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Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout Rye Barrel-aged
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
Beer Geek Stats
- From:
- Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 4.74%
- Reviews:
- 3
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 06, 2017
- Added:
- May 22, 2012
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 1
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland
3.87/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.87/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
From BeerAdvocate magazine Issue #60 (Jan 2012):
LOOK: Pitch black, thin lace
SMELL: Charcoal, booze, peppery, carob, nougat, chocolate covered cordial cherries, buckwheat honey
TASTE: Roasty, chocolate, charred wood, mild molasses, warming alcohol, espresso, black peppercorns, figgy, chicory, woody dryness, burnt raisins, roasty finish
Good things come in small packages. Aged for a year in Heaven Hill Rye Whiskey barrels, this one is smoother and more relaxed compared to the bourbon barrel-aged version; however, it shows more depth. Leinies proves that they can get crafty. Hopefully this isn’t just a one-off.
Jul 24, 2012LOOK: Pitch black, thin lace
SMELL: Charcoal, booze, peppery, carob, nougat, chocolate covered cordial cherries, buckwheat honey
TASTE: Roasty, chocolate, charred wood, mild molasses, warming alcohol, espresso, black peppercorns, figgy, chicory, woody dryness, burnt raisins, roasty finish
Good things come in small packages. Aged for a year in Heaven Hill Rye Whiskey barrels, this one is smoother and more relaxed compared to the bourbon barrel-aged version; however, it shows more depth. Leinies proves that they can get crafty. Hopefully this isn’t just a one-off.
Reviewed by jegross2 from Illinois
4.15/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.15/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Reviewing the Rye Barrel-Aged Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout from the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company. Thank you Derek for giving me the chance to sample this hard-to-find brew!
Score: 93
Aged one year in rye whiskey barrels. Bottled 8/26/11. Served in a taster glass and enjoyed on 05/11/12. Review is from iPhone notes.
Appearance: It's dark here and beer is black. There is a thin layer of what I think is tan-colored head atop the beer initially. 4/5
Smell: Rollo candy, rye and sweet chocolate. A little smokiness and some caramel too. 4/5
Taste: Tastes just like it smells, but with a stronger and layering smokey rye peppery kick on the midpalate that really lingers in the aftertaste. Very balanced. 4.25/5
Mouthfeel: Medium-plus bodied and low carbonation. There is a nice "rye kick" on the tongue. Creamy mouthfeel. 4.5/5
Overall: A delicious improvement over a solid base beer. I liked the bourbon and rye barrel-aged Big Eddy's equally much, and if they were regularly released I would certainly buy them both. Kudos to Leiney's for an excellent foray into the craft beer market.
Recommendation: This beer's first release was incredibly limited, but I'd recommend trying to hunt down a bottle to try.
Pairings: Pastrami sandwich.
Cost: Unknown.
May 24, 2012Score: 93
Aged one year in rye whiskey barrels. Bottled 8/26/11. Served in a taster glass and enjoyed on 05/11/12. Review is from iPhone notes.
Appearance: It's dark here and beer is black. There is a thin layer of what I think is tan-colored head atop the beer initially. 4/5
Smell: Rollo candy, rye and sweet chocolate. A little smokiness and some caramel too. 4/5
Taste: Tastes just like it smells, but with a stronger and layering smokey rye peppery kick on the midpalate that really lingers in the aftertaste. Very balanced. 4.25/5
Mouthfeel: Medium-plus bodied and low carbonation. There is a nice "rye kick" on the tongue. Creamy mouthfeel. 4.5/5
Overall: A delicious improvement over a solid base beer. I liked the bourbon and rye barrel-aged Big Eddy's equally much, and if they were regularly released I would certainly buy them both. Kudos to Leiney's for an excellent foray into the craft beer market.
Recommendation: This beer's first release was incredibly limited, but I'd recommend trying to hunt down a bottle to try.
Pairings: Pastrami sandwich.
Cost: Unknown.
Reviewed by feloniousmonk from Minnesota
4.09/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Leinenkugel's Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout Rye Barrel-Aged. Dark and complex with 11 malts and grains balanced by three different and distinct hops. Aged for a year in a Rye Whiskey Barrel from Heaven Hill Distilleries. Batch # 341, Brewed 8/26/10, bottled 8/26/11, OG: 26 Plato, Alc./Vol. 12 %, IBU 59.
complete blackness, under a head of nothing, starts out small and disappears.
Aroma: big vanilla coming through before I lift the glass to my nose. Huge, vast vanilla. Big, ol' sweetness. Not a tremendous amount more than that. But for what it is, deep, complex and beautiful.
Now, to taste: more of the same on the tongue. Rich, malty, delicious. Here come a little heat, here comes the rye spice. A little bready, a little spicy. Not quite getting the whiskey feel I want in this, and the Imperial Stout below is very well smothered by the rye barrel aging.
I like this one, but not as much as the bourbon barrel aged version, which had so much more going on in it. This one hits a few notes and that's all she wrote.
May 22, 2012complete blackness, under a head of nothing, starts out small and disappears.
Aroma: big vanilla coming through before I lift the glass to my nose. Huge, vast vanilla. Big, ol' sweetness. Not a tremendous amount more than that. But for what it is, deep, complex and beautiful.
Now, to taste: more of the same on the tongue. Rich, malty, delicious. Here come a little heat, here comes the rye spice. A little bready, a little spicy. Not quite getting the whiskey feel I want in this, and the Imperial Stout below is very well smothered by the rye barrel aging.
I like this one, but not as much as the bourbon barrel aged version, which had so much more going on in it. This one hits a few notes and that's all she wrote.
Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout Rye Barrel-aged from Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
Beer rating:
4.22 out of
5 with
7 ratings
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