Ballistic Coup de Grâce Barrel Aged Imperial Stout (2022)

Ballistic Beer Co Salisbury

Published July 1, 2022

Well, Ballistic. You’ve bloody done it again.

Yes, I expected good things from another year of Coup de Grâce, this one aged for seven months in a mix of rum, bourbon and shiraz barrels before being blended back together.

But there’s just… so much going on here. And every single bit of it is delightful.

It’s chocolate truffles filled with chocolate praline. It’s clusters of sticky sweet muscatel grapes, dried still on the stem. It’s caramel sauce made with burnt brown sugar. It’s mocha mousse served with a glass of port. It’s viscous - full of lovely tiny bubbles that create this creamy, foamy, thick blanket for the tongue.

It’s the decadence of a damn well made imperial stout.

It’s the sweetness that lingers from rum.

It’s the fruit notes that linger from red wine.

It’s the warmth that lingers from whisky.

I’m only annoyed I didn’t have a second can to cellar for a couple of years.

Mick Wust

Style
Imperial Stout
ABV
11.0%
Bitterness
75 IBU
Name
Ballistic Beer Co Salisbury
Address

53 McCarthy Road
Salisbury
QLD 4107

Open Hours

Thursday: 4pm to 7pm
Friday: 3.30pm to 10pm
Saturday: 1pm to 10pm
Sunday: 1pm to 7pm