Double Barrel Big Bad Baptist | Epic Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Epic Brewing Company
Utah, United States
epicbrewing.com
Style: American Imperial Stout
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 12.80%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
Imperial Stout with cacao nibs, whiskey-barrel aged coffee added and 100% aged in whiskey barrels.
Added by WCKDVBZ on 09-29-2016
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Ratings: 340 | Reviews: 63
4.38/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - Pours jet black with nice tight mocha colored head that settles to a rocky cap. Very little lacing.
Aroma - Big cocoa aroma coming through, coffee, light vanilla, roasted malts. The whiskey is pretty prominent as well, very solid barrel character nice woody aroma.
Taste - Wow lots of coffee and roasted malts up front, the cocoa and vanilla come through nicely about mid way through. The barrel is still very solid as well as the whiskey flavor. The flavor are very balanced but the coffee and chocolate come through up front with the barrel and whiskey on the end.
Feel - Smooth creamy feel, soft carbonation very nice. Heat from the alcohol is the only sign of the 12.8%. Nice dry finish.
Overall - Very well done, love the flavors so easy drinking.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - Pours jet black with nice tight mocha colored head that settles to a rocky cap. Very little lacing.
Aroma - Big cocoa aroma coming through, coffee, light vanilla, roasted malts. The whiskey is pretty prominent as well, very solid barrel character nice woody aroma.
Taste - Wow lots of coffee and roasted malts up front, the cocoa and vanilla come through nicely about mid way through. The barrel is still very solid as well as the whiskey flavor. The flavor are very balanced but the coffee and chocolate come through up front with the barrel and whiskey on the end.
Feel - Smooth creamy feel, soft carbonation very nice. Heat from the alcohol is the only sign of the 12.8%. Nice dry finish.
Overall - Very well done, love the flavors so easy drinking.
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4.61/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Jet black pour with a rich dark tan head, there is some leakage to a mahogany color on the edges. The barrel and cacao aromas dominate the nose and the taste, but this is perfectly balanced - I am SO glad I let this sit for a couple of years, because it is just about perfect.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Jet black pour with a rich dark tan head, there is some leakage to a mahogany color on the edges. The barrel and cacao aromas dominate the nose and the taste, but this is perfectly balanced - I am SO glad I let this sit for a couple of years, because it is just about perfect.
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4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Jet black body with a one-finger thick head, dense and creamy, lasting. Mocha nose; traces of charred grain. Initial flavors are of coffee, charred malts, suggestions of whiskey; mild chocolate; a twinge of bitterness. Heavy and silky on the palate; densely sweet with a counterbalancing boozy edge of heat; warm.
Although about two years old, this beer has aged well. I suspect the aroma may have dulled a bit, but the flavor and barrel-aging have done well. Dense and intricate with feeling and flavors.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Jet black body with a one-finger thick head, dense and creamy, lasting. Mocha nose; traces of charred grain. Initial flavors are of coffee, charred malts, suggestions of whiskey; mild chocolate; a twinge of bitterness. Heavy and silky on the palate; densely sweet with a counterbalancing boozy edge of heat; warm.
Although about two years old, this beer has aged well. I suspect the aroma may have dulled a bit, but the flavor and barrel-aging have done well. Dense and intricate with feeling and flavors.
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4.31/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.27/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
22 ounce bottle into a snifter. 2016 release #3, had 9/23/17.
Pours near black, opaque, with a half inch head of darker foam and not much lacing. Aromas of bourbon, coffee, malt, cocoa, some caramel, light vanilla. The taste leads more with the coffee, then bourbon, malt, light vanilla, oak, cocoa, chocolate, some caramel. Smooth, a solid full body, well carbonated.
Awesome stuff. Smells and tastes great. Focused and intense. Not sure I think it’s as good as regular Big Bad, though. On to the Triple Barrel.....
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
22 ounce bottle into a snifter. 2016 release #3, had 9/23/17.
Pours near black, opaque, with a half inch head of darker foam and not much lacing. Aromas of bourbon, coffee, malt, cocoa, some caramel, light vanilla. The taste leads more with the coffee, then bourbon, malt, light vanilla, oak, cocoa, chocolate, some caramel. Smooth, a solid full body, well carbonated.
Awesome stuff. Smells and tastes great. Focused and intense. Not sure I think it’s as good as regular Big Bad, though. On to the Triple Barrel.....
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4.43/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.22/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.04/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Double Barrel Big Bad Baptist from Epic Brewing Company
Beer rating:
4.36 out of
5 with
340 ratings
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