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Fine Balance Brewing Company
- From:
- Fine Balance Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.08 | pDev: 4.66%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 23, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 10, 2024
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Anniversary Maple Barrel Aged Imperial Sweet Stout
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)
3.89/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Surprisingly decent, better cold with good chocolate. Sweeter when room temperature, but still not cloying. Can from several months ago from Duran Coffee.
Jun 23, 2025
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
4.27/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
473ml can served close to cold into a snifter. Duran purchase.
Appearance- An ominous black brew with a finger of the deepest tan head available. Some yellowy highlights in the tan. Good retention. Thick and almost syrupy to the eye.
Smell - Roasty qualities and definitely some maple and bourbon. Fairly intense aromatics too.
Taste - Roasty flavors up front then bourbon and maple combine for a sweet finish. In teh aftertaste, some dark chocolate shines through with a touch of wood and maybe even a small smoky element. Pretty complex, albeit nearly teeth shatteringly sweet. The roasty and semi-bitter qualities in the aftertaste save this from been way too sweet and saccharine.
Mouthfeel - Very full bodied with low carbonation, chewy and definitely sticky.
Overall - Pretty impressive barrel aged stout that really does balance the maple, the bourbon, sweetness with a quality roastiness. Very much worth trying if you can find it.
Nov 10, 2024Appearance- An ominous black brew with a finger of the deepest tan head available. Some yellowy highlights in the tan. Good retention. Thick and almost syrupy to the eye.
Smell - Roasty qualities and definitely some maple and bourbon. Fairly intense aromatics too.
Taste - Roasty flavors up front then bourbon and maple combine for a sweet finish. In teh aftertaste, some dark chocolate shines through with a touch of wood and maybe even a small smoky element. Pretty complex, albeit nearly teeth shatteringly sweet. The roasty and semi-bitter qualities in the aftertaste save this from been way too sweet and saccharine.
Mouthfeel - Very full bodied with low carbonation, chewy and definitely sticky.
Overall - Pretty impressive barrel aged stout that really does balance the maple, the bourbon, sweetness with a quality roastiness. Very much worth trying if you can find it.
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