Russian Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel-Aged)
Vault Brewing Company
- From:
- Vault Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 9.4%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 19.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 22, 2017
- Added:
- Oct 17, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
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Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota
1/5 rDev -73%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1/5 rDev -73%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
22 oz. bottle from one of my favorite traders...whose house I'm now going to have to T.P. I'm going to dispense with my traditional review framework because I've taken one sip of this & I'm afraid that one sip is going to stick with me until the sun burns into a cold, black cinder. Infected - I'm thinking about a course of antibiotics right now. Horrible, soul-sucking, palate-fouling, dog-kicking aftertaste of spoiled garbage - really. Simply awful. My wife took one sip before me & said "what's wrong with this beer?" Well, only the town water treatment plant is ever going to know. This is burn-the-glasses putrid.
Apr 22, 2016
Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York
2.35/5 rDev -36.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.35/5 rDev -36.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
From the 3rd Anniversary. Bottle 96/270 into a Cigar City snifter. Shared with schen9303.
Looks pretty typical. Nose is a bit awkward. What stands out here is the powdery milk sweetness, cardboard and roast. Very sweet but not in a chocolatey or "stouty" way. Definitely unique but I'm not sure its in a good way.
One sip is all I can really manage. Beer is certainly starting to sour and I'm not sure its meant to. Notes of roast, burnt dark fruit, sour cherries and raspberry. Ash and cooca powder towards the end. Really rough on the palate also. Not smooth at all, too carbonated and way too thin. Very little bourbon presence in the taste or palate.
My first experience with this brewery... and its not a good one. Even if this one was meant to be a dark sour, its not good. The body is way too thin to support the complexity and the carbonation is a mess. Not worth trying.
Jan 08, 2016Looks pretty typical. Nose is a bit awkward. What stands out here is the powdery milk sweetness, cardboard and roast. Very sweet but not in a chocolatey or "stouty" way. Definitely unique but I'm not sure its in a good way.
One sip is all I can really manage. Beer is certainly starting to sour and I'm not sure its meant to. Notes of roast, burnt dark fruit, sour cherries and raspberry. Ash and cooca powder towards the end. Really rough on the palate also. Not smooth at all, too carbonated and way too thin. Very little bourbon presence in the taste or palate.
My first experience with this brewery... and its not a good one. Even if this one was meant to be a dark sour, its not good. The body is way too thin to support the complexity and the carbonation is a mess. Not worth trying.
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
4.06/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Dark black pour, thick light caramel colored lacing ring. Swirl the glass and there's a lot of syrupy viscosity.
S - Dark chocolate, oak, light bourbon, vanilla.
T - Spicy dark chocolate, bourbon, cherries, oak, light vanilla. Some alcohol warming on the way down.
M - Medium body, no carbonation at all, slightly sticky.
O - A nice barrel aged stout with no complexity.
Nov 17, 2015S - Dark chocolate, oak, light bourbon, vanilla.
T - Spicy dark chocolate, bourbon, cherries, oak, light vanilla. Some alcohol warming on the way down.
M - Medium body, no carbonation at all, slightly sticky.
O - A nice barrel aged stout with no complexity.
Rated by mportnoy from Pennsylvania
3/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Was disappointed. Woody without much bourbon.
Mar 30, 2015
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