Bourbon Barrel-Aged Rye Wheat Imperial Stout
Cycle Brewing
- From:
- Cycle Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.45 | pDev: 7.42%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 21, 2020
- Added:
- Oct 11, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
More or less untitled bourbon barrel-aged rye wheat imperial stout - in this recipe we used all rye wheat specialty grains which make for a nuanced non-adjunct stout which was aged over one year in bourbon barrels.
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Ratings by Alieniloquium:
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
3.46/5 rDev -22.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.46/5 rDev -22.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
On tap at the brewery. Inky black with a mocha head. Smells sweet. Lots of bourbon. Brown sugar. A little rye. Tastes less sweet. Sharp rye flavor up front. Some chocolate. Still pretty sweet. Boozy bourbon flavor lingers. Heavy. Slow to drink. But good.
Jun 19, 2019More User Ratings:
Reviewed by CraftFan5 from New Jersey
5/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
16 September 2020 - Beer #183
Price: $27.99 on Tavour
Appearance: 5 - very dark with a tiny mocha head. Terrific lacing.
Nose: 5 - nearly all barrel. Reminiscent of Bourbon County.
Taste: 5 - really excellent. Pretty much a straight up BA stout but with a little spicy kick from the rye.
Mouth: 5 - super thick and chewy. I'm almost choking.
Overall: 5 - man, sometimes the adjunct-less stouts just nail it, like this one.
Cheers!
Sep 21, 2020Price: $27.99 on Tavour
Appearance: 5 - very dark with a tiny mocha head. Terrific lacing.
Nose: 5 - nearly all barrel. Reminiscent of Bourbon County.
Taste: 5 - really excellent. Pretty much a straight up BA stout but with a little spicy kick from the rye.
Mouth: 5 - super thick and chewy. I'm almost choking.
Overall: 5 - man, sometimes the adjunct-less stouts just nail it, like this one.
Cheers!
Reviewed by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington
4.63/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.63/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
L: Super black with no disturbance. There was something of a head that faded to absolutely nothing in a momentary blink. Not much to look at.
S: Nice vanilla and cocao - toasted malts and molasses.
T: Superb. Follows the nose with the added complexity of tobacco, rye, leather, bourbon, and oak.
F: Silky and syrupy in equal medium weight and proportion. Little to no carbonation.
O: Impressive. Now I understand Cycle’s rise to success and admiration.
As the bottle says DO NOT age this brew. You will round off what it has going for it.
Jan 15, 2020S: Nice vanilla and cocao - toasted malts and molasses.
T: Superb. Follows the nose with the added complexity of tobacco, rye, leather, bourbon, and oak.
F: Silky and syrupy in equal medium weight and proportion. Little to no carbonation.
O: Impressive. Now I understand Cycle’s rise to success and admiration.
As the bottle says DO NOT age this brew. You will round off what it has going for it.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.39/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This one pours a very dark black color, with a small head, and not much lacing.
This one smells like deep rye spice, molasses, bourbon, smoke, coffee, and vanilla.
Cycle is obviously very adept at heavily adjunctified stouts, so it's very refreshing to see that they are also extremely adept at just straight up stouts. The base chocolatey grains are sweet, slightly molasses-ish, but the heavy rye infusion adds a spice, roast, and smoke that balances this out tremendously. There's a nice caramelly and just slightly boozy bourbon barrel character.
It's very smooth, and the booze mostly doesn't poke out at all. It's creamy, and pretty thick, with a good drinkability.
I'm definitely pleased that Cycle is still pumping out good stouts, and they can make a great stouts that doesn't have all sorts of desserts added to it.
Dec 19, 2019This one smells like deep rye spice, molasses, bourbon, smoke, coffee, and vanilla.
Cycle is obviously very adept at heavily adjunctified stouts, so it's very refreshing to see that they are also extremely adept at just straight up stouts. The base chocolatey grains are sweet, slightly molasses-ish, but the heavy rye infusion adds a spice, roast, and smoke that balances this out tremendously. There's a nice caramelly and just slightly boozy bourbon barrel character.
It's very smooth, and the booze mostly doesn't poke out at all. It's creamy, and pretty thick, with a good drinkability.
I'm definitely pleased that Cycle is still pumping out good stouts, and they can make a great stouts that doesn't have all sorts of desserts added to it.
Reviewed by rex_4539 from Greece
4.72/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.72/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
L: Jet black color, minimal thin brown head, no visible carbonation.
S: Chocolate, bourbon, oak. Superb!
T: Chocolate, coffee, alcohol. Wow!
F: Full bodied, full flavored.
O: Amazing imperial stout. World class.
Nov 17, 2019S: Chocolate, bourbon, oak. Superb!
T: Chocolate, coffee, alcohol. Wow!
F: Full bodied, full flavored.
O: Amazing imperial stout. World class.
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