Black Widow
Tox Brewing Company
- From:
- Tox Brewing Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.3 | pDev: 4.42%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 09, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 20, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Our imperial stout backs off on the roasted barley and chocolate malt in favor of a delicate balance of crystal malts and an array of other dark malts to create deep layered flavor. Thick, smooth, and slightly dry on the finish with a crisp bitterness, We taste spirit soaked dark chocolate, toasted almonds, and lightly smoked plum raisin.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cashbeagle
4.65/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
For me, after years of super strong, super sweet pastry candy stouts, I am thinking this is the perfect stout. Not too strong, definitely not too weak, not too sweet and not too roasty/black coffee. Just lovely.
Jan 09, 2025
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4.23/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Sampling a cellar temp 16 oz can poured into my snifter. I picked up a 4 pack of this beer at the brewery yesterday. Tox labels this as an imperial stout and at 9.5% I agree.
The beer pours a dark black coffee color with a spongey tan head of 2 cm foaming up from a gentle pour. This foam fades slowly and creates some large craters on its surface as it fades. I do get some dense clingy lattice as I swirl or take a sip from the glass.
the aroma is fairly straightforward with a lot of roasted malt notes and some dark chocolate. I get a little anice and some black coffee too. No adjuncts or sweetness coming through on the nose.
First sip reveals a medium body with very fine and tingly carbonation. Texture is smooth and creamy and the beer drinks very easy for a bigger ABV.
Flavor is nice and roasty with some dark chocolate, hints of toffee and again some black coffee. I do get a little brown sugar and milk chocolate and then a little bite of ABV warmth on the swallow. The sweeter chocolate note is what lingers and I dont get any hops on this beer.
A well made and straight forward imperial stout, which is nice to find in the days of adjunct laden overly sweet stouts. Glad to have 3 more cans in the cellar.
Mar 22, 2021The beer pours a dark black coffee color with a spongey tan head of 2 cm foaming up from a gentle pour. This foam fades slowly and creates some large craters on its surface as it fades. I do get some dense clingy lattice as I swirl or take a sip from the glass.
the aroma is fairly straightforward with a lot of roasted malt notes and some dark chocolate. I get a little anice and some black coffee too. No adjuncts or sweetness coming through on the nose.
First sip reveals a medium body with very fine and tingly carbonation. Texture is smooth and creamy and the beer drinks very easy for a bigger ABV.
Flavor is nice and roasty with some dark chocolate, hints of toffee and again some black coffee. I do get a little brown sugar and milk chocolate and then a little bite of ABV warmth on the swallow. The sweeter chocolate note is what lingers and I dont get any hops on this beer.
A well made and straight forward imperial stout, which is nice to find in the days of adjunct laden overly sweet stouts. Glad to have 3 more cans in the cellar.
Rated by illshowyou from Arizona
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Not too sweet
Jan 25, 2020
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