Style: Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Misc. Ingredients

ABV: 13.5 IBU: 62.0

87/100

Aroma:	11
Appearance:	3
Flavor:	17
Mouthfeel:	4

Telegraph Brewing Big Bad Baer

What the brewers say

Aged in whiskey then port barrels with coffee, cocoa, and orange peel.

What our panel thought

The orange-peel note complements the roast malt and coffee. The coffee roast partners nicely with the or-ange peel’s acidity and bitterness, and the spirit notes create an impression of a coffee-infused, Old Fash-ioned. The port character almost gets lost in the shuffle.

What our editors thought

Coffee-forward nose offers a glimpse of orange and bourbon barrel, but they play smaller roles to the cof-fee’s lead. The sip is thinner than expected but nuanced in its expression with a confident roasty bitterness complementing the restrained sweetness.

Review printed in: Stouts for All Seasons (Oct-Nov 2019) (View All Issues)

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“Muted earthy aroma, with chocolate, coconut, and roast coffee in the background. Very sweet coconut and chocolate flavors, as coffee, vanilla, and earthy notes trail behind. Overripe fruit plum notes.”

EPIC Brewing Company Big Bad Baptist #27

**Aroma:** “Coffee up front with a touch of malt sweetness to balance. Notes of roasted malt, espresso, and dark chocolate. Oak is subtle and comes through as vanilla. Very strong coffee notes in the nose. Nice roast character, chocolate, some vanilla, and some oak wood character. Some sweet tobacco notes and a bit of green pepper.” **Flavor:** “Intense coffee/espresso notes with a wonderful chocolate character to round it out. A mild amount of barrel character, but the coffee is the star of this show. Caramel malt sweetness and subtle vanilla oak character come through, and the finish is mostly balanced—impeccably smooth without being cloying.” **Overall:** “Extremely tasty beer—coffee is well-executed and balance is excellent. An amazing coffee beer that presents the coffee perfectly—balanced and accented well with delicious chocolate and roast notes and just a touch of barrel character.”

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