Born Black
Great Mane Brewery
- From:
- Great Mane Brewery
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 05, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 05, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A full bodied, no-adjunct Russian imperial stout with a bit of everything in it. Eight different malts that remind you of coffee, chocolate, dried dark fruits, and caramel.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
On tap at brewery:
Very dark brown with a light tan head that fizzles like it’s going to disappear but ends up being pretty resilient, to the tune of leaving nice lacing.
Nose is coffe and dark chocolate with a hint of dark fruit - my olfactory sense is leaning towards raisin. There’s a little bit of caramel sweetness that has me worried it might be under-attenuated.
Fears go away on first sip. This beer isn’t dry, but it’s not sweet, either. Dark roast coffee with the smallest pinch of sugar. Liquid dark chocolate by mid-taste has a similar dark fruit sensation, though I’m not getting any distinct fruit. As far as distinct fruit, I’m actually getting a hint of banana in the latter part of the taste.
A bit of a bumpy carbonated ride on open, warmth mellows and smooths the beer a bit. My initial thoughts on this were it had Baltic Porter flavors with ann imperial stout feel. In the end, I like that overall, they did a good job without going sweet or adjunct/flavor laden.
Feb 05, 2023Very dark brown with a light tan head that fizzles like it’s going to disappear but ends up being pretty resilient, to the tune of leaving nice lacing.
Nose is coffe and dark chocolate with a hint of dark fruit - my olfactory sense is leaning towards raisin. There’s a little bit of caramel sweetness that has me worried it might be under-attenuated.
Fears go away on first sip. This beer isn’t dry, but it’s not sweet, either. Dark roast coffee with the smallest pinch of sugar. Liquid dark chocolate by mid-taste has a similar dark fruit sensation, though I’m not getting any distinct fruit. As far as distinct fruit, I’m actually getting a hint of banana in the latter part of the taste.
A bit of a bumpy carbonated ride on open, warmth mellows and smooths the beer a bit. My initial thoughts on this were it had Baltic Porter flavors with ann imperial stout feel. In the end, I like that overall, they did a good job without going sweet or adjunct/flavor laden.
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