Elagabalus
Caius Farm Brewery
- From:
- Caius Farm Brewery
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 16.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.44 | pDev: 1.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 28, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 23, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Elagabalus is one of our Imperial Stouts agedin bourbon barrels. For this inaugural batch of Elagabalus, we selected asingle 10+ year Heaven Hill Barrel, which housed one of our several base stoutrecipes. The base beer, known to us as BS1, rested in oak for just over 16months. This singular barrel stood out among the others during our barrel sensory,demonstrating a harmonious balance between stout, oak, and bourbon. Craftedwith American malted barley, a complex assortment of German and British roastedmalts, heaps of flaked oats, classic American hops, and our ale yeast, thisstout is decadent, silky, and incredibly complex.
It is named after Elagabalus (204 – 222 CE),who was a member of the Severan dynasty and was known for religious and sexscandals during her reign; she replaced Zeus with Elagabal, who was anArab-Roman sun god, and married four women. She was also one of the firsttransgender people documented in history. We hope you enjoy this stout togetherwith those you love.
It is named after Elagabalus (204 – 222 CE),who was a member of the Severan dynasty and was known for religious and sexscandals during her reign; she replaced Zeus with Elagabal, who was anArab-Roman sun god, and married four women. She was also one of the firsttransgender people documented in history. We hope you enjoy this stout togetherwith those you love.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
4.5/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
I am sampling a cellar temp waxed 750 ML bottle (#153/163) per the label. Bought it about 1 month or so ago and has been in my cellar since that time.
Pouring into my trusty snifter. The beer pours a dark black coffee color and only a fizzy tan head that froths up and fades immediately to the thinnest of edge layers.
Aroma is very rich bourbon, brown sugar and some fudge. The bourbon is sweeter and there is a little black pepper spiciness that I believe is booziness. No hop presence on this nose, and I didnt expect any.
First sip reveals a medium to thick body with very fine tingly carbonation and the texture is coating and sticky. This beer feels like a 16% ABV imperial stout. there is a little warmth on the swallow, but it isnt overpowering , but does make this a sipper for sure.
Flavor is similar to the nose, with lots of fudge brownie and a hefty bourbon note. Rich brown sugar and chocolate roll with the bourbon and again, some black pepper spiciness kicks in the finish of the beer. There is no hop character on this beer that I can detect anywhere.
Im glad I bought this as the beer is very good, it was pretty expensive, but I am going to enjoy this bottle the rest of the evening now. Very nice BBA Imperial Stout
Dec 01, 2024Pouring into my trusty snifter. The beer pours a dark black coffee color and only a fizzy tan head that froths up and fades immediately to the thinnest of edge layers.
Aroma is very rich bourbon, brown sugar and some fudge. The bourbon is sweeter and there is a little black pepper spiciness that I believe is booziness. No hop presence on this nose, and I didnt expect any.
First sip reveals a medium to thick body with very fine tingly carbonation and the texture is coating and sticky. This beer feels like a 16% ABV imperial stout. there is a little warmth on the swallow, but it isnt overpowering , but does make this a sipper for sure.
Flavor is similar to the nose, with lots of fudge brownie and a hefty bourbon note. Rich brown sugar and chocolate roll with the bourbon and again, some black pepper spiciness kicks in the finish of the beer. There is no hop character on this beer that I can detect anywhere.
Im glad I bought this as the beer is very good, it was pretty expensive, but I am going to enjoy this bottle the rest of the evening now. Very nice BBA Imperial Stout
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