Cognac Barrel Noir
Almanac Beer Co.

Cognac Barrel NoirCognac Barrel Noir
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From:
Almanac Beer Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
10%
Score:
89
Avg:
4.02 | pDev: 8.71%
Reviews:
6
Ratings:
40
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 02, 2019
Added:
Jan 13, 2015
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  14
This very limited release is our love letter to barrel aging. We started with a huge imperial stout brewed with a selection of our favorite dark-roasted malts. Then we aged the beer for over a year in Rémy Martin Cognac puncheons—double sized oak barrels—where the beer breathed in the rich oak, vanilla and Cognac aromatics of the barrels, resulting in this contemplative black ale, overflowing with bold coffee, chocolate and brandy flavors.
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Ratings by atone315:
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Reviewed by atone315 from Wisconsin

4.32/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours Gotham black...dark as the night sky with a decent dark tan head. Smell is kinda boring, like it is trying to hide how good it is. Taste is dark chocolate, followed by a bit of booze, with a nice biscuit finish....a few minutes after sipping this beer, I realize I've had this lingering taste in my mouth before, it was after eating my grandmother's fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. This beer has that perfect consistency, just enough thickness (similar to a melted milk shake)...almost bordering on too thin, which makes it dangerously drinkable. I want 5 more bottles of this beer, it's that good. Unfortunately, it's the only one I got and now it's gone.
Mar 22, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.32 by Hop_God from California

May 02, 2019
 
Rated: 2.84 by rawfish from California

Jun 13, 2016
 
Rated: 4.24 by pkalix from California

May 07, 2016
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Reviewed by gcasher from Pennsylvania

3.73/5  rDev -7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Dark black with a two finger brown foamy head.
Cognac on the nose.
A boozy mess with lots of slightly sour cognac and dry wood c rt owding out the beer flavors. Full body. I prefer bourbon to cognac, but that wouldn, have helped. Tasted as if it were aged too long in fresh cognac barrels.
Dec 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4.18 by Matty123 from Connecticut

Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by ItsYourBoyBlue from Washington

Jul 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by SocalKicks from California

Jun 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.34 by impending from California

May 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4.24 by gspeer711 from California

May 26, 2015
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Reviewed by dar482 from New York

4.3/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
The aroma offers sweet cognac, and milk chocolate.

The flavor hits of bitter chocolate and cacao, an intense oak quality, a sweet cognac flavor, caramel, rich roasted malt throughout.
May 19, 2015
 
Rated: 4.03 by petesapetes from New York

May 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by sheenisgod from California

May 08, 2015
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Rated by trippytbta from California

5/5  rDev +24.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Let this bad boy warm up and the cognac will bring this beer alive.
Apr 28, 2015
 
Rated: 4.1 by 2GOOFY from California

Apr 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.55 by TheSevenDuffs from Canada (ON)

Apr 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.35 by ChaseTheAce from Texas

Apr 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4.04 by Eziel from Ohio

Apr 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by DCLAguy11 from California

Mar 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by Canada_Dan from Colorado

Mar 23, 2015
Cognac Barrel Noir from Almanac Beer Co.
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 40 ratings