The Bruery Black Tuesday Imperial Stout

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

$30. It better be good. It is! I had this first at GABF. Very nice job.

25.4 oz bottle. Not quite black with a smattering of tan bubbles. Nose is tar, wood, molasses, dark roast and licorice; bourbon somewhat masked. Full body with a delicate tingle. Taste is prune, molasses, caramel and dark chocolate. Maybe some piny hops peeking through. Bourbon blends in well with hints of coconut, grapefruit and Chloraseptic. Lots of malts with a depth of flavor to rival any stout i’ve tried. A boozy mishmash but still an enjoyable experience.

Pour is black with a brown edge like soy sauce - the head on top of that is dark brown but fades rather quickly. The nose is dominated of vanilla and strong alcohol - but somehow the influence from the bourbon barrels are rather low key which makes the aroma way more balanced than most bourbon aged stouts - thank you. The taste is way too sweet for me - its vanilla, vanilla and vanilla and I so much miss some complexity and variation in the taste. The palate is sticky and like sirup. If you pop a bottle of this brew be sure to invite your soccer team ’ cause to or three sips is enough - its simply too sweet. To its favour you cant really sense the strong alcohol that it holds. The sweetness takes over. Not my cup of tee...or beer

Huge thanks to Craig (?) and Gabe and co. over at Beachwood BBQ, some of the nicest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting! Smells of TWENTY ROASTED MALTS, cocoa, molasses, bourbon, and vanilla. With warmth comes a slightly portlike nose and the accompanying flavors. Looks as black as night. Coats the glass and looks like it will taste like motor oil. But it doesn’t! The beer is really, really drinkable because it actually feels great on the tongue and has less heat than some beers 1/3 its size. The beer is very sweet but I don’t see it as problematic; we’re not talking about a Lindeman’s or Chapeau lambic with syrup here. Molasses fades into chocolate, vanilla, and nice but subtle bourbon. The only problem with this beer is that you cannot drink as much of it as you want; if alcohol didn’t affect the body and Black Tuesday was produced like Budweiser, I’d probably never touch a glass of water again.

Holy effing welfare this is good. This is probably one of the sweetest beers I’ve ever had, but it’s also incredibly good.

750ml courtesy of fiver29 and shared with the local crew on Black Friday. Pours crude oil black with almost no head. The nose is oatmeal, charred malt, bourbon and coffee. The taste is milk chocolate, dark fruits, vanilla and oaky bourbon. Warming stuff but not as hot as expected given the ABV% and much sweeter than I thought it would be. Good, not as great as the hype. Thanks for the hook-up John!

Bottle shared generously by Sparky27 @ Black Friday tasting...THANKS ERIC!!! Liquid asphalt pour produced a copper colored head that quickly diminished to nothing more than a wisp and a ring. About as close to a "dessert beer" as I’ve tasted. Pour this stuff over ice cream and enjoy!!! The nose exhibits significant pure vanilla extract, rich milk chocolate, Nestle Quik, and Maker’s Mark. Sizzles like bacon on the tongue and shows coarse brown sugar, caramel, honey, molasses, and maple. Dark fruit, oak, and charred malt also present. Coated like simple syrup but stained the glass. Interesting and pleasing beer, but would have a hard time drinking a lot of it due to it’s sweetness. Couldn’t really detect the alcohol and surprised by it’s ABV.

black tuesday bottle from sparky27 fittingly tasted black friday 11/27/2009. way to start the night, eric! deep black pour with a burnt orange head which fades quickly to a collar. intense amazing aroma with a surprisingly little alcohol burn... rich chocolate, licorice, tar, pay-doh, nearly burnt grain, vanilla, vitamin pill (bourbon barrel), spice, brown sugar, prunes and a dark grape-y vinous character. the flavor shares most of the aforementioned notes but they are behind a sugar-y luchador mask waiting in the corner ready to drop kick me in the guts. it IS delicious... similar to malted chocolate milk and shows nearly no bitterness... but it is TOO sweet. the mouth feel is syrupy.... almost like drinking fresh molasses flavored heavy cream. 9/5/6/2/15/3.7