Keyser Soze
Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse
- From:
- Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse
- California, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 12.6%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 10.46%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 09, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 30, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by jethrodium from California
3.4/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Triple Rock. 2011 version. Pours a dark black with a small head leaving no lacing. The aroma is roasty and boozy with some sweet chocolate as well as some light coffee. Quite a bit of alcohol present. The taste is sweet and boozy. There is some coffee as well as some sweet dark chocolate. The finish has a bit of bitterness and is boozy and a bit astringent. Medium body. Low Carbonation.
Feb 24, 2012
Reviewed by largadeer from California
4.05/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Draft at Triple Rock.
Muddy opaque dark brown with a finger of froth. Roasty, chocolatey nose with a touch of char, licorice and espresso roast coffee. Slightly boozy, but it doesn't smell 14.6%. Palate is roasty, mildly ashy and tarry, semi-sweet. Not terribly syrupy, but definitely big. Alcohol is well hidden. Finish is roasty and chocolatey but balanced, not too bitter. Nice lingering dryness. Well done, especially for the strength.
Feb 11, 2012Muddy opaque dark brown with a finger of froth. Roasty, chocolatey nose with a touch of char, licorice and espresso roast coffee. Slightly boozy, but it doesn't smell 14.6%. Palate is roasty, mildly ashy and tarry, semi-sweet. Not terribly syrupy, but definitely big. Alcohol is well hidden. Finish is roasty and chocolatey but balanced, not too bitter. Nice lingering dryness. Well done, especially for the strength.
Reviewed by cookedw from California
3.28/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
3.28/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2011 Keyser Soze
A: Jet black, but almost zero head and no lacing. At 13.0%, this is not unsurprising, and it definitely hinted at what was to come.
S: Honestly, this was the biggest weak-point for me (besides texture). I got a little bit of coffee and some oaky qualities due primarily to the alcohol + association with port, but I just did not get a lot of sniff to the beer.
T: Taste-wise, though, this is a pretty delicious beer. The cherries come through particularly strong, which I appreciate. A friend called this the "port of beers", and that's not a bad comparison. There's a big sweetness that plays off the fruitiness to lend the beer a very port-y flavor. The coffee bitter notes lingered afterwards on the tongue. I wish I had shown up last Friday for the bourbon-barrel aged '09 - I think this could use some aging to give it an extra dimension and really take it to the next level.
M: This was what knocked the drinkability down huge for me. I've had some other high ABV beers that weren't as syrupy - this one was just a little much for my palate. I was definitely done after my 12oz pour.
D: I wanted to drink more for the flavor, but the texture really just was too heavy. In some ways, the alcohol added a depth to the beer, but it also hindered it and left an overall syrupy quality to it that I could have done without.
O: I remember loving the 2009 - this one I only liked. Maybe it was my mood, but this beer was just too much for my taste this sitting, despite me really liking the initial flavor.
Feb 21, 2011A: Jet black, but almost zero head and no lacing. At 13.0%, this is not unsurprising, and it definitely hinted at what was to come.
S: Honestly, this was the biggest weak-point for me (besides texture). I got a little bit of coffee and some oaky qualities due primarily to the alcohol + association with port, but I just did not get a lot of sniff to the beer.
T: Taste-wise, though, this is a pretty delicious beer. The cherries come through particularly strong, which I appreciate. A friend called this the "port of beers", and that's not a bad comparison. There's a big sweetness that plays off the fruitiness to lend the beer a very port-y flavor. The coffee bitter notes lingered afterwards on the tongue. I wish I had shown up last Friday for the bourbon-barrel aged '09 - I think this could use some aging to give it an extra dimension and really take it to the next level.
M: This was what knocked the drinkability down huge for me. I've had some other high ABV beers that weren't as syrupy - this one was just a little much for my palate. I was definitely done after my 12oz pour.
D: I wanted to drink more for the flavor, but the texture really just was too heavy. In some ways, the alcohol added a depth to the beer, but it also hindered it and left an overall syrupy quality to it that I could have done without.
O: I remember loving the 2009 - this one I only liked. Maybe it was my mood, but this beer was just too much for my taste this sitting, despite me really liking the initial flavor.
Reviewed by Arbitrator from California
3.04/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
3.04/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
On-tap at the brewery. 2010 vintage consumed at Triple Rock's debut of this during SF Beer Week.
A: Received in a snifter that revealed a jet-black body with half an inch of mocha-colored head. Retention was poor, with a few trails of lace down the glass.
S: Very sensitive to temperature. Not much at first, but after letting it warm, it became a delicious bouquet of dark rum, molasses, bittersweet chocolate, roasted malt, and a small amount of coffee.
T: The 2009 vintage was on the sweet side, but the 2010 is even sweeter, and it's not appealing. It is dominated by dark rum, molasses, and a dark berry flavor (I thought blackberries or currants). The chocolate contains a substantial milk flavor instead of being pure dark. The only contrast is from roasted malt / coffee, but they don't negate the sugars well enough.
M: Full-bodied, low carbonation that makes it very creamy. It's hard not to notice the ABV (which crept up to 13% in the 2010 batch), but it's not exactly hot.
D: I'm pretty disappointed with this compared to last year, and so was my girlfriend. She's normally not excited about beer, but she loved KS '09 and was hoping that the '10 batch would be just as good. Sadly, it's pretty meh in its new form. Above average, but not greatly so.
Feb 12, 2010A: Received in a snifter that revealed a jet-black body with half an inch of mocha-colored head. Retention was poor, with a few trails of lace down the glass.
S: Very sensitive to temperature. Not much at first, but after letting it warm, it became a delicious bouquet of dark rum, molasses, bittersweet chocolate, roasted malt, and a small amount of coffee.
T: The 2009 vintage was on the sweet side, but the 2010 is even sweeter, and it's not appealing. It is dominated by dark rum, molasses, and a dark berry flavor (I thought blackberries or currants). The chocolate contains a substantial milk flavor instead of being pure dark. The only contrast is from roasted malt / coffee, but they don't negate the sugars well enough.
M: Full-bodied, low carbonation that makes it very creamy. It's hard not to notice the ABV (which crept up to 13% in the 2010 batch), but it's not exactly hot.
D: I'm pretty disappointed with this compared to last year, and so was my girlfriend. She's normally not excited about beer, but she loved KS '09 and was hoping that the '10 batch would be just as good. Sadly, it's pretty meh in its new form. Above average, but not greatly so.
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