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Christmas Cactus 11.0%, Wren House Brewing Company, United States
1 ratings
Christmas Cactus
11.0% Imperial Stout
Our exciting Cactus Catalog blend, Christmas Cactus, returns this year showcasing some of our favorite aging stouts from our cellar. An equal blend of twenty six month Buffalo Trace Imperial Stout, twenty eight month Wild Turkey Rye Imperial Stout, and a team favored ten month Wild Turkey Rye Kingsnake base. Conditioned on New Caledonia vanilla beans, together this blend is giving extremely rich brownie batter with a balance faint tobacco throughout. Decadence carried into an enjoyable rye spice, given its extended time in oak.

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Post author: orson
orson
@ Hoptimaal
1 year ago
Christmas Cactus, United States
4.4
Christmas Eve turns into evening. It's time to gradually settle down. One Imperial Stout suits the occasion well, especially one named Christmas Cactus. The aroma features vanilla, cocoa, rye, whiskey, chocolate, and a good amount of bourbon. Such a good and promising aroma. It really brings to mind top-tier Imperial Stouts. When an Imperial Stout is in a can, you don't often think that it would be comparable to the best ones. Here I specifically mean barrel-aged, usually Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stouts, which this one is. The mouthfeel is medium-carbonated, thick, balanced, slightly sweet, smooth, and good body. The taste includes vanilla, cocoa, bourbon, rye, oak barrel, dark chocolate, and a hint of caramel. The aftertaste is very pleasantly gentle, bourbon-like, and cocoa-like. It leaves a nicely warming bourbon sensation in the mouth and chest. This might be the best canned Imperial Stout I've come across. A very high-quality and enjoyable beer. Merry Christmas to everyone! đŸŽ…đŸŽ„đŸ€¶ ____________________ Jouluaatto kÀÀntyy iltaan. On aika pikku hiljaa hiljentyĂ€. Siihen kĂ€y hyvin yksi Imperial Stout. Ainakin nimeltÀÀn jouluinen Christmas Cactus. Tuoksussa vaniljaa, kaakaota, ruista, viskiĂ€, suklaata ja aika reippaasti bourbonia. Ompas hyvĂ€ ja lupauksia herĂ€ttĂ€vĂ€ tuoksu. Ihan vie ajatukset kĂ€rkipÀÀn Imperial Stoutteihin. Silloin kun Imperial Stout on tölkissĂ€ niin ei useinkaan ajattele, ettĂ€ sieltĂ€ löytyisi ihan huippuihin verrattavissa oleva olut. TĂ€ssĂ€ tarkoitan nimenomaan tynnyröityjĂ€, yleensĂ€ Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stoutteja millainen tĂ€mĂ€kin on. Suutuntuma on keskihiilihappoinen, ryhdikĂ€s, tasapainoinen, makeahko, pehmeĂ€ ja aika paksu. Maussa on vaniljaa, kaakaota, bourbonia, ruista, tammitynnyriĂ€, tummaa suklaata ja hieman karamelliĂ€. JĂ€lkimaku on tosi kivan lempeĂ€, bourboninen ja kaakaoinen. JĂ€ttÀÀ suuhun ja rintaan kivasti lĂ€mmittĂ€vĂ€n bourbonin. Nyt on kyllĂ€ ehkĂ€ paras tölkki-imppi, joka on tullut vastaan. Oikein laadukas ja nautinnollinen olut. Oikein hyvÀÀ joulua kaikille! đŸŽ…đŸŽ„đŸ€¶