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Barrel Aged Series: Russian Imperial Stout
Parallel 49 Brewing Company
- From:
- Parallel 49 Brewing Company
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10.9%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 9.25%
- Reviews:
- 16
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 04, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 06, 2013
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 9
No description / notes.
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Ratings by DaveBar:
Reviewed by DaveBar from Canada (ON)
3.97/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Got on trade! 650ml bottle served at 10deg C in a tulip.
A- Open well and pours a 2" high brown head with vigorous pour. Head films out within 3-4mins or so. Very dark brown colour
S- Lacking here. Sweetness
T- Yup! It's sweet. Overly sweet. Bourbon seems like it's from a used barrel. Not very strong at all. Very little heat though.
M- Pretty creamy and dries out later
O- Not a bad brew. Worth trying but will not buy it.
Food Pairing
This pretty good brew can be matched as the bourbon is low. This one went well with......... Curried goat! Fantastic slow cooked leg of goat in a Trinidadian curry.
Enjoy
May 12, 2016A- Open well and pours a 2" high brown head with vigorous pour. Head films out within 3-4mins or so. Very dark brown colour
S- Lacking here. Sweetness
T- Yup! It's sweet. Overly sweet. Bourbon seems like it's from a used barrel. Not very strong at all. Very little heat though.
M- Pretty creamy and dries out later
O- Not a bad brew. Worth trying but will not buy it.
Food Pairing
This pretty good brew can be matched as the bourbon is low. This one went well with......... Curried goat! Fantastic slow cooked leg of goat in a Trinidadian curry.
Enjoy
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by polloenfuego from Canada (NB)
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This started off nice with a great deal of promise from the pour. Midnight black, with a thin collar, the smell was nice, roasts, barrel and a touch of treacle. Taste goes a little sideways as this is an incredibly sweet beer. Treacle is almost driving the bus here. Feel is lighter than I like in the style and carbonation is weak.
Jan 04, 2019Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Was better a little flat, after open a while. Brown, no head to begin with. LCBO. A little age, but doesn't age well. Very roasty, a little chocolate.
Nov 18, 2018Reviewed by bylerteck from Canada (ON)
3.78/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottle via CanBIF. 2017.
Black pour. Completely opaque with nice tan head that left good walls of lace but not much retention that can be forgiven for the ABV. Fudge, molasses, wood, bourbon, dark fruit aromas. Way more booze and fruit in the mouth. Not a lot of roast, or depth in the flavour. Barrel seems to take over on this a fair bit. Dark fruit. Full body and proper carbonation. This would benefit from a year or two to mellow out.
May 08, 2017Black pour. Completely opaque with nice tan head that left good walls of lace but not much retention that can be forgiven for the ABV. Fudge, molasses, wood, bourbon, dark fruit aromas. Way more booze and fruit in the mouth. Not a lot of roast, or depth in the flavour. Barrel seems to take over on this a fair bit. Dark fruit. Full body and proper carbonation. This would benefit from a year or two to mellow out.
Reviewed by Kobold from Canada (BC)
4.08/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A Russian imperial stout demon converted to angelicness.
Where there had been burn there is salve; where there had been ash there is smiling vanilla; where there had been unforgiving leather lashings there are calming strokes of summer cherry. Milkiness without conditions. Sweet tarred raisins. And yet a burning gnaws underneath, a restricted destruction corralled by the consequences of changing allegiances back to the infernal. Emptied glass smells of soy sauce.
All things good of infancy and childhood: your first suckling; your first piece of birthday cake; your first Hallowe'en treat; your first awareness of being loved. The barrel's alcohol is the constant sequencing these primary memories of oily, sugary goodness.
And still, the barrel juices make me melancholic while my mouth burns succulent.
Jul 31, 2016Where there had been burn there is salve; where there had been ash there is smiling vanilla; where there had been unforgiving leather lashings there are calming strokes of summer cherry. Milkiness without conditions. Sweet tarred raisins. And yet a burning gnaws underneath, a restricted destruction corralled by the consequences of changing allegiances back to the infernal. Emptied glass smells of soy sauce.
All things good of infancy and childhood: your first suckling; your first piece of birthday cake; your first Hallowe'en treat; your first awareness of being loved. The barrel's alcohol is the constant sequencing these primary memories of oily, sugary goodness.
And still, the barrel juices make me melancholic while my mouth burns succulent.
Rated by DucksFan16 from Tennessee
3.51/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
2016 release, consumed on 04/01/2016.
Apr 02, 2016Reviewed by hotmailmsn from Canada (BC)
4.56/5 rDev +14%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +14%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
10.9% abv, 46 ibu, 650 ml bottle (2014)
A - dark dark black with little almost no head, lacing on the glass.
S - whisky barrel, sweet, coffee, vanilla, dark dried fruit, black chocolate bitterness.
T - low carbonated, whisky favors for sure, yet not too overpowering. big full smooth sticky mouthful. rounded, balanced with sweetness n hoppy.
O - really really good barrel aged imperial stout, especially cellar for 2 years! rounder n smoother! amazing!!
Jan 20, 2016A - dark dark black with little almost no head, lacing on the glass.
S - whisky barrel, sweet, coffee, vanilla, dark dried fruit, black chocolate bitterness.
T - low carbonated, whisky favors for sure, yet not too overpowering. big full smooth sticky mouthful. rounded, balanced with sweetness n hoppy.
O - really really good barrel aged imperial stout, especially cellar for 2 years! rounder n smoother! amazing!!
Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)
3.8/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
650ml maroon waxed 2015 bottle, poured into tulip 14/6/15
A black with deep cola edge, two fingers of mocha foam sits around for a few sips but leave no lace, a little color and legs left behind after a swirl
S char, molasses, vanilla, some chocolate, coffee, and booze, not a whole lot of whiskey, a hint of coconut, and some sugar coated raisins
T not far from the nose but a little extra char and booze, a little chocolate syrup, good but could use a little mellow time
M full and chewy, could use a few extra bubbles but its not flat, oily on the palate, sticky on the lips but fairly hot at this point in time
O decent stuff but a little boozy without a whole lot of barrel, perhaps it finished a little higher then the label states?
A decent big stout but if I had another bottle I'd sit on it for a couple years, I'd prefer more barrel notes other then the booze but worth a try at the end of the day
Jun 14, 2015A black with deep cola edge, two fingers of mocha foam sits around for a few sips but leave no lace, a little color and legs left behind after a swirl
S char, molasses, vanilla, some chocolate, coffee, and booze, not a whole lot of whiskey, a hint of coconut, and some sugar coated raisins
T not far from the nose but a little extra char and booze, a little chocolate syrup, good but could use a little mellow time
M full and chewy, could use a few extra bubbles but its not flat, oily on the palate, sticky on the lips but fairly hot at this point in time
O decent stuff but a little boozy without a whole lot of barrel, perhaps it finished a little higher then the label states?
A decent big stout but if I had another bottle I'd sit on it for a couple years, I'd prefer more barrel notes other then the booze but worth a try at the end of the day
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.27/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -18.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Bottle: Poured a dark black color stout with a nice dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of roasted malt with some black chocolates notes with some dry woody notes. Taste is also dominated by dry woody notes with light vanilla undertones and some dry and bitter black chocolate notes. Body is about average but thinner then I was anticipating with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. A bit too dry for my taste buds and lacking body with some lack of integration between al the flavors.
Jun 01, 2015
Barrel Aged Series: Russian Imperial Stout from Parallel 49 Brewing Company
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
53 ratings
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