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Rock Bottom Chicago Clares Thirsty Ale


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99
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An Imperial Stout brewed by
Rock Bottom Chicago

Chicago, Illinois USA

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304.05/5.03.98/5.0Special-79.3 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Imperial Stout aged on Raspberries for 8 months in a Woodford Reserve Barrel. Also overall winner of ICBG 2006 Chicago Festival of Barrel Aged Beer

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 Eyedrinkale (3091), Beer Town, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20

Apr 25, 2008  
Served in a sniffer. Actually a strange, little brew. The berries are apparent up front but its missing the key roastiness and chocolate that could make this pretty good. Too bad its not.

 Walt (2255), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/516/20
May 4, 2008  
Pour is black with a thin tan head...smell is raspberyy with no real vanilla or bourbon to speak of...taste is a little bourbon and oaky with tons of raspberry sweetness...blech....


 chicagodri (419), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Apr 13, 2008  
I thought this was a very good beer, but I think I might have had too high of expectations going into it. Pours black with a thin tan head. Heavy chocolate and bourbon aroma and flavor. The raspberry flavor was decent but it had a hard time fighting through the bourbon. Overall, very good though.


 Aurelius (2443), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Apr 12, 2008  
Choco-bourbon flavor, medium sweetness. Syrupy at times, alcohol bittering, cola flavors. A bit artificial tasting.


 hombrepalo (401), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Mar 24, 2008  
On tap @ Rock bottom Fest ’08. The best beer of the Fest and I don’t really care for Stouts. The beer pours to a black body with a foamy thin brown head. The aroma is chocolate, cocoa, raspberries, and roasted charred oats. The flavor is a rich chocolate body with a nice raspberry and vanilla bourbon. Rich creamy chocolate. The palate is coating, sweet, thick, and full bodied.




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