Brooklyn Black OPS - Brooklyn Brewery

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rAvg: 4.15
pDev: 13.98%
Reviews: 703
Hads: 639

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Brooklyn Brewery

New York, United States

Style | ABV
Russian Imperial Stout | 10.50% ABV

Availability: Winter. bottle (687), cask (12), on-tap (4).

Notes:
Brooklyn Black Ops (2008 commercially available version) was aged for four months in bourbon barrels, bottled flat, and re-fermented in the bottle with Champagne yeast. 940 cases produced.

10.7%-2008
11.6%-2009
11.3%-2010
10.7%-2011
10.5%-2012

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Reviews by puboflyons:

puboflyons

New Hampshire

4.47/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Sampled on May 8, 2010. I put this on a shelf for six months before opening it. The pour is inky black with a quick building frothy three inch brown head. The aroma explodes with chocolate, coffee, wood, and hard liquor. The mouthfeel is somewhat oily but bold in texture. Dark chocolate, spent coffee grinds, and hops are the main ingredients of the taste with a distinctive hard liquor shadow. At the end of it there is a kind of hot pepper like sensation. This is a very smooth and unique Russian Imperial stout.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2010 22:46:48 | More by puboflyons

More User Reviews:

jwat

Pennsylvania

3/5 rDev -27.7%

06-18-2013 03:56:18 | More by jwat

Metalaero

New York

4.25/5 rDev +2.4%

06-18-2013 00:12:35 | More by Metalaero

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

2.25/5 rDev -45.8%

06-17-2013 22:33:55 | More by tommyguz

spw109

New York

4.5/5 rDev +8.4%

06-17-2013 07:42:38 | More by spw109

Teleweizen2

New Jersey

3.98/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

2012 vintage

A - pours a deep midnight black. two fingers of bubbly deep tan foam rise then quickly fizzles out. leaves a touch of spotty lacing against the glass.

S - aroma is dominated by oak, bourbon, and vanilla. hints of roasty coffee, charcoal, and chocolate round out the edges.

T - soft notes of bakers chocolate and doughy bread. lightly sweet notes of caramel swoop in to balance the strong flavors of char and coffee. slightly fruity notes in the center, dark and juicy. mostly plums and raisins. syrupy chocolate on the back end. finish is long and warming with notes of chocolate and bourbon.

M - full bodied. slick texture. medium carbonation. tight effervescent bubbles.

O -

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2013 20:59:20 | More by Teleweizen2

DruRho

Maryland

4/5 rDev -3.6%

06-16-2013 20:36:03 | More by DruRho

jaxon53

Connecticut

4/5 rDev -3.6%

06-16-2013 13:18:48 | More by jaxon53

CrazyDavros

Australia

4.1/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

Pours black with a small dark tan head.
Nose shows coconut, oak, roasted malt, liquorice and chocolate liqueur. Lovely.
More coconut and oak as flavours but with the roasted malt more prominent.
Very low carbonation. Body feels a bit watery.
Nice stuff.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2013 02:47:15 | More by CrazyDavros

djre4orm

Virginia

4/5 rDev -3.6%

06-13-2013 20:37:00 | More by djre4orm

MWolverines66

New York

3.69/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Pours a dark mocha color. Taste was oaky, kinda like a bourbon but not too overwhelming, and had a clean finish.

I am not a big fan of darker beers, and this one was decent, but something I couldn't do more than a tasting glass. Also, I was a little disappointed for the price of the bottle ($24 at WF), was expecting something a little better considering.

Serving type: bottle

06-13-2013 02:32:34 | More by MWolverines66