Strawberry Darkness
Oxbow Brewing Company
- From:
- Oxbow Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Saison
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.34 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 16, 2026
- Added:
- Feb 16, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Strawberry Darkness is a blend of farmhouse imperial stout and mixed-fermentation farmhouse ale with blueberry and strawberry juice, aged with strawberry purée.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.34/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This one pours a fairly dark black color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells chocolatey, with some smoke, roast, strawberry jam, red wine, and tobacco.
This is really intriguing to me – it’s still very stout like, even with a lot of age on it. I kind of would have thought that it would get more sour and more funky with time, but that’s not really the case here. There’s very little vinegary character, with a chocolate covered berry vibe to it, and a nice earthy, roasty, and tobacco-forward stout character. Most sour stouts that I have are just wildly sour and don’t evoke stout themes very strongly – this bucks that trend nicely.
This is medium bodied, slightly creamy, with a very restrained acidity.
This was absolutely a pleasant surprise, I really enjoyed it.
Feb 16, 2026This smells chocolatey, with some smoke, roast, strawberry jam, red wine, and tobacco.
This is really intriguing to me – it’s still very stout like, even with a lot of age on it. I kind of would have thought that it would get more sour and more funky with time, but that’s not really the case here. There’s very little vinegary character, with a chocolate covered berry vibe to it, and a nice earthy, roasty, and tobacco-forward stout character. Most sour stouts that I have are just wildly sour and don’t evoke stout themes very strongly – this bucks that trend nicely.
This is medium bodied, slightly creamy, with a very restrained acidity.
This was absolutely a pleasant surprise, I really enjoyed it.
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