Dose-ified Tier Zero
Horus Aged Ales
- From:
- Horus Aged Ales
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 14.9%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.42 | pDev: 3.39%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 25, 2025
- Added:
- Feb 20, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Imperial Stout aged in Balcones corn whiskey barrels, then Buffalo trace bourbon barrels, and finished in Templeton rye whiskey barrels with chocolate, geisha coffee, hazelnuts, and mayotte vanilla beans added.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by SadMachine:
Rated by SadMachine from New Jersey
4.27/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Mar 29, 2025
4.27/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Mar 29, 2025
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by WickedBeer from Alabama
4.57/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.57/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
The pour on this is a dark abyss with hardly any residual head buildup. What does settle around the perimeter of the liquid is a tan brown coloration.
The nose is classic Horus "dose" - chocolate-dipped hazelnut, Vietnamese coffee, and vanilla. Insane pastry profile given the gravity of the beer and the time it spent in oak.
The palate - while still retaining that clear "dose" treatment - very much showcases more of the journey that this beer spent in casks. There's a bit more astringency right away to accompany what I'm perceiving as a touch of acidity from the Geisha coffee. The nutty bitterness from the hazelnut has a great interplay with the rye component, and the finish gives burnt caramel and whiskey-drenched oak.
The mouthfeel is a touch thin but silky smooth. Carbonation present but low; dangerously smooth given the ABV and a surprisingly absent level of ethanol heat as it finishes.
Aug 25, 2025The nose is classic Horus "dose" - chocolate-dipped hazelnut, Vietnamese coffee, and vanilla. Insane pastry profile given the gravity of the beer and the time it spent in oak.
The palate - while still retaining that clear "dose" treatment - very much showcases more of the journey that this beer spent in casks. There's a bit more astringency right away to accompany what I'm perceiving as a touch of acidity from the Geisha coffee. The nutty bitterness from the hazelnut has a great interplay with the rye component, and the finish gives burnt caramel and whiskey-drenched oak.
The mouthfeel is a touch thin but silky smooth. Carbonation present but low; dangerously smooth given the ABV and a surprisingly absent level of ethanol heat as it finishes.
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