The Bruery Black Tuesday Imperial Stout

Brewed by The Bruery
Style: Imperial Stout
Placentia, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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2011 Vintage. 750mL bottle, pours pitch black with a thin tan head. Aroma is very decadent and desert like, of bourbon barrels, molasses, prunes and sherry - quite fruity and liqueur-like, and very hot. Flavour of intense brown sugar, sherry liqueur, molasses and loads of bourbon - huge boozy kick / very hot. Very cloying in sweetness - too much so to warrant a higher rating. I doubt this would have the ratings it does if not for the rarity.

Black with very little head. Nose of caramel, bourbon, booze, toffee. Tastes of coffee, confectioners sugar, caramel, circus peanuts. Drank this following Dark Lord. This is better.

Easily one of the best beers I’ve ever tasted. Had some ’08 Abyss from Deschutes the same night. Black Tuesday wins hands down. Great nose, smooth from start to finish. Thanks DB. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle 75 cl (Thanks Konstifik). A dark brown color with a medium high, creamy, light brown head. An aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, butterscotch, plums and bourbon.The taste is heavy sweet and light bitter. A full body, oily and creamy body, soft carbonation and a long duration. A fantastic aroma and nice mouthfeel. A great beer.

Black and very strong. Burnt malts and booze. Very high abv must be respected when enjoying this beer.

750ml Bottle (At Jolo’s) - 18.5%. Black in colour. Roasted malt, plain chocolate and coffee in the aroma. Sweet, malty and chocolatey taste with notes of coffee, liquorice and plain chocolate. Rather rich, but it covers the abv very well.

not sure why this gets such rave reviews maybe better with age? it is way to sweet makes you want to brush your teeth

Bottle, Spilt 2 parts me and 1 part a friend, got a lot of this one for my self. This one is very sweet, I had the 2011 edition. There is a very strong maple finish in the back and it is quite nice. A fair bit thinner then I was expecting. This is a really nice treat

75cl Bottle at AHBS. Black, thin brown head. Aroma is sweet, bourbon, chocolate, alcohol, vanilla, cognac. Flavour is very sweet, hard roasted malts, alcohol, dark fruits, caramel, molasses, bourbon, moccha, cognac, roasted and alcohol bitter finish. Fullbodied, fat mouthfeel, very thick stuff. Very good but rather hot beer.

Not a big fan of the Bourbon barrel aging - tastes much too boozy. This one however was light on the booze, light on the carbonation and was dominated by the coffee and chocolate flavours.