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Halcyon Dark Designs

Halcyon Dark Designs

Rated 3.100 by BeerPals

Brewed by Halcyon Barrel House (Beau's)

VanKleek Hill, Ontario, Canada

Style:  Imperial Stout

12% Alcohol by Volume

This is a limited edition beer


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Dark Designs is a limited-edition organic Imperial Wine Stout from Halcyon Barrel House. Two years in wine and whiskey barrels produced this blend, which was bottled in September 2019. Dark-designs is a warming, extra-strong stout. Anticipate notes of wine and stone fruit, with hints of nutty dark chocolate. Dark roasted malts offset the mild tart and brett elements. Intentional low-carbonation suits the alcohol warmth of this style.

ID: 80395 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 4 years ago

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Overall Rank35078
Overall Percentile36.8
Style Rank2516 of 2646
Style Percentile4.9
Lowest Score3.4
Highest Score3.4
Average Score3.400
Weighted Score3.100
Standard Deviation0.000

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  • CHOPZ 7473 reviews
    rated 3.4 4 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    500ml bottle from Beau's, Blend #103, packaged on 09/18/19. Pours a dark brown colour with copper-ruby highlights. Small mocha-coloured bubbly-frothy head, decent stay and a ring of tiny bubbly foam. The red wine vinegar sourness is big in the nose, over the roasted malts, and other red wine notes. The taste shows less this vinegar action, and shows the roasted malts with hints of wood from the barrel. I must say that the mouthfeel is quite thin for such a heavy alcohol content. Not heavy, not syrupy. Goes down nicely, and some dryness comes in the finish. Getting some vanilla notes from the oak with time. Still, not getting the oily, thicker Imperial Stout feel though. Disappointed in this one, as was expecting so much more.

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