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Obsidian Imperial Porter - Rum Barrel Aged
Cameron's Brewing Co.
- From:
- Cameron's Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Imperial Porter
- ABV:
- 9.2%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.8 | pDev: 10%
- Reviews:
- 27
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 01, 2018
- Added:
- May 18, 2013
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 13
No description / notes.
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Ratings by DJ-Hophead:
Reviewed by DJ-Hophead from England
4.24/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Tap @ Bihotz, Bilbao - Pours jet black with a medium tanned head. Nice lacing. Medium carbonation. Aroma - coffee, chocolate, roasted malts. Taste - sweet, smooth, chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, hint of sourness - barrel aged, light alcoholic warmth, dry bitter finish. Solid BA Imperial porter.
Oct 30, 2016More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.7/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
$ 11.87 (Including tax)/bomber ($ 0.540/oz) at Oppermann’s, Saginaw, MI
Undated bottle at 42 degrees into a hand washed and dried JK snifter; allowed to warm to 50 degrees.
Aroma – pretty much like every barrel-aged brew; oaky and some roasted malt.
Head small (Maximum < 2 cm, aggressive pour), light brown, dense and creamy with some rocks, decent retention finally diminishing to an irregular six to ten mm creamy ring and a thin layer with a large rocky island.
Lacing excellent – wide rings of tight lacing connected by short stalactites, mostly tiny bubbles with a few small one to break the monotony.
Body – dark brown/black, opaque
Flavor – starts off with some harsh alcohol and a little bit of rum, little to no vanillin, no roasted malt chocolate or caramel. After it warms, the alcohol becomes less harsh to the taste but begins to be felt in the gastric tract. Not really tasting or smelling any hops. No diacetyl.
Palate medium, watery, lively carbonation
You’d think a beer from an oak aged series brewed in a town called Oakville would have a little more oakiness evident in the flavor as well as the nose.
Appearance 4, Aroma 4, Flavor 3.5, Palate 3.5, Overall 3.75.
Jan 15, 2017Undated bottle at 42 degrees into a hand washed and dried JK snifter; allowed to warm to 50 degrees.
Aroma – pretty much like every barrel-aged brew; oaky and some roasted malt.
Head small (Maximum < 2 cm, aggressive pour), light brown, dense and creamy with some rocks, decent retention finally diminishing to an irregular six to ten mm creamy ring and a thin layer with a large rocky island.
Lacing excellent – wide rings of tight lacing connected by short stalactites, mostly tiny bubbles with a few small one to break the monotony.
Body – dark brown/black, opaque
Flavor – starts off with some harsh alcohol and a little bit of rum, little to no vanillin, no roasted malt chocolate or caramel. After it warms, the alcohol becomes less harsh to the taste but begins to be felt in the gastric tract. Not really tasting or smelling any hops. No diacetyl.
Palate medium, watery, lively carbonation
You’d think a beer from an oak aged series brewed in a town called Oakville would have a little more oakiness evident in the flavor as well as the nose.
Appearance 4, Aroma 4, Flavor 3.5, Palate 3.5, Overall 3.75.
Reviewed by janubio from Spain
4.65/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Dark opaque colour, with a small brown head that does not last much and leaves a small lace. Aroma of chocolate, red and dark fruitls, licorice, wood, hints of rum. Creamy a bit bitter palate, medium body. Taste is sharper than the aroma, the wood is more noticeable, dark and red frutis, chocolate, coffee, licorice, pepper. Extraordinary.
Sep 18, 2016Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio
4.18/5 rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +10%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Enjoyed form the 12 oz bottle in a pint glass. This nice imperial porter pours a deep muddy brown verging on black with a decent light tan head of foam that subsides to a thick ring, thin layer, and nice lacing. Nose of deeply roasted malts, light coffee, dark bakers chocolate, light vanilla, and sweet dark brown sugars. Flavors exceed the nose with rich deeply roasted malts on all sides, subtle char, dark bakers chocolate, and hints of raisins. Middle to rear of the palate features dark coffee and light vanilla blending nicely with brown sugars and very light rum notes that are easily taken for brown sugars. Finish is deeply roasted bitter malts with a lightly carbonated and lightly slick mouth feel that goes down very nicely. A stout drinkers porter a nice equal of the sum of it's parts. Could use a touch more of the rum note, but still solid with a moderate warming effect. Solid.
Cheers
Oct 22, 2015Cheers
Obsidian Imperial Porter - Rum Barrel Aged from Cameron's Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
89 ratings
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