Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels, 14.6% ABV, 2017 Edition.
A dark and delicious display of rich malt toasty oak flavors and vanilla-like notes from extended aging in bourbon barrels.
Brewer’s note on beer label: Our infamous Black Tuesday stout is named in honor of the great stock market crash of 1929. So Happens It’s Tuesday is simply dark and delicious, but in a more affable format, reminding us that there is always a bit of good to be found within the bad. Things happen, life goes on. This beer can be enjoyed in all of those moments and seasons.
The beer is very dark, looks black. Foam is beige color, thin but fine. It smells dark malty, molasses, dark brown sugar, vanilla and bourbon barrels noses. It’s a good imperial stout nose, dark desert like, toasty woods and vanilla noses like a real bourbon whiskey. The beer is sweet, dark and bold sweet, there’s a bit of bitterness at the back but won’t big enough to fully balance the sweetness. The beer is thick, but not very thick, it shows a milky, oat-y texture and viscosity. The alcohol burns are obvious in this beer, shows a strong boozy flavor in the darkness. The beer is full bodied. Again, the texture is velvety and creamy, it’s bold sweet with light bitter background. It’s quite a boozy dark ale, shows a very strong malty flavor which is stronger than a normal imperial stout. I always found The Bruery’s strong ales have this tendency to be more malty flavor. There’s toasty barrels, whiskey, subtle toast coconut, dark chocolate, plum juice, dried plum, orange liquor, vanilla aromas. Although I think I can say it’s still showing some shape of Tiramisu which is chocolate, vanilla and boozy, then this is the booze version of that and stronger enough you don’t remember that’s like Tiramisu anymore. It’s a very warm stout, I mean the alcohol warms your mouth and throat up. The aftertaste shows some pine wood, toasted tobacco leaves aromas, showing hints of American/English hops.
In recent years I have less The Bruery than before. I don’t mean I don’t like them anymore, I love The Bruery. But you need to know their trait of BA strong ales, they are complex and delicious. But when you age them, they stay young, I mean they don’t change that much over time. This 2017 bottle is 7 years old, but I feel it’s as strong and sharp as I bought it. That is a great trait because of consistency. But it also making aging that that fun, because I don’t find that much of variations over time. Maybe those beer are not bottle conditioned? But from the level of carbonation I feel they are bottle conditioned.
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啤酒颜色很深，看起来像黑色。泡沫呈米黄色，稀薄但细腻。闻起来有黑色麦芽、糖蜜、黑红糖、香草和波本桶的味道。这是一种很好的帝国黑啤的味道，像黑暗的沙漠、烤焦的木头和香草的味道，就像真正的波本威士忌。啤酒很甜，深沉而大胆的甜味，后面有一点苦味，但不足以完全平衡甜味。啤酒很浓稠，但不是很浓稠，它呈现出一种乳白色的燕麦质感和粘稠度。酒精的灼烧感在这款啤酒中非常明显，在黑暗中显示出浓郁的酒香。啤酒酒体饱满。同样，口感如天鹅绒般细腻，甜味中带有淡淡的苦味。这是一款相当醇厚的黑啤酒，麦芽味非常浓郁，比一般的帝国黑啤更强。我总觉得布鲁里的烈性啤酒更倾向于麦芽味。有烤木桶、威士忌、微妙的烤椰子、黑巧克力、李子汁、李子干、橙子酒和香草的香气。虽然我觉得我可以说它仍然呈现出提拉米苏的某种形态，即巧克力、香草和酒香，但这是酒香版的提拉米苏，而且足够浓郁，让你不再记得那是提拉米苏。这是一款非常温暖的黑啤酒，我的意思是酒精会让你的口腔和喉咙变得温暖。回味时会闻到一些松木和烤烟叶的香气，还有一丝美式/英式啤酒花的味道。
近年来，我喝布鲁里啤酒的次数比以前少了。我并不是说我不喜欢他们了，我爱 The Bruery。但你需要了解他们的 BA 烈性啤酒的特点，它们复杂而美味。但是，当你把它们陈酿时，它们会保持年轻，我的意思是，它们不会随着时间的推移而发生太大的变化。2017 年的这瓶酒已经有 7 年的历史了，但我觉得它和我买来时一样浓烈、尖锐。这是一个很好的特性，因为它具有一致性。但这也让陈酿变得很有趣，因为我并没有发现随着时间的推移会有那么大的变化。也许这些啤酒没有经过瓶中调制？但从碳酸化程度来看，我觉得它们是经过瓶调的。
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