Ozzy Imperial Stout
Wander Beyond Brewing
- From:
- Wander Beyond Brewing
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Nov 16, 2020
- Added:
- Nov 11, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
-
-
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.56/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
L- Superfically black, though I get a feint glint of ruby-red through the narrowest point of the chalice glass with a halogen torch head directly behind. This ABV% doesn't support head formation so there's just tiny patch of tan foam.
S- Wowser!! Liquorice and spices. It's hugely impactful but that cannot translate simply into a high rating, off-piste drama doesn't necessarily directly = a premium rating ... hmmm, how to rate...
T- Liquorice, star-anise ... I like star-anise but it's enough to made me involuntarily shudder! Aniseed, then a coal-tar-like roasty-smokey outro... Gawd what's in this thing. It's hugely pungent, don't plan on tasting anything delicate after this, really, my palate is being absolutely flattened.
F- Beguilling would be polite hehe. Complex, exotic, spices all over, ultra-pungent, deep, a slow-sipping beer for sure, perhaps best suited to winter when the palate can demand more pungency/complexity etc.
O- Heavens. Massive liquorice/anise and associated spice notes in a hugely pungent black beer style. One of the most pungent beers I've ever had - though it's ABV of 11% is * relatively * modest for the super-intensity of it's Taste+Feel.
This is one of the most challenging beers I've tried to rate (for context: of 1455 to-date). To be clear it's 11% but that isn't the issue at all, I've had plenty much higher than that, but its the bludgeoning flavour. If I were rating for Drama alone, this would be Top#10 - absolutely no doubt. Regular drinkability? - it wouldn't be in the Top#1000 it's wAAAAy OTT, knows it and isn't embarassed for a second; and that's what it's all about. Fun to try, but good grief I think I need to go and have a lie-down after this one....
440ml can BB: 30/04/2021 £6.75 bought from TremblingMadness/York as part of a mixed-case for home delivery to London
ps. I enjoy cooking Malaysian curries, I used to live there. I'm used to using SEAsian curry powders plus added whole spices incl star-anise to get the desired end point on the balance of flavours. The goal is an overall balance, perhaps with very subtle emphasis here and there as planned and added. - Ok, in that context the star-anise here is waaaaay OTT, it is so over-prominent it is detracting from the whole. In isn't clever or sophisticated; it's more unknowingly making a statement; an over blunt one for me. --- That said I look forward in future to revisit this listing and see what on earth others made of this beer!
Nov 16, 2020S- Wowser!! Liquorice and spices. It's hugely impactful but that cannot translate simply into a high rating, off-piste drama doesn't necessarily directly = a premium rating ... hmmm, how to rate...
T- Liquorice, star-anise ... I like star-anise but it's enough to made me involuntarily shudder! Aniseed, then a coal-tar-like roasty-smokey outro... Gawd what's in this thing. It's hugely pungent, don't plan on tasting anything delicate after this, really, my palate is being absolutely flattened.
F- Beguilling would be polite hehe. Complex, exotic, spices all over, ultra-pungent, deep, a slow-sipping beer for sure, perhaps best suited to winter when the palate can demand more pungency/complexity etc.
O- Heavens. Massive liquorice/anise and associated spice notes in a hugely pungent black beer style. One of the most pungent beers I've ever had - though it's ABV of 11% is * relatively * modest for the super-intensity of it's Taste+Feel.
This is one of the most challenging beers I've tried to rate (for context: of 1455 to-date). To be clear it's 11% but that isn't the issue at all, I've had plenty much higher than that, but its the bludgeoning flavour. If I were rating for Drama alone, this would be Top#10 - absolutely no doubt. Regular drinkability? - it wouldn't be in the Top#1000 it's wAAAAy OTT, knows it and isn't embarassed for a second; and that's what it's all about. Fun to try, but good grief I think I need to go and have a lie-down after this one....
440ml can BB: 30/04/2021 £6.75 bought from TremblingMadness/York as part of a mixed-case for home delivery to London
ps. I enjoy cooking Malaysian curries, I used to live there. I'm used to using SEAsian curry powders plus added whole spices incl star-anise to get the desired end point on the balance of flavours. The goal is an overall balance, perhaps with very subtle emphasis here and there as planned and added. - Ok, in that context the star-anise here is waaaaay OTT, it is so over-prominent it is detracting from the whole. In isn't clever or sophisticated; it's more unknowingly making a statement; an over blunt one for me. --- That said I look forward in future to revisit this listing and see what on earth others made of this beer!
We love reviews (150 characters or more)! Check out: How to Review a Beer. You don't need to get fancy. Drop some thoughts on the beer's attributes (look, smell, taste, feel) plus your overall impression. Something that backs up your rating and helps others. Thanks!