Wake Up Dead - Oak-Aged
Left Hand Brewing Company
- From:
- Left Hand Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10.2%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 9.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 17, 2018
- Added:
- Nov 22, 2014
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 7
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
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Reviewed by DenverHopHead from Colorado
3.92/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.92/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 2014 22oz bottle into a snifter.
Appearance - impenetrable black with carbonation bubbling at the surface. Uber thin caramel head that leaves little lacing.
Smell - a bit sweet with a touch of oak. I pick up some raisin, black cherry and a hint of toffee.
Taste - interesting flavor profile with roasted coffee, chocolate covered cherry and a hint of oaky vanilla!
Feel - creamy, full body with a touch of earthy bitterness and a bit of booze on the finish!
Overall - a very nice pick up, but I prefer the original WUD; which surprised me, because I tend to prefer the oak or barrel aged offerings of other imperial stouts.
Oct 17, 2015Appearance - impenetrable black with carbonation bubbling at the surface. Uber thin caramel head that leaves little lacing.
Smell - a bit sweet with a touch of oak. I pick up some raisin, black cherry and a hint of toffee.
Taste - interesting flavor profile with roasted coffee, chocolate covered cherry and a hint of oaky vanilla!
Feel - creamy, full body with a touch of earthy bitterness and a bit of booze on the finish!
Overall - a very nice pick up, but I prefer the original WUD; which surprised me, because I tend to prefer the oak or barrel aged offerings of other imperial stouts.
Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
4.11/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
22 ounce bottle into a snifter.
Pours a fairly dark brown, hazy, with a small, quickly dissipating head and a lingering foamy ring. Smell starts with lots of oak, then roasted malts, some chocolate, a little smokiness. Some vanilla as it warms. Taste leads with the roasted malts- more roasty than the smell, chocolate, oak, more vanilla than the nose. Smooth, creamy, well carbonated.
Have had Wake Up three different ways now, and they're all good. Very flavorful, with lots of oak. Certainly worth a purchase.
Oct 12, 2015Pours a fairly dark brown, hazy, with a small, quickly dissipating head and a lingering foamy ring. Smell starts with lots of oak, then roasted malts, some chocolate, a little smokiness. Some vanilla as it warms. Taste leads with the roasted malts- more roasty than the smell, chocolate, oak, more vanilla than the nose. Smooth, creamy, well carbonated.
Have had Wake Up three different ways now, and they're all good. Very flavorful, with lots of oak. Certainly worth a purchase.
Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted from draft at Firkin on June 5, 2015.
Jun 05, 2015
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