Death of the Sun

Name: Death of the Sun
Brand: Drake's Brewing Company
Rating: 4.2 (328 reviews)

Drake's Brewing Company

San Leandro, CA

Tavour Rating

4.2

Style

Barrel Aged Stout

ABV

14.2%

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About This Beer

The dark beer experts at Drake’s started with a rich, malty base brimming with cocoa notes. Then they aged it for over a year in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels, soaking it all in whiskey caramel.

Years in Drake’s carefully controlled cellar has only deepened the complexity and decadent chocolate and vanilla nuances.

Tasting Notes

Currents of dark mocha cascade into bourbon-soaked creme brûlée on every sip. Flourishes of dark cherry cordial rise underneath with wisps of oak.

It’s almost like an opulent chocolate old fashioned in a bottle!

Complex Rich Barrel Aged Oaky

Noteworthy Ingredients

Bourbon Barrels

Reviews

4.2

328 Ratings

matthew4095

4.25

Lots of great Bourbon barrel flavour. Not boozy.

Oblinski001

5.0

This chocolate burbon bomb is a must have!!

brian3507

4.5

Just the stout and the barrel nothing else is needed.

marc454

3.0

Meh

HesCrafty

5.0

Insanity. Seriously great.

alex4869

5.0

Would buy again

Mdisip01

5.0

Fantastic taste. Spice dances on your tongue and packs a punch. Been lucky enough to enjoy this a few times and I would go back for more! Outstanding barrel aged beer

matthew2768

4.5

It’s everything you’d want from it. Honestly it’s probably the only beer I’ve had that I would say can compete with the stouts from Anchorage brewing.

Levenrah

4.5

wonderfully roasted char spice and chocolate. feel back to basics in the best possible way.

mike5930

4.25

rich, boozy, great mouthfeel

ashley3702

5.0

great bourbon aged beer.

garrison31

4.5

very smooth ba stout. strong and chocolatey

charles1345

4.25

great barrel on this one very good beer

darundgren

4.0

Very tasty. Super deep and oakey.

Whenyoucant

4.25

A rich and sweet stout that utilizies the oak flavors to balance it out.

MikeVitale42

4.25

Good, strong barrel-aged stout. Hints of coffee flavors hanging out. Definitely picking up the barrel-aged notes, too.

robin309

4.5

licorice smooth dark sweet syrupy

trista48

0.5

Very, very rarely do we not finish something we open. This one made its way down the drain.

christopher6307

2.0

Prefer their Drakonic.

nancy503

2.5

watery, not very interesting.

larry970

3.0

a bit too burnt

mark4243

4.5

one of my favorite beers from this site. malignant and glorious.