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Black Wing
Topa Topa Brewing
- From:
- Topa Topa Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 8.91%
- Reviews:
- 3
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 19, 2018
- Added:
- Jan 22, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
Meet Black Wing, our Imperial Russian Stout. This beer is a heavy hitter, coming in at 10.5 ABV. It brings hints of black cherry, espresso, and bitter sweet chocolate.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by AleHunter805:
Rated by AleHunter805 from California
3.92/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 26, 2017
3.92/5 rDev -3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Aug 26, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by LiquidAmber from Washington
4.25/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing nearly opaque black in the glass with a fine, one finger dark khaki head with great retention and nice lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, cocoa, bourbon, vanilla and coffee. Flavor is dark toasted malt with light char, straight whiskey, cocoa, light oaky vanilla and a hint of coffee and nuts. Nice chocolate bourbon finish. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess and nice mouth feel. A very worthy barreled imperial stout. Malt is full and flavorful with good chocolate and light coffee notes. The bourbon is a bit forward and Black Wing is little hot, but the malt base is more than up to supporting the big ABV. Flavorful and rich, this is a top notch bourbon imperial stout. I'd get this again in a heartbeat.
Nov 19, 2018Reviewed by Zorro from California
3.58/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.58/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
I'm a sucker for Imperial Stouts so I found a new one so I HAD to try it!
Light proof black beer with a tall brown colored head.
Smells strongly of coconut. Lots of vanilla, whiskey and cold brewed coffee. As it warms chocolate shows up. But mostlty this is coconut coffee.
Starts off Coconut. Quickly become bitter coffee with some Kahlua and rum in the after taste. Persistently bitter. Whiskey is there, but is mostly an accent to strong coffee. If you like Irish Coffee with no sugar at all you will like this. Can't taste ethanol but you can feel it.
Mouthfeel is OK.
Overall... It is OK but not really worth the $20 price.
Jul 15, 2018Light proof black beer with a tall brown colored head.
Smells strongly of coconut. Lots of vanilla, whiskey and cold brewed coffee. As it warms chocolate shows up. But mostlty this is coconut coffee.
Starts off Coconut. Quickly become bitter coffee with some Kahlua and rum in the after taste. Persistently bitter. Whiskey is there, but is mostly an accent to strong coffee. If you like Irish Coffee with no sugar at all you will like this. Can't taste ethanol but you can feel it.
Mouthfeel is OK.
Overall... It is OK but not really worth the $20 price.
Reviewed by crob3888 from California
4.75/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Poured a dark black with a nice brown head that lingered. Creamy, chocolate, fresh roasted espresso shots, some vanilla and oak, dark fruits, dark breads...all the goodness you'd expect from a BBA stout. Just great.
Apr 03, 2017
Black Wing from Topa Topa Brewing
Beer rating:
4.04 out of
5 with
8 ratings
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