Ralphius - Two Year Laird’s Apple Brandy
Free Will Brewing Co.
- From:
- Free Will Brewing Co.
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 15.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2026
- Added:
- Jan 31, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Imperial stout aged for two years in Laird’s Apple Brandy barrel.
Notes of hot caramel, apples, chocolate dipped apple slices, and dark apple butter.
Notes of hot caramel, apples, chocolate dipped apple slices, and dark apple butter.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thebeers from Pennsylvania
4.04/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours black with a thin, short-lived, soupy mocha head that doesn’t cover the entire surface of the beer.
Massive fresh apple aroma upon first cracking it open. Quickly coupled with red wine, sherry, oak, pear and distant caramel.
A similarly-interesting mix of flavors carry to the taste: pear, chocolate, oak, wine, apple butter, cinnamon. Plenty of alcohol heat, as usual. Strong caramel-cover apple in the finish.
Oily feel with restrained carbonation.
The apple brandy really shines in this, presenting several different iterations. It’s not my favorite play against the base, but still a worthy addition to a phenomenal series.
Jan 31, 2026Massive fresh apple aroma upon first cracking it open. Quickly coupled with red wine, sherry, oak, pear and distant caramel.
A similarly-interesting mix of flavors carry to the taste: pear, chocolate, oak, wine, apple butter, cinnamon. Plenty of alcohol heat, as usual. Strong caramel-cover apple in the finish.
Oily feel with restrained carbonation.
The apple brandy really shines in this, presenting several different iterations. It’s not my favorite play against the base, but still a worthy addition to a phenomenal series.
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