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| A really nice roasty beer |
12 oz bottle pouring in to my awesome new Stone Double Bastard Tumbler. I pulled the bottle 45 minutes prior to opening so that it could warm to the proper serving temperature. Received as part of a very generous amount of extras from Optimizer from the Cantillon trade.
Appearance: The beer pours a thick black color. I poured it slowly into a tilted glass which only allowed a very small tan head to form. Fantastic lacing appears as I slowly drink the beer. The color is an opaque black, very low levels of carbonation appear present.
Aroma: Coffee, oatmeal, roast, semi-sweet. The aroma is quite pleasant and reminds me a lot of Founders Breakfast Stout. the coffee notes and roast notes play off each other very well. No hop aroma is present Bonnie Notes: Coffee, Chocolate (dark), espresso beans. Really nice chocolate.
Mouthfeel: Very thick, covering my entire palate. Full bodied, which is what I would expect from the oatmeal, with medium carbonation that slightly tingles the front of my tongue. warming when consumes. Bonnie Notes: Playful, covers the sides of the mouth well.
Taste: Lots of coffee and roast, almost bourbon like quality. very heavy flavor which dominates. Slighlty hot in the back of the throat. Not too bitter. I wpouldn't say it's overly balanced as it is very dominate with the coffee. the coffee and roast coverup most of the bittering hops. Bonnie Notes: Tight flavors not out of balance.
Overall: thick and warming with good coffee note. This beer is a great example of what I love in Imperial Oatmeal Stouts with coffee. I do feel the coffee is overly dominate but to the point where I wouldn't want more. Bonnie Notes: Nice little stout. Better then most stouts I've had.
Appearance: The beer pours a thick black color. I poured it slowly into a tilted glass which only allowed a very small tan head to form. Fantastic lacing appears as I slowly drink the beer. The color is an opaque black, very low levels of carbonation appear present.
Aroma: Coffee, oatmeal, roast, semi-sweet. The aroma is quite pleasant and reminds me a lot of Founders Breakfast Stout. the coffee notes and roast notes play off each other very well. No hop aroma is present Bonnie Notes: Coffee, Chocolate (dark), espresso beans. Really nice chocolate.
Mouthfeel: Very thick, covering my entire palate. Full bodied, which is what I would expect from the oatmeal, with medium carbonation that slightly tingles the front of my tongue. warming when consumes. Bonnie Notes: Playful, covers the sides of the mouth well.
Taste: Lots of coffee and roast, almost bourbon like quality. very heavy flavor which dominates. Slighlty hot in the back of the throat. Not too bitter. I wpouldn't say it's overly balanced as it is very dominate with the coffee. the coffee and roast coverup most of the bittering hops. Bonnie Notes: Tight flavors not out of balance.
Overall: thick and warming with good coffee note. This beer is a great example of what I love in Imperial Oatmeal Stouts with coffee. I do feel the coffee is overly dominate but to the point where I wouldn't want more. Bonnie Notes: Nice little stout. Better then most stouts I've had.
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