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Raspberry Truffle Abduction
Pipeworks Brewing Company
- From:
- Pipeworks Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.16 | pDev: 9.38%
- Reviews:
- 65
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 02, 2020
- Added:
- Mar 07, 2013
- Wants:
- 159
- Gots:
- 153
Humans. Dear sweet, sweet, precious humans, with all of your hopes and dreams and fears, and blah blah blah. Enough of your earthly babble. We've come for your rich, velvety, Raspberry Truffle Abduction Imperial Stout. It's so luscious, and brewed with so many raspberries, and cacao, and vanilla...we have found nothing like it on any other planet...WHICH IS WHY WE MUST GET ALL OF YOURS. End alien transmission.
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Reviewed by rex_4539 from Greece
4.33/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
L: Jet black color, minimal head and lacing, no visible carbonation.
S: Raspberry, chocolate, sweet.
T: Raspberry, chocolate, sweet, lots of alcohol. Very good.
F: Medium bodied, nicely flavored.
O: Good imperial stout from Pipeworks.
Nov 15, 2020S: Raspberry, chocolate, sweet.
T: Raspberry, chocolate, sweet, lots of alcohol. Very good.
F: Medium bodied, nicely flavored.
O: Good imperial stout from Pipeworks.
Reviewed by DokiDokiLitFam from New Jersey
4.09/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.09/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Been looking for this for a while. It was simple serendipity that I found this. Hiding at the back of a top shelf in the notorious Cable Beverages in Rockland County, NY.
Poured a dark cola brown with sneaky red hues on the edges. Half a finger of khaki head. Swirling it around also creates this reddening effect in the foam. Weird. It's like a trick of the eye. Foam dissipates quickly with some mild lacing.
Smell is a lot of tart raspberry at first. Like a strong sour. Then followed up by dark chocolate. Some malt.
Taste is...interesting to say the least. The tart from the raspberry and the bitterness from the chocolate clash, no, battle for dominance on your pallet. Your taste buds become a war torn battleground and its a little off putting. But fortunately it rounds out the more you drink it. The raspberry calms down and gets sweeter and the dark chocolate becomes milder and more accommodating. It tastes like a chocolate jelly ring that you would find in a candy store. It's good but a tad linear. This would be good paired with something. By itself though it starts to lose its impact towards the end.
Fine bubbles and full body. Looked thinner on the pour but turned out to be a nice consistency.
Overall this is a well executed beer but it doesn't quite stand alone in my opinion. This would be great if consumed with a food that it could properly compliment.
Sep 15, 2019Poured a dark cola brown with sneaky red hues on the edges. Half a finger of khaki head. Swirling it around also creates this reddening effect in the foam. Weird. It's like a trick of the eye. Foam dissipates quickly with some mild lacing.
Smell is a lot of tart raspberry at first. Like a strong sour. Then followed up by dark chocolate. Some malt.
Taste is...interesting to say the least. The tart from the raspberry and the bitterness from the chocolate clash, no, battle for dominance on your pallet. Your taste buds become a war torn battleground and its a little off putting. But fortunately it rounds out the more you drink it. The raspberry calms down and gets sweeter and the dark chocolate becomes milder and more accommodating. It tastes like a chocolate jelly ring that you would find in a candy store. It's good but a tad linear. This would be good paired with something. By itself though it starts to lose its impact towards the end.
Fine bubbles and full body. Looked thinner on the pour but turned out to be a nice consistency.
Overall this is a well executed beer but it doesn't quite stand alone in my opinion. This would be great if consumed with a food that it could properly compliment.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From old, undated notes. Poured from the bottle.
Inky black liquid.
Dark khaki head; no lace.
Supple raspberry nose.
Medium thick mouthfeel.
Strong raspberry flavor with a hint of dark chocolate. Tasty & bold.
Aug 15, 2019Inky black liquid.
Dark khaki head; no lace.
Supple raspberry nose.
Medium thick mouthfeel.
Strong raspberry flavor with a hint of dark chocolate. Tasty & bold.
Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
4.18/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
22oz bottle poured into glass. No bottling date information found.
Black colored body, with a thin edge of dark brown back lit highlights. One finger tan, creamy head, sticks around but provides a bubbly reduction show as the thickness dissipates. Leaves behind a sheet of lacing on the glass.
Aroma has a combination of dark roasted malts and bright raspberry, with a touch of chocolate.
Taste is dark roasted malts and dark fruit raspberry, with a addition of chocolate and vanilla. Minimal bitterness.
Very creamy mouth feel, medium plus weight. As label describes, this has velvet qualities.
A delicious sipper, that delivers dark notes, plus the raspberry fruit and the chocolate.
Feb 03, 2019Black colored body, with a thin edge of dark brown back lit highlights. One finger tan, creamy head, sticks around but provides a bubbly reduction show as the thickness dissipates. Leaves behind a sheet of lacing on the glass.
Aroma has a combination of dark roasted malts and bright raspberry, with a touch of chocolate.
Taste is dark roasted malts and dark fruit raspberry, with a addition of chocolate and vanilla. Minimal bitterness.
Very creamy mouth feel, medium plus weight. As label describes, this has velvet qualities.
A delicious sipper, that delivers dark notes, plus the raspberry fruit and the chocolate.
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
4.41/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours opaque, jet black in color with minimal head. Taste is chocolate syrup, raspberry, baker's chocolate, and vanilla on the finish. Heavy bodied, sweet, roasty, and low carbonation. Makes for a really good, raspberry forward stout. One of the better Abductions. Would get this again
Jan 12, 2019Reviewed by GrumpyGas from Illinois
4.15/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22oz bottle (only date I can find is a ©2018) poured into a tulip glass shows a dense, opaque, beep dark brown with a ruddy tint at the edges. A light cocoa colored whisp of bubbles floats in islands and spotted lacing falls slowly back to the body.
Aroma is dominated by tart berry, chocolate and vanilla join with warmth. Underlying hints of brown sugar, roast malt, and something I don't want to call rubber band float underneath and add complexity.
Flavor is again raspberry tart dominant and is joined by dark chocolate, cocoa, an unidentified roastiness, molasses, and vanilla.
Mouthfeel is not quite tongue coating, but it does have the creaminess I expect. The finish is clean with no lingering aftertaste.
Overall a very nice fruited stout to finish a even an everyday meal.
Nov 09, 2018Aroma is dominated by tart berry, chocolate and vanilla join with warmth. Underlying hints of brown sugar, roast malt, and something I don't want to call rubber band float underneath and add complexity.
Flavor is again raspberry tart dominant and is joined by dark chocolate, cocoa, an unidentified roastiness, molasses, and vanilla.
Mouthfeel is not quite tongue coating, but it does have the creaminess I expect. The finish is clean with no lingering aftertaste.
Overall a very nice fruited stout to finish a even an everyday meal.
Reviewed by beerguy04 from Illinois
4.22/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours a coffee black, with a thin tan lacing on tap. No real head. Smell is roasted coffee with faint smell of raspberries. Taste is of coffee and chocolate with a soft raspberry aftertaste. Mouthfeel is lighter for a stout making it easy to drink. Overall, another good one from Pipeworks.
Nov 02, 2018Reviewed by darktronica from Indiana
4.26/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Fresh bomber from a new batch. Pours moderately thick and nearly black, with a thin layer of cocoa-powder head that quickly dissipates. Lightly sweet fruit notes on the nose, with more chocolate rising to the surface as it approaches room temperature. The raspberry truffle is really apparent on the initial swig, with a jammy presence on the tongue that is great if you're into that sort of thing. I dig it.
Oct 24, 2018Reviewed by ScruffySouthpaw from New York
4.02/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served in a pint from the bottle.
Appearance: Super dark brown-black body. Head is dark tan rising just over a finger's length off the body with medium bubbles.
Smell: Sweet warm brown sugar.
Taste: Sweet complex and heavy dose of fruit. You taste molasses and vanilla with a definite note of raspberries or cherries.
Mouth: Syrupy and soft caramel....very sticky. Carbonation is just right and light coffee after feel.
Overall: Good brew. Might
Apr 03, 2018Appearance: Super dark brown-black body. Head is dark tan rising just over a finger's length off the body with medium bubbles.
Smell: Sweet warm brown sugar.
Taste: Sweet complex and heavy dose of fruit. You taste molasses and vanilla with a definite note of raspberries or cherries.
Mouth: Syrupy and soft caramel....very sticky. Carbonation is just right and light coffee after feel.
Overall: Good brew. Might
Raspberry Truffle Abduction from Pipeworks Brewing Company
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
662 ratings
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