Black Tuesday - The Bruery

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1,408 Ratings

rAvg: 4.53
pDev: 11.92%
Reviews: 482
Hads: 926

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The Bruery

California, United States

Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial Stout | 19.20% ABV

Availability: Fall. bottle (421), on-tap (58), cask (3).

Notes:
2009: 19.5% ABV
2010: 18.2% ABV
2011: 18.3% ABV
2012: 19.2% ABV

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Reviews by iadler:

iadler

Minnesota

2.73/5 rDev -39.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

'11 bottle. Thanks for bringing this exitmusic00. I've been curious in trying this after having Chocolate Rain Batch 1.

A- Pours a deep black with a thin mocha head that leaves no lacing behind.

S- Harsh alcohol, dark fruit including prunes and raisins and some sugary sweetness. The 18% is making itself known.

T- Bourbon hits the palate followed by loads of candied sugar, roasted malt, prune juice, raisins and black cherry. Damn, this is incredibly sweet and is pretty much diabetes in a bottle. Really no balance or complexity for that matter. Maybe some chocolate and caramel, but the alcohol and sugar overpower pretty much any flavor.

M- Medium carbonation and a syrupy body with the heat lingering on.

O- It's amazing how undrinkable this beer was. Way too much sugary sweetness paired with the harsh booziness. It was a chore to drink 3 ounces. The hype behind this and Chocolate Rain confuse me as both are just hot boozy messes.

Serving type: bottle

07-27-2012 23:28:06 | More by iadler

More User Reviews:

thedarkestlord

Illinois

4.75/5 rDev +4.9%

06-20-2013 03:16:41 | More by thedarkestlord

soldat329x

Illinois

4.75/5 rDev +4.9%

06-19-2013 00:47:02 | More by soldat329x

taylor714914

Pennsylvania

3.75/5 rDev -17.2%

06-18-2013 23:05:22 | More by taylor714914

nrs207

Pennsylvania

4/5 rDev -11.7%

06-16-2013 18:00:22 | More by nrs207

Stevedore

Wisconsin

4.63/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

750ml bottle from 2012, about 6oz poured into a snifter at Dustin's birthday tasting yesterday, 6.15.2013.

Aroma: Lots of bourbon and heat, which dominates the nose. But there are marshmallows and tons of chocolate, very sweet. It basically smelled like bourbon smores. Interesting! I thought the heat was really off-putting, but altogether this beer has a really, sweet and complex nose. (4.25)

Colour: Pitch black, like a black hole. Not much of a head at all, which is not surprising for a high gravity beer like this. There isn't even a collar, and there isn't any lacing at all when I swirl it around. Its black, that's all I can expect from a beer called Black Tuesday. (4.25)

Flavour: Really, really sweet. Like mentioned before, it tastes like a crap ton of chocolate, bourbon and a little vanilla sweetness. There's a lot going on here, but the best way to put it is hot, hot bourbon smores. It all comes together well, not all that cloying. Deliciously bourbony and malty! (4.75)

Mouthfeel: Full bodied, super thick. Actually quite well carbonated for a giant stout like this. Aftertaste is mostly all the malty sweetness that I experienced while swishing this beer along my palate. Its pretty much dessert. Really, the biggest problem with this beer is that it's so damn boozy. I know its a 19.2% beer, but it was just a beer that took a long time to finish. Still, so black and thick... gotta say this is a hell of a mouthfeel. (4.75)

Overall: Delicious. It's like drinking whiskey and port together. Thick thick beer that is very sweet but not cloyingly so. As mentioned above, the problem is that its got too much alcohol in it- I can smell it in the nose immediately as its being poured, and it definitely gets hotter as it gets warmer. I think its a deliciously sweet barrel-aged big stout but for the $36 it costs per bottle, I'll take 6 bottles of BCBS. It's not a very good value IMO (which does not detract from the overall scoring in this review), but I'm glad to have at least tried it. (4.75)

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2013 13:48:08 | More by Stevedore