Black Cyclone
JAFB Wooster Brewery

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From:
JAFB Wooster Brewery
 
Ohio, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
4.24 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
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Active
Rated:
Aug 28, 2025
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Mar 02, 2025
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Named after Wooster’s own Charles W. Follis, AKA The Black Cyclone, America’s first African American Pro Football Player. This Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout is double mashed and aged 11 months in Heaven Hills bourbon barrels. A big Stout with notes of dark cherries, fudge brownies, and bourbon.
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Reviewed by pulse from Ohio

4.24/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Here's a bomber purchased earlier this year on a special stop after a family visit. Pours cola black with a pretty decent mocha head that doesn't last too long. This one smells... dark, so to speak; it's heavy, like a touch of soy and a bit of cherry, even. Maybe touches of coffee and chocolate. IDK, my nose is terrible.

Tastewise, it's somewhat fudgey with notes of cherry and a strong dose of vanilla. The coffee-chocolate notes tend to linger in the aftertaste. Although it didn't burn going down, it sure is warming afterward. The carbonation is perhaps a bit more than expected, especially for the body. It could probably stand to be a touch thicker. However, this is a good dessert drinker despite not having the litany of pastry stout adjuncts. It feels more sophisticated, in a sense, because of the bourbon.
Aug 28, 2025