Grey Monday
The Bruery

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From:
The Bruery
 
California, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
Ranked #54
ABV:
19.9%
Score:
100
Ranked #158
Avg:
4.51 | pDev: 7.76%
Reviews:
183
Ratings:
1,938
Status:
Active
Rated:
Saturday at 03:25 PM
Added:
Oct 18, 2011
Wants:
  1,267
Gots:
  531
Grey Monday is a special version of our Black Tuesday imperial stout that has been aged on hazelnuts.
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Ratings by beerdrifter:
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Reviewed by beerdrifter from Germany

4.28/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Picked this up from a great trade with Mike! An aggressive pour yielded no head or lacing with a rather flat looking dark brown, nearly black body. The nose was incredibly big and incredibly boozey. Tons of dark fruit and chocolate fudge along with hints of vanilla, oak, raisins, and subtle hazelnut. The taste follows suit with huge boozey bourbon and chocolate fudge along with hints of raisins, tobacco, oak, port wine. and molasses. As it warms, the hazelnuts really emerge...beer meets Nutella. The mouthfeel is thick and syrupy, boozey and hot, with almost no carbonation. Overall, this was definitely better than Black Tuesday, albeit just as hot and boozey, but a tad bit more drinkable. The sweetness was dangerously close to cloying, but I think the hazelnuts gave it enough balance to make it a pretty enjoyable sipper.
Oct 18, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.54 by Bhubbard34 from Pennsylvania

Saturday at 03:25 PM
 
Rated: 5 by dan_amdg from Illinois

Jan 02, 2024
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Reviewed by sjrider from California

4.31/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle pour - dark as night with short, quickly dissipating khaki head leaving a ring of tiny bubbles. Nose is sweet with cocoa and molasses, boozy barrel wood and hints of nuts. Taste follows more or less, definitely getting alcohol creep that lingers on the finish. A cold weather sipper.
Dec 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by ejimhof from Pennsylvania

Dec 20, 2023
 
Rated: 4.27 by mwvman from Indiana

Nov 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.75 by Ziosa from Missouri

Jul 08, 2023
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Reviewed by Rug from Massachusetts

4.31/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
2021 vintage

I’m an absolute sucker for hazelnuts in a Stout, and when I see that The Bruery has one, it’s an instant buy. Plus it’s also another top 250 list tick. This is a big ass bottle that I’ll likely be attacking all night so let’s stop wasting time and get right into it

Pours a very dark brown with 2 fingers of light tan head that quickly fades to a ring and leaves minimal lacing

Right off the jump, there isn’t much hazelnut present in the nose, but it’s still interesting nonetheless. I’m picking up on aromas of molasses, earthy bourbon, peat smoke, sea salt, cocoa powder, toasted hazelnut, dry oak, light vanilla, and raisin

The hazelnuts definitely express a bit more in taste, though they still aren’t exactly at the forefront. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting cocoa powder, earthy bourbon, toasted hazelnut, toasted oak, black cherry, burnt caramel, vanilla, sea salt, and smoky tobacco. The swallow brings notes of dark chocolate, earthy bourbon, toasted hazelnut, sea salt, peat smoke, sea salt, molasses, dry oak, burnt caramel, and light vanilla

A medium body pairs with gentle carbonation, resulting in a slick beer. Finishes mostly dry and drinks significantly below its abv. Like literally less than half and that’s easily the most impressive part of this one

I struggle with this one. It’s definitely not top 250 material, and the adjunct isn’t really the star, but on the other hand it’s (dangerously) drinkable and pretty unique. Worth a shot for sure
Jul 05, 2023
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Reviewed by darktronica from Indiana

4.2/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
750mL bottle, 2021 edition sent to new Society members under their new nationwide shipping policy. Very little difference from the base Black Tuesday, if I'm honest, having had regular BT many times but this being my first Grey Monday. That means it's excellent, but the hazelnut treatment is pretty muted at this point (if it was ever more prominent), yielding a slight generic nuttiness with a touch of additional sweetness. It's not Nutella, that's for sure. It also suffers the same shortcomings of the standard BT, being very thin on mouthfeel for the ultra-high ABV and pretty hot on bourbon heat once it warms up a bit.
Jun 16, 2023
 
Rated: 3.96 by Hawkfish from Washington

Jun 12, 2023
 
Rated: 4.41 by smithj4 from New York

Apr 02, 2023
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Reviewed by BubbleBobble from New York

3.76/5  rDev -16.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Pours a very dark brown though with moderate light clarity on the edges. Fizzy cola head that quickly dissipates to a thin ring. Nose has a hint of hazelnuts right off the bat before giving way to big waves of whiskey and rum, molasses, dark soy sauce, barley, oyster sauce, and vanilla. Flavor is a little tough to place. Heat - both warming booze and sharp ethanol - pop right away. There's significant salinity that's different from Black Tuesday - less deep, blackstrap molasses, more brackish sea spray or even oysters. Malts, soy sauce, black licorice are there, but with less intensity than BT. The nuts come forward as it warms, and though it's hard to definitively place hazelnuts, they would be a guess along with peanuts and hazelnuts - definitely nothing too fatty like a walnut. Mouthfeel is remarkably thin for this kind of beer (I'd call it "moderate"), especially when compared to BT or a BCBS. That's not bad per se, but I think the feel contributes to the overall heat and sharpness. This was interesting - though I'm not sure I'd be keen to shell out for another bottle.
Mar 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4.76 by WormGod from New York

Feb 02, 2023
 
Rated: 4.48 by timmy2b from New York

Jan 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.5 by RMW66 from Australia

Oct 29, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by Gkruszewski from New York

Oct 24, 2022
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Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio

4.47/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
750 ml bottle, bottled 05/31/19, 19.2% ABV. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with about an inch tan head that didn't stay around for too long. Not much lacing, either. I like the aroma, the brew smells like bourbon, vanilla, fudge, hazelnuts, brown sugar and roasted malt. Taste is similar to the aroma, but there's the addition of some burnt/charred malt, caramel and earthy/oaky flavors. It's a little more roasty/bitter tasting than I was expecting, but that's not a complaint by any means. All the flavors seemed well balanced with no one flavor overpowering the others. Mouthfeel/body is full, it's slick and a bit rich with a moderate amount of carbonation. And as with most of the Bruery's big beers, it's not as boozy as you'd expect it to be. I thought this was a good overall imperial stout, definitely worth trying if you get the chance!
Sep 03, 2022
 
Rated: 5 by JAWS from New York

Jun 28, 2022
 
Rated: 4.21 by boogerisu from Iowa

Mar 29, 2022
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Reviewed by drdiesel9483 from Ohio

4.44/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
2013 and drank in 2022
Look - black thick syrup
Smell - boozy maple barrel and hazelnut
Taste - boozy maple hazelnut barrel
Feel - medium full body slight syrup very light carb
Overall - tasty
Mar 19, 2022
Grey Monday from The Bruery
Beer rating: 100 out of 100 with 1938 ratings