Flashdancing with the Czars
Jughandle Brewing
- From:
- Jughandle Brewing
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 13%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 5.56%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 12, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 27, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
3.92/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
**
12/11/20
Can to snifter. Looks like caning date is 06/25/2019, so pushing 18 months in a can. Only realized this after drinking through most of it.
LOOK: Thick jet black. No light. small beige head that fades relatively quick. poor retention.
AROMA: coffee is strong and roasty. very nice coffee aroma. I also get little hints of raisin, fig, barley,...maybe even the lightest wisp of raspberry.
TASTE: medium roast barley, coffee, light touch of raisin, but not the dark fruits noticed in the aroma. touch of a stale grains flavor which now makes sense that I have read the canning date.....that being said, at 13% this should be able to carry 18 months and not fade on the malt.
FEEL: full body, very flat even considering for a thick stout. thick with a touch of creamy.
Very nice. My first from jughandle, (though this was from a bottle shop, which explains the shelf life), though hopefully
no the last. 13% abv is pretty well hidden for the record also.
**
06/14/25
Can to snifter, almost 6 years old.
Carbonation holds up.
Raisin. Plum. Roasted malt.
**
Dec 12, 202012/11/20
Can to snifter. Looks like caning date is 06/25/2019, so pushing 18 months in a can. Only realized this after drinking through most of it.
LOOK: Thick jet black. No light. small beige head that fades relatively quick. poor retention.
AROMA: coffee is strong and roasty. very nice coffee aroma. I also get little hints of raisin, fig, barley,...maybe even the lightest wisp of raspberry.
TASTE: medium roast barley, coffee, light touch of raisin, but not the dark fruits noticed in the aroma. touch of a stale grains flavor which now makes sense that I have read the canning date.....that being said, at 13% this should be able to carry 18 months and not fade on the malt.
FEEL: full body, very flat even considering for a thick stout. thick with a touch of creamy.
Very nice. My first from jughandle, (though this was from a bottle shop, which explains the shelf life), though hopefully
no the last. 13% abv is pretty well hidden for the record also.
**
06/14/25
Can to snifter, almost 6 years old.
Carbonation holds up.
Raisin. Plum. Roasted malt.
**
Reviewed by TBoneJones from Texas
4.56/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Rich near-black pour. Decent head and lacing. Almost flat appearance after sitting a little while.
Nose is coconut and plenty of roasted coffee and cocoa nibs.
Taste is coffee, semi-dark fruit and silky Swiss-like chocolate. Brownie notes after some dangerously-easy sipping.
Creamy/ medium body-feel with a mild bitterness in the finish. The flavors remain balanced throughout.
A terrific surprise in a can from this brewery I had never tried before while visiting NJ. I don’t recall the last time I’ve had a better coffee-centric RIS.
Jul 27, 2019Nose is coconut and plenty of roasted coffee and cocoa nibs.
Taste is coffee, semi-dark fruit and silky Swiss-like chocolate. Brownie notes after some dangerously-easy sipping.
Creamy/ medium body-feel with a mild bitterness in the finish. The flavors remain balanced throughout.
A terrific surprise in a can from this brewery I had never tried before while visiting NJ. I don’t recall the last time I’ve had a better coffee-centric RIS.
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