Tonight's beer:
Opens with a thick wallish layer of dark unsweetened chocolate, spiked with dark coffee and/or espresso; thick smeary layers of caramel and toasted dark bread (and maybe molasses and toffee) right behind. Cardamom emerges through the middle, trailed closely by earthy-peaty bitterness, smoke, ash. Vanilla lurks and blooms around the edges. Wraps up briskly dry.
Thick and softly chewy, with lots of fine carbonation. Layers of syrupy stickiness, eventually drying and almost refreshing, struggling toward clean. Basically no hint of the 10% ABV payload the beer is carrying.
This is a crazy beer, from folks who refer to themselves as mad scientists. "Mad" seems about right to me. Intense as hell and staggeringly complex, balanced—in the sense of not falling over—and well-integrated; says a lot, with all that's in this beer. Scarily drinkable, supple and subtle and mind-bogglingly graceful. Seriously delicious.
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| Sixpoint 5beans |
Opens with a thick wallish layer of dark unsweetened chocolate, spiked with dark coffee and/or espresso; thick smeary layers of caramel and toasted dark bread (and maybe molasses and toffee) right behind. Cardamom emerges through the middle, trailed closely by earthy-peaty bitterness, smoke, ash. Vanilla lurks and blooms around the edges. Wraps up briskly dry.
Thick and softly chewy, with lots of fine carbonation. Layers of syrupy stickiness, eventually drying and almost refreshing, struggling toward clean. Basically no hint of the 10% ABV payload the beer is carrying.
This is a crazy beer, from folks who refer to themselves as mad scientists. "Mad" seems about right to me. Intense as hell and staggeringly complex, balanced—in the sense of not falling over—and well-integrated; says a lot, with all that's in this beer. Scarily drinkable, supple and subtle and mind-bogglingly graceful. Seriously delicious.
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