Murrays Heart of Darkness Oak Aged

Brewed by Murrays Craft Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Bob’s Farm, NSW, Australia

Serve in Snifter

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33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is thick malty and light vanilla touch. Dark roasted malty, chocolate and light vanilla. Bitter, dark malty and smooth chocolate mixed with vanilla. Smooth malty finish.

clear dark brown, smooth light brown head. roasted malty aroma, slightly boozy. flavor is roasted malty, wood, booze.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Pours an almost pitch black with a vague reddish hue and a beige head. Roasty nose, some raisins and a vague woody note. Solid body, heavy roast, sweet raisins and a subtle if absolutely woody note. Warming alcohol finish. 140212

Pours black with a large, tan head. Nose shows roasted malt, soft booze, chocolate and soft vanilla oak characters. Lots of roasted malt as a flavours too, alongside soft booze, some sharp oak and belgian-like spicy notes. The oak and alcohol is a bit too strong for my liking. Body could be a bit thicker.

Very dark brown almost black pour good block head tan coloured some medium carbonation and aromas lovely oak presence coffee and chocolate a liquorice note the chocolate is rich and malty dark fruit the flavours very chocolaty lovely and malty richness the bitter emerging from it liquorice oak is smooth throughout some coffee dry cocoa a dry touch notes of resin the yeast is a good strain sweet bitter is mild to medium a pleasant imperial the aftertaste mainly dry a resin taste nice oak influence chocolate very good yeast sweetness that last good bitteron the palate very tasty imperial

Bottle. Murrays Dark Beer Dinner, and at the Brewery Hard to do a comparison, with the original beer a bit of a memory atm, but i’ll try. Sinfully dark, dark orange-tan head hangs is dense and menacing. Aroma is certainly complex with lots of coffee, and dark chocolate, and spice, with the added complexity of toasted coconut and cinamon from the oak. Viscious, ruthlessly persistant body, seems somewhat more attenuated/drier than the original, still BIG and mouthfilling. So much on the body to think about, and really I could write the typical sort of rambling novel length description I often do with beers I enjoy, but for me it’s got almost a Cherry Ripe thing going on - dark chocolate malts, black cherry esters, coconut from the wood, with spicy kick and alcohol embrace to ruin the whole chocolate bar fantasty and dry out the finish. Good to see more and more oak aged stuff coming out in Australia. Keep it up guys!

330ml bottle. Pours an opaque black, with a large tan head, which lasts well, and leaves good lacing. Cocoa and coffee are present on the nose, along with a touch of cherry. Mild, herbal hops introduce the beer, leading into a lighter, fruity flavour. Strong milk chocolate is present in the body, and the oak-ageing is quite evident at this point, lending a warmth to the beer which leads into a dark cocoa finish. I enjoyed the standard Heart of Darkness a lot - the mix of imperial stout and Belgian ale, whilst unusual, certainly works well. The addition of oak-ageing, however, just lifts it up a notch. A fine celebratory brew.

330ml bottle. Pours like smooth silky oil, lush, black and rich with a well formed even layer of tan foam. Looks to good to drink almost. Chocolate with a backdrop of raisin and spice in the arom. Full and creamy in the mouth. The flavour rolls across the tongue. As the label says, made for sipping.

Black body with tan head. Dark fruit on the nose with dark chocolate coming through more in the taste, very smooth, full in body but very easily drinkable.

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours black with a very dense tan head that sits atop the brew. It lasts and lasts right until the last mouthful and leaves some great lacing. Aroma presents big notes of plum and chocolate. There is also a few notes akin to whiskey/rum in there. Plenty of dark fruits in the taste - very ’plummy,’ with notes of chocolate and liquorice. Finishes with a sharp note of pine and whisky. Definitely quite boozy but the flavours gel very well which helps overcome that. Mouthfeel is full with soft carbonation. The booze cuts it off a little short, but it leaves that lingering chocolatey bitterness in your mouth for ages. Very nice and a slight improvemment on the original