Happens It's Tuesday pours black, with a small, but long-lasting, tan head. The aroma is strong, with strong rye whiskey notes. The flavor is huge on rye whiskey flavors, spicy, sharp, and strong. Good feel. Overall, a rye whiskey lovers beer.

 

2021 vintage

A 750ml bottle, with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a snifter glass.

Appearance: Black in colour with a thin tanned head that had decent retention but settled to a ring around the glass while leaving some spotty lacing.

Aroma: Chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, oak, bourbon, with notes of prunes and other dark fruits.

Taste: As you’d expect from the aroma, lightly sweet, chocolate, cocoa, bourbon, vanilla, oak, dark fruit, prunes.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, medium to full bodied, with low carbonation.

Overall: It’s well balanced and dangerously drinkable at 14.6% ABV. As temperatures drop again, this was an enjoyable sipper that provides a comfortable warming feeling.

5oz draft pour. pitch black. lots of dark fruit on the nose and taste. more bourbon barrel as it warms with a hint of chocolate in the finish on the taste. medium-full, fairly chewy mouthfeel. pretty tasty barrel-aged imperial stout. just a little heavy on the dark fruits for me.

Poured cool to a tulip glass. Dark chestnut brown with a bubbly mocha head. High ABV burns the head to a memory. Nose is stone fruit with some leather and wood. Flavor is quite complex for a non-adjunct beer. Very surprised at the heavy cherry presence. Nice amount of charred barrel wood cutting both the tartness and sweetness. The malt base is toward the light side, almost porter or brown ale ish, or at least seems that way amidst the stone fruit and wood traits. Mouthfeel is medium and crisp. Alcohol has slight bite up front, and a decent warming effect, good as I sit on the back porch at 31 degrees.

As it warms more, there is a slight vanilla presence, but not quite. I would liken it to that of a horehound candy. Interesting.

Pint can poured slowly into a snifter. Almost zero foam, just pitch black nectar.
Smell is bourbon, vanilla, dark stone fruit, almost prune, chocolate.
Taste matches.,. the chocolate moves forward dryly, barrel punch right in the mouth, dark stone fruit, vanilla gets in the way a little bit and seems to push the sweetness forward.
Feel is low carbonation, thick but not syrup, smooth, good ABV bite.
Overall, nice big ole sipping Stout perfect with a mild cigar.