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Tough Love [BANISHED] 2021
Crux Fermentation Project
Bend, OR
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About This Beer
Tough Love (Banished 2021) is a Russian Imperial Stout brewed with blackstrap molasses and spices and aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels.
Tasting Notes
Open the bottle, and an intoxicating aroma of dark chocolate and maple syrup wafts from the ebony liquid within. As you sip, rich chocolatey flavors greet your lips, followed by vanilla, cherries, rye, and a whisper of campfire smoke.
Dark
Barrel Aged
Boozy
Chocolatey
Oaky
Smoky
Noteworthy Ingredients
Bourbon Barrels
Molasses
Reviews
4.18
203 Ratings
andrew9259
4.5
boozy to start but finishes with a candy bar tasty
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john5589
3.25
'Burnt' bitter finish.
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darundgren
4.25
Really tasty. Lots of oak, smoke and chocolate flavors.
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Bwardell
4.25
love these guys. get some more beers from them.
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shane1554
4.0
The exact flavors I imagine for an imperial stout.
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adam5648
5.0
Absolutely fantastic! perfect balance, nice barrel, not too thick and not sweet. Excellent carbonation, the head lingers for a long time. Really happy with this one! 100% would buy again.
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william1382
3.0
too bitter
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WilfredClaws
2.0
thin and weird. like non ba dark lord.
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mark3461
3.5
Bourbon and chocolate up front with a roasty finish.
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joseph4537
3.5
pretty decent
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Mattd5454
4.0
Just ok. Nothing special. Still drinkable.
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calbear
4.0
Lots of charred oak flavor. Blackstrap molasses is not sweet but a little bitter.
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kevin1872
4.5
sweet upfront ends bitter
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jacob5512
3.75
dark, boozy, complex, too sweet.
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Ahotpablo
3.0
weird spices
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