The Wake
Bluejacket Brewery
- From:
- Bluejacket Brewery
- District of Columbia, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 9.1%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 11.46%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 07, 2015
- Added:
- Oct 30, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Dark & Seductive Imperial Stout Brewed with 10% Flaked Oats + 6 Different Malts; Silky Palate of Dark Chocolate, Roasted Nuts, Burnt Caramel & a Long, Insistent Finish of Freshly Drawn Espresso.
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Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York
4.01/5 rDev +4.4%
4.01/5 rDev +4.4%
From 10/17/14 notes. On cask at the brewpub in DC.
Pours a deep brown, almost black color, with one inch of dark tan head and moderate carbonation evident. Coffee, sweet chocolate, toasted malts, taste has a lot of bitter chocolate and hops, and caramel malts. Medium body and low carbonation, easy to drink.
Overall I liked this one a lot; awesome nose especially. Worth checking out.
Oct 20, 2014Pours a deep brown, almost black color, with one inch of dark tan head and moderate carbonation evident. Coffee, sweet chocolate, toasted malts, taste has a lot of bitter chocolate and hops, and caramel malts. Medium body and low carbonation, easy to drink.
Overall I liked this one a lot; awesome nose especially. Worth checking out.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
4.14/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Can't believe 19 ratings and 0 reviews. I will do my best:
A: black, with tan head, soapy small-to-mid bubbles that ring the glass and cover the surface decently well
S: standard and expected coffee, espresso, chocolate notes. Not overpowering, but well represented
T: being cask, not surprising it's very smooth. It actually starts with a slight bite of tartness. After that comes the sweeter notes from the malt, but not so much roast notes as I would expect. I get a cane sugar feel, maybe a touch of coconut. I must say the specific sweetness profile does remind me of some well respected imperial stouts.
M: where the beer falls off from being world class is in the depth and to a degree, the feel. Again, being cask might affect this, but there is a slight lack of alcohol or hops bite to intrigue me at the end of the taste.
O: I really enjoyed this beer, and am going to flag it to try again, if I can.
May 03, 2014A: black, with tan head, soapy small-to-mid bubbles that ring the glass and cover the surface decently well
S: standard and expected coffee, espresso, chocolate notes. Not overpowering, but well represented
T: being cask, not surprising it's very smooth. It actually starts with a slight bite of tartness. After that comes the sweeter notes from the malt, but not so much roast notes as I would expect. I get a cane sugar feel, maybe a touch of coconut. I must say the specific sweetness profile does remind me of some well respected imperial stouts.
M: where the beer falls off from being world class is in the depth and to a degree, the feel. Again, being cask might affect this, but there is a slight lack of alcohol or hops bite to intrigue me at the end of the taste.
O: I really enjoyed this beer, and am going to flag it to try again, if I can.
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