Tyranena Devil Over A Barrel

Formerly brewed at Tyranena Brewing
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Lake Mills, Wisconsin USA

Bottle. Chocolate, vanilla, oak, coffee and bourbon. Some roasted ash in the finish. Would get again.

20080728 12oz bottle shared with dickinsonbeer. Decent coffee aroma and flavor wafts from the viscous, dark body beneath a sturdy tan head. Strong indeed as is evident by the impressive malt backbone and hearty booziness. Good stuff.

Bottle received via trade with fiver29. Pours opaque with a small, fizzy, dark brown head, mostly diminishing with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (chocolate, coffee, toasted), light hops (herbs), heavy yeast (leather, dough) with notes of dates, prunes, smoke, wood, and vanilla. Full bodied, creamy texture, lively carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, moderate sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.

12 oz bottle
Tyranena Brewer Gone Wild! releases have always been top notch. This is close to the top of a competitive selection of releases. I wish there were more people making imperial porters as I could drink them every day of the week.

Aroma / Appearance - A one finger head graced a fluid midnight black body with a sheen of lacing along the sides. Black coffee, bitter chocolate, vanilla, oatmeal, smoke and other flavors remind me of an imperial stout just minus the plum aspect.

Flavor / Palate - Rich black coffee, vanilla, and warm alcohol crawls smoothly towards the throat. The punch is offset by oatmeal and oak. Thick bodied and creamy it fills the mouth. This might be a candidate for mild aging though I don’t know if I could hang on to it that long.

Bottle shared by Croslifag. Poured a deep brown color with a moderate beige head that faded to a layer. Aroma of coffee grounds, light roasted malts, some chocolate and a light earthiness. Moderately sweet, smooth entry leads into some soft chocolate notes, a light fruitiness, some soft vanilla, and some faint dry oak on the finish. Low carbonation, smooth but thin on the palate. Easy to drink, and the flavor isn’t bad, it just seems thin and basic for an imperial porter.

Bottle shared by Beachbum1975. Thanks. Pours a very dark brown with only a short lived head. Smell is brown malt and some slight alcohol. Very nice bourbon and barrel flavors. Very nice and complimentary flavors of oak and vanilla. Which I’m starting to enjoy more so than bourbon in my aged beers. Incredibly drinkable. I could drink an entire four pack of this without blinking. I’ve been waiting for something like this since the Who’s Your Daddy and they’ve met my needs. Still would like to see some WYD soon!

Thanks to Fantomas23 for the bottle!
Dark brown, small off-white head. Nose initially roast-heavy, but chocolate and oat appear with warmth for a luscious combo. The flavor is similar, but roast bitterness definitely plays a larger factor. Wouldn’t have known this was bourbon-ed by what was in the glass. Good beer, nice balance with the coffee and chocolate, just right amount of both.

12 oz. bottle - huge thanks to Sammy for the trade; everything about this one is in your face and just the way i like a big, imperial porter; a coffee and oat aroma bomb that is smoothed to silk with the flavor balance and bourbon aging; you don’t get too much bourbon flavors, but it’s there in the rich texture; wow, another knockout from Tyranena