Rare DOS 1

Name: Rare DOS 1
Brand: Cycle Brewing Company
Rating: 4.34 (358 reviews)

Cycle Brewing Company

St Petersburg, FL

Tavour Rating

4.34

Style

Barrel Aged Stout

ABV

11.0%

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About This Beer

There’s nothing better than having a cake around the house — and a decadent beer to drink along with it makes it that much better! Cycle Brewing aged their sumptuous Imperial Stout in bourbon barrels for a year, accenting the dark malts with oaky vanillins and subtle whiskey spice.

Tasting Notes

When you open up a bottle of R1 Rare Dos, you’ll be greeted by aromas of dark chocolate bundt cake. And each sip delivers on the promise, with rich, fudgy notes of baking chocolate, coffee, boozy vanilla, and a hint of caramelized crust. The smooth, balanced sweetness of the long finish invites you back for another taste.

Complex Rich Boozy Chocolatey

Noteworthy Ingredients

Bourbon Barrels

Reviews

4.34

358 Ratings

DutLedz

4.25

What’s better than this. Must have.

mickey85

4.5

Solid af

Titanstout17

3.0

No real barrel or any flavor in this.. it just goes into your mouth with nothing chasing it flavor wise

Galos11

4.5

Huge barrel but really tasty

matthew212

5.0

All star beer. Amazing.

Halvorsen99

4.0

Good, not great

adam5126

4.0

Lots of whiskey barrell.

Apinedo202

5.0

Coco flavor blends nice with maple and coffee...what a barrel aged stout should be.

kanak1

4.75

Barrel aged paid off... Very smooth and nice cocoa beer and yeah a great buzz pint

paul1531

4.5

Wish I had more. Fantastic!

patrick3503

5.0

Lots of barrel. I can imagine this being great but I don’t remember having it. Just tasted the drop left in the bottle :)

charles1947

4.25

A little barrel heavy but a well integrated stout. Top notch.

tsmo65

4.5

Barrel and fudge

Mikey

4.5

Roasty dark chocolate and a splash of bourbon. 🍻🍫🥃

joe12768

4.0

Decent

MikeVitale42

4.75

Well, this sure is a well-aged whiskey-barrel stout. If you wanna know what it tastes like, well, it tastes JUST LIKE THAT. Whiskey. Barrel-aged. Stout.

walter315

5.0

Delicious

anthony4225

4.5

The flavor and barrel on this was excellent.

mark2143

5.0

Great barrel presence and flavors. Was very happy with this.

Kmpease

5.0

As good as barrel aged stouts get. Praise is earned.

Cws23

4.0

Must had brew and I did have it! Thick and complex with such a beautiful buzz!

richard1276

4.5

Great barrel flavor

LTrain

4.5

Get this

jahath

4.0

I remember it being packed with bold flavors. It also has a serious kick to it.

Mad0gg13

3.75

Lacking barrel

Jroj

4.5

Delicious, lots of whisky flavor, maybe too much.

calbear

4.25

Nice bourbon and chocolate blend. Coffee comes through later and settles it all down.

Shadarlo

5.0

Rare dos is always a treat and this was no exception. Really enjoyed it.

BeardedDarin

3.0

It was okay. It sat next to some other stouts that were much better and more robust in flavor. For being a non-adjunct or adjunct free beer I expected barrel. I got a some with more just stone fruit/raisins after the soy sauce/teriyaki greeting is able to be overlooked.

Brewser81

5.0

no frills just beer and barrel

Jasmine

4.25

Very nicely done - boozy, chocolatey, and delicious!

mathieux68

4.25

Smooth, thick body with vanilla, bourbon and oakey barrel and a little chocolate.

beverd

4.25

excellent non-adj. BA stout

keegan4

4.0

Solid BA stout

myoungil

2.5

good

john5589

1.0

I first tried this in 2022, and it was very good. Recently ordered again in 2023 and the consistency was sludge-like and gross. Not sure how old. No date. Updated rating accordingly and will not purchase again.

EricRThompson

4.25

Just had this while watching fireworks. This beer is so smooth!!

livingston23

4.0

really opened up after a few minutes, almost metallic finish

fleek

4.0

Solid barrel aged stout

john13956

4.5

A barrel heavy beauty from Cycle. Love it.

clarence31

4.25

boozy

larry970

4.0

good stuff

darundgren

4.25

Lots of barrel flavor and a nice hint of chocolate in there. Unsurprisingly not as deep as the R2s but still a delicious treat.

Panchovillain

3.0

very boozy for 10%

dennis1414

4.25

a good, basic no-frills adjuncts, bba stout. as they say, drink fresh

anthony1916

3.25

Tasted like A1

Elprofemaycol

4.25

Really taste the barrel. Little boozy and good

luke1733

4.5

Phenomenal! Simple and straightforward BUT in a very good way! No adjuncts to get in the way of the death of this stout

todd975

4.5

Thick and chewy with big chocolate, charred oak, hints of cola, and whiskey flavors.