Barrel Aged Dark Matter
Rohrbach Brewing Company (Brewpub)

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Rohrbach Brewing Company (Brewpub)
 
New York, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
9.2%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
2.69 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 05, 2025
Added:
Mar 05, 2025
Wants:
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Gots:
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This pitch black small batch comes from the mind of our esteemed canning line wrangler, Brian. Big additions of flaked oats, chocolate malt, caramel malt, and roast barley create a silky and sweet malt profile of roasted coffee and caramel. The beer was conditioned on Fuego Bear Claw coffee beans and cacao nibs, creating a finish reminiscent of sweet caffe mocha. After aging in Kentucky Bourbon barrels for 3 months, the charred oak imparted flavors of vanilla and boozy warmth.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by GreesyFizeek:
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

2.69/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
This one pours a fairly dark black color, with a small head, and not much lacing.

This smells a bit like caramel and chocolate, but mostly stale and over-roasted coffee.

This just tastes very stale – it’s a few years old and really hasn’t aged all that well, unfortunately. The coffee notes are peppery, vegetal, and just weirdly fruity, with a stale astringency that just doesn’t work. There’s also basically no barrel character on this.

This is light bodied and pretty thin, with a papery thin and dry finish.

This did not work in really any way, unfortunately.
Mar 05, 2025