96
Overall
Aroma
12
Flavor
19
Mouthfeel
4
Appearance
3
Arvada, Colorado
What Our Editors Thought
The nose offers an almost Thai-style sweet-meets-spicy character, but the sip loses definition as a vague acidity plasters over any roast structure or engaging barrel character.
What Our Panel Thought
Hints of anise and cardamom emerge through the coffee, roast, dark-chocolate, and bourbon aromas. The flavor is equal parts roast, bitter coffee, dark chocolate, and vanilla with subtle notes of caramel and oak. Well-integrated and complementary, with enough body to house it all and plenty of alcoholic warmth.
What the Brewers Say
Barrel-aged imperial stout with coffee, cacao, and vanilla.
Review printed in: Stouts for All Seasons (Oct-Nov 2019)
View All IssuesDate Reviewed: September 18, 2019