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Twenty
Central Waters Brewing Co.
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- From:
- Central Waters Brewing Co.
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 13.5%
- Score:
- 98
- Avg:
- 4.45 | pDev: 5.62%
- Reviews:
- 16
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 09, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 27, 2018
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 30
SCORE
98
World-Class
98
World-Class
Notes:
This beer is an expression of hard work, determination, gratitude, and love. A celebration of our 20th year. A careful blend of several barrel-aged stouts each aged a minimum of two years. Cheers to 20 more!
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Reviewed by crobinso from Colorado
4.22/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
there are some big chocolate, licorice, charred wood, raisin notes. the chocolate reads as bakers chocolate or fudge depending on where it is on the palate. oak comes through more as it warms. bourbon is a bit spicy.
Mar 14, 2021
Reviewed by aleigator from Germany
3.77/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Central Waters Twenty Years
Pours pitch black with a decent sized, stable beige head.
Smells of licorice, toasted coconut and red berries among chocolaty coffee. Brings a nice spicy whiff to the nose among old wood and smoky, sweet toffee.
Drinks smooth and oily, showcasing the decadent, rich body of this in a perfectly balanced way.
Tastes of a warming, honey covered bourbon presence, coated by milk chocolate and additional coconut. Inherits a rock sugar and licorice, together with calming whipped cream, vanilla bean and bakers chocolate. Has a praliné finish, featuring warming, dry Bourbon and complimenting, earthy coffee, chocolate and oak.
Complex and playfully balanced beer, evoking new flavors with each sip, since it is impossible to drink this.
Sep 06, 2020Pours pitch black with a decent sized, stable beige head.
Smells of licorice, toasted coconut and red berries among chocolaty coffee. Brings a nice spicy whiff to the nose among old wood and smoky, sweet toffee.
Drinks smooth and oily, showcasing the decadent, rich body of this in a perfectly balanced way.
Tastes of a warming, honey covered bourbon presence, coated by milk chocolate and additional coconut. Inherits a rock sugar and licorice, together with calming whipped cream, vanilla bean and bakers chocolate. Has a praliné finish, featuring warming, dry Bourbon and complimenting, earthy coffee, chocolate and oak.
Complex and playfully balanced beer, evoking new flavors with each sip, since it is impossible to drink this.
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.39/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.39/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Solid black with a creamy, bubbly tan head.
Toasty semi-bitter cacao glides into silky chocolate met by an assertively spicy Maker's-like bourbon.
The smooth, medium-thick body comes to a semi-dry finish which brings out nutty pie crust and toffee on the swallow and exhale.
Damn I love their anniversary beers.
Nov 25, 2019Toasty semi-bitter cacao glides into silky chocolate met by an assertively spicy Maker's-like bourbon.
The smooth, medium-thick body comes to a semi-dry finish which brings out nutty pie crust and toffee on the swallow and exhale.
Damn I love their anniversary beers.
Reviewed by yesterdayfaraway from Missouri
4.5/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L: pours medium thickness, pitch black with no head
S: fudge and bourbon. Sweet and boozy. Yum
T: just like the nose..yum. Very delicious
F: medium thickness, coating and smooth
O: great beer and vastly under hyped
Jun 23, 2019S: fudge and bourbon. Sweet and boozy. Yum
T: just like the nose..yum. Very delicious
F: medium thickness, coating and smooth
O: great beer and vastly under hyped
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
3.58/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
650 mL bottle. Black body. Smells of chocolate, bourbon, and lots of oak. Taste is surprising. Nutty malts and licorice. Then comes the chocolate and bourbon. Very oaky. Not too heavy. Pretty good.
Jun 19, 2019
Reviewed by Thirstygoat from Illinois
4.68/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.68/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Last Saturday I drank a 18. It was good but the wood seemed to scratch against my throat.
This coats the throat with a trace of bourbon, Smells great and ticks all the boxes for a top tier BBA Stout
absolutely Delicious!
Jan 27, 2019This coats the throat with a trace of bourbon, Smells great and ticks all the boxes for a top tier BBA Stout
absolutely Delicious!
Rated by OompaMentor from Georgia
4.25/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
6/15/2018
Jan 02, 2019
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.44/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Let this one warm up! The best aspects of this one are the various subtle flavors of tobacco, leather, oak, soil, vanilla, and coffee. They pair perfectly with the big fudge, licorice, charred wood, raisin, and booze. Great depth in taste! The body is thick and heavy, not smooth but powerful
Dec 20, 2018
Twenty from Central Waters Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
98 out of
100 with
110 ratings
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