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Divine Retribution
DuClaw Brewing Company
- From:
- DuClaw Brewing Company
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 15.5%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 13.39%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 03, 2018
- Added:
- Jan 14, 2012
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 14
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Slatetank from Pennsylvania
3.49/5 rDev -8.4%
3.49/5 rDev -8.4%
I had this in a small glass chilled from the bomber.
The color is black with opaque body and thin white head with some spotty lace that sticks. The aroma is malty with sweet presence and mild bourbon odor with some caramel and light nutty scent of wood perhaps. The feel is decent with smooth malt on the thin side with booze of the barrel and mild sweetness with slight creaminess mid palate with mild carbonation and warming finish.
The flavor is pretty good with a dry flavor of malt and caramel adds a mild sweet taste with with strength of bourbon showing through in the flavor with mild creaminess perhaps vanilla from the wood with a more dry taste than straight retribution --perhaps the bourbon has thinned the malt body with some mild spice in the taste. Overall I like this but it is not the best strong ale or barrel aged beer to be honest the alcohol is too prominent in the taste for me but I would not call it a dissapointment either.
Jun 17, 2014The color is black with opaque body and thin white head with some spotty lace that sticks. The aroma is malty with sweet presence and mild bourbon odor with some caramel and light nutty scent of wood perhaps. The feel is decent with smooth malt on the thin side with booze of the barrel and mild sweetness with slight creaminess mid palate with mild carbonation and warming finish.
The flavor is pretty good with a dry flavor of malt and caramel adds a mild sweet taste with with strength of bourbon showing through in the flavor with mild creaminess perhaps vanilla from the wood with a more dry taste than straight retribution --perhaps the bourbon has thinned the malt body with some mild spice in the taste. Overall I like this but it is not the best strong ale or barrel aged beer to be honest the alcohol is too prominent in the taste for me but I would not call it a dissapointment either.
Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania
2.27/5 rDev -40.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.27/5 rDev -40.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
DuClaw event at Als. Draft offering served in a snifter. The brew appears black in color with some big bubble composition that fades fast to thin tan head. Some spotty lace sticks to the glass with a thin penline of bubbles around the edge of the glass.
The aroma has a touch of roasted character before turning all solvent with alcohol that is almost perfume-like with aerosol. Trying to sort through the bad qualities of this brew shows a trace amount of dark fruit like raisons.
The flavor is reminescent of nail polish remover and burnt/solvent alcohol like paint thinner. It is minorly roasty with burnt stale coffee and a hint of raisons. Overall it seems off.
This is a medium to full bodied brew with a modest amount of carbonation. It is quite rough going down. I really hope this is just a new blended batch and not indicative of what the bottles are like. I dont understand how this beer/blend is this terrible considering how much I like Colossus and Retribution on their own. Its almost like the worst barrels from Retribution aging were set aside and Colossus was used to try and hide the faults of the aging gone bad. Just my opinion but this is pretty terrible.
Oct 29, 2013The aroma has a touch of roasted character before turning all solvent with alcohol that is almost perfume-like with aerosol. Trying to sort through the bad qualities of this brew shows a trace amount of dark fruit like raisons.
The flavor is reminescent of nail polish remover and burnt/solvent alcohol like paint thinner. It is minorly roasty with burnt stale coffee and a hint of raisons. Overall it seems off.
This is a medium to full bodied brew with a modest amount of carbonation. It is quite rough going down. I really hope this is just a new blended batch and not indicative of what the bottles are like. I dont understand how this beer/blend is this terrible considering how much I like Colossus and Retribution on their own. Its almost like the worst barrels from Retribution aging were set aside and Colossus was used to try and hide the faults of the aging gone bad. Just my opinion but this is pretty terrible.
Divine Retribution from DuClaw Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
52 ratings
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