Perro Negro
Cervezas Brew & Roll

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Cervezas Brew & Roll
 
Spain
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
3.72 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 19, 2024
Added:
Dec 19, 2024
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Reviewed by Jack_14 from Italy

3.72/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
DECEMBER 2024.
33 cl bottle (7€ at the Pub - Naski Bar, Vitoria-Gasteiz).
It is an Imperial Stout (not exactly a Russian Imperial Stout...) from a craft brewery in the Basque Country (Navarra region) in which moderately toasted oak chips (soaked wood) and Ardbeg whisky (one of the most famous Scottish Single Malt Whisky from the Isle of Islay, with a large contribution of peaty hints) were used.
Warm, toasted and toasted aromas (especially chocolate, roasting).
When poured, it releases a foam of the right amount, beige in colour tending towards light brown.
In the mouth, you find a full-bodied and enveloping beer, in which notes of dark bitter chocolate stand out, hiding more typically peaty notes (smoky notes, rancid wood), which remain gently in the background compared to the predominant taste of cocoa.
Light roasting notes and a hint of licorice accompany a delicate peat (fumée) finish.
A beer that warms, without ever revealing an alcoholic ethyl note.
Once the sip has been swallowed, the palate has enveloping notes of dark chocolate that fade (always gently) into woody and peat notes, while the tongue remains slightly drier with hints of toasted cereals, which recall the roasting (more than the peat of Ardbeg).
Let's say that the peat is kept very under control and the result is, all in all, a very balanced and pleasant product to drink: without sharp edges, but also without being banal or too sweet.
Without excess but with a compromise with the more "sharp" notes that has led to a remarkable result.
Dec 19, 2024