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Horus Aged Ales
- From:
- Horus Aged Ales
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 16.4%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.33 | pDev: 3.46%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 22, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Imperial stout with Weller Bourbon barrel-aged Hacienda La Esmeralda Bosque San Jose Geisha coffee roasted by Mostra Coffee, bourbon Madagascar vanilla beans, and bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup added. This very special collaboration is with the hip hop duo, Run The Jewels, and is named after a song on their debut album RTJ1. El-P is a major coffee aficionado, so he, Killer Mike, and myself picked the craziest beans we could find and dreamt up this lavish breakfast stout.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.13/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.13/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Slightly oily matte black with a softly fuzzy level tan blanket that slowly dies off to a thin collar.
Acidic espresso cuts an otherwise viscous body to a moderate heft, which is accented by sticky toasted brown sugar that becomes mildly acrid or burnt. This isn't a terrible element--its bitterness helping mitigate any sweetness--while at the same time a mild alcohol burn nips the gullet. A fine yet firm carbonation brings forth a uniquely impressive barrel component from the beans that expresses peppery, syrupy bourbon before coming to a chewy dryness after the swallow.
Sep 08, 2020Acidic espresso cuts an otherwise viscous body to a moderate heft, which is accented by sticky toasted brown sugar that becomes mildly acrid or burnt. This isn't a terrible element--its bitterness helping mitigate any sweetness--while at the same time a mild alcohol burn nips the gullet. A fine yet firm carbonation brings forth a uniquely impressive barrel component from the beans that expresses peppery, syrupy bourbon before coming to a chewy dryness after the swallow.
Reviewed by 7irondave from Massachusetts
4.49/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L: Thin tan head that disappeared leaving a thin ring
S: Maple creeps up as soon as the bottle is opened. Nice blend of the three adjuncts with the maple and coffee being most prominent
T: Bitter coffee right off the bat. Vanilla shows up here with the maple providing background sweetness
F: Medium thickness. Not as thick as some other Horus but still chewy
O: A good coffee forward breakfast stout by any standard
Mar 07, 2020S: Maple creeps up as soon as the bottle is opened. Nice blend of the three adjuncts with the maple and coffee being most prominent
T: Bitter coffee right off the bat. Vanilla shows up here with the maple providing background sweetness
F: Medium thickness. Not as thick as some other Horus but still chewy
O: A good coffee forward breakfast stout by any standard
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