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Empress Rising: Red Wine

Birds Fly SouthBA Imperial Stout
ABV: 12.5%IBU: 31
98
Overall
Aroma
12
Flavor
20
Mouthfeel
5
Appearance
2
Greenville, South Carolina

What Our Editors Thought

"Red fruit, faint smoke, and licorice. The sip shines with vinous oak, trading spirit sharpness for big, sweet body and red fruit, balanced by smooth tannins and bitterness. Confident, creative."

What Our Panel Thought

"Pleasant, mellow nose: high roast, dark chocolate, oak, brown sugar, dark stone fruit. Complex flavor: juicy dark fruit, raisin, port, dark cocoa, coffee. Thick mouthfeel, low carbonation. Immense character."

What the Brewers Say

"Notes of roast and soy sauce lead into a velvety smooth mouthfeel."

Stout: More than Just Desserts (Oct-Nov 2020)
Review printed in: Stout: More than Just Desserts (Oct-Nov 2020)
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Date Reviewed: August 19, 2020