A Night To End All Dawns (2019) - Double Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup
Kane Brewing Company
- From:
- Kane Brewing Company
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 12.4%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 6.1%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 04, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 28, 2019
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 0
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The 2019 vintage of Double Barrel Aged A Night to End All Dawns is our 12.4% imperial stout that initially spent over a year in bourbon and rye whiskey barrels. We then hand-selected the best of those barrels, blended, and aged further in bourbon barrels that had held Vermont maple syrup. The extended aging allowed seasonal temperature fluctuations in the barrels to draw bold flavors form the oak that can only develop with time. This beer carries notes of vanilla and coconut from the initial barrel-aging and hints of caramel and undertones of toffee from the next round of maple syrup barrel-aging.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by SadMachine:
Rated by SadMachine from New Jersey
4.57/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Jun 06, 2020
4.57/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Jun 06, 2020
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
4.6/5 rDev +8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
**
11/16/24
on tap at brewery, at ANTEAD bottle pickup.
Less sweet than I would imagine, but just right in that category. Oak is strong and balances maple well.
A touch silty in the mouthfeel finish.
Very good.
**
Jun 04, 202511/16/24
on tap at brewery, at ANTEAD bottle pickup.
Less sweet than I would imagine, but just right in that category. Oak is strong and balances maple well.
A touch silty in the mouthfeel finish.
Very good.
**
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.24/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Its tall, puffy tan head settles to a persistent dark mocha blanket over the polished obsidian black body that leaves behind some clear legs on the glass.
This variant actually has a nuttier, dustier oak that has my olfactory memory pulling me back to things like saison on a warm, sunny day outdoors. While the woodiness really brings a savory walnut and almond dust element to the beer, these characteristics are paired with the moderate roast of the stout that has touches of dark chocolate bar with a hint of mapled nut.
A bit of a tingly, slightly numbing bourbon warmth comes with a bite of black pepper and hints of cinnamon, as the medium body's soft fluffy carbonation comes out just dry, while milk chocolate opens up on the nose. However, it's quite savory overall, even semi-bitter within the woody roastiness, and the maple is much less present than even other barrel aged stouts that don't have any direct or indirect maple contribution at all.
On one hand, it actually seems like it might have been aged for too long, while on the other, there's not a single--and I mean single--off or dark fruit note whatsoever. It's quite the dichotomy.
Feb 18, 2020This variant actually has a nuttier, dustier oak that has my olfactory memory pulling me back to things like saison on a warm, sunny day outdoors. While the woodiness really brings a savory walnut and almond dust element to the beer, these characteristics are paired with the moderate roast of the stout that has touches of dark chocolate bar with a hint of mapled nut.
A bit of a tingly, slightly numbing bourbon warmth comes with a bite of black pepper and hints of cinnamon, as the medium body's soft fluffy carbonation comes out just dry, while milk chocolate opens up on the nose. However, it's quite savory overall, even semi-bitter within the woody roastiness, and the maple is much less present than even other barrel aged stouts that don't have any direct or indirect maple contribution at all.
On one hand, it actually seems like it might have been aged for too long, while on the other, there's not a single--and I mean single--off or dark fruit note whatsoever. It's quite the dichotomy.
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