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Fayston Maple Imperial Stout - Maple Barrel-Aged
Lawson's Finest Liquids
- From:
- Lawson's Finest Liquids
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 96
- Avg:
- 4.32 | pDev: 9.03%
- Reviews:
- 68
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 22, 2021
- Added:
- Dec 19, 2010
- Wants:
- 639
- Gots:
- 59
A huge, rich, and strong stout brewed with a maple twist. Designed to keep you warm on sub-zero nights and for sipping with a fine meal or dessert.
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Ratings by Kegatron:
Reviewed by Kegatron from Pennsylvania
4.17/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
750ml corked & caged bottle into a couple of glasses. Rare batch 175 Bottle # 35/180. Black with a dark mocha head. Rich retention with a good bit of robust spotty lace. The aroma has a huge maple presence, with spicy tobacco notes along the back and some chocolate, vanilla and dark roast mixed in. A green tannic presence hangs on the edges but this isn’t hugely oaky. Maple is strong in the flavor as well, with a hot feel to it from the barrel. Chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar, a touch of tobacco and dark roast all make themselves known as well. The roast leaves bitter char in the finish, where it lingers with some burnt barrel character. This full bodied and chewy in the mouth with some silkier undertones. This shows it’s alcohol but isn’t overly hot, just leaving some spicy sweetness back in the mouth. This was certainly tasty and interesting but the maple from the base beer and the barrel (both the maple and vanilla) just got to be a little too much in spots. I did like the overall complexity here though and the drinkability was decent. I’m still glad I sought this one out a while back.
Jan 24, 2013More User Ratings:
Reviewed by M-Fox24 from New Jersey
4.25/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A: Creamy, black pour. Head is dark brown with lasting retention and slight lacing
S: Maple brownie, almonds, roasted coffee, some smoke, leather, and wood contribute to the audacious aroma
T: Caramel, milk chocolate, molasses, hints of vanilla, and a strong presence of maple that’s not too cloying. This is quite interesting and complex, as the bold flavors digress with warmth and notes of nuts, licorice, fruits, dark malts, and smoked connotations transpire
M: Low carbonation, medium body, hidden ABV; the feel is light, creamy, sweet and smooth
O: A refined boldness: an elegant stout of more than one-dimension and no artificiality
Jun 06, 2017S: Maple brownie, almonds, roasted coffee, some smoke, leather, and wood contribute to the audacious aroma
T: Caramel, milk chocolate, molasses, hints of vanilla, and a strong presence of maple that’s not too cloying. This is quite interesting and complex, as the bold flavors digress with warmth and notes of nuts, licorice, fruits, dark malts, and smoked connotations transpire
M: Low carbonation, medium body, hidden ABV; the feel is light, creamy, sweet and smooth
O: A refined boldness: an elegant stout of more than one-dimension and no artificiality
Rated by MikeM417 from Connecticut
4.42/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Bottled in April 2015, opened in January 2017. Solid brew, but not a lot a lot of flavor
Jan 09, 2017Reviewed by FFreak from Vermont
4.87/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.87/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Amazing beer. April 2015 bottle. Black tar with a tall milk chocolate head that leaves a ring and some lace. Chocolate and maple syrup combine in the nose. Taste is straight up delicious! Mouthfeel is gorgeous, silky, not overly viscous, low carbonation. Overall, one of the best stouts I've had.
Nov 09, 2016
Fayston Maple Imperial Stout - Maple Barrel-Aged from Lawson's Finest Liquids
Beer rating:
96 out of
100 with
313 ratings
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