This afternoon's beer:
Opens with a thud of dark-toasty bitterness: coffee/espresso, dark unsweetened chocolate. Dark toast, caramel, molasses wrapped up inside, with touches of cinnamon, vanilla, smoke, ash, and burnt fruit. Gradually-building chile heat rises in the background, into and through a slowly dry finish.
Surprisingly light-bodied for such a big stout—maybe a touch heavier/thicker than medium-bodied, with a good amount of carbonation (for all that the head vanished instantly after the pour). Just a touch of soft stickiness lingers into a smoothly-drying finish. Alcohol presence subtle and subdued for 11.3% ABV.
An utterly delicious Big American Stout, with nice Mexican-ish grace notes. Intense as heck and crazily complex, well-integrated and startlingly well-balanced. Terrifyingly drinkable, supple and graceful, subtle enough to entice ad reward and attentive drinker. Weyerbacher consistently male pleasing beers, and this follows that trend. We have another two bottles, but it's likely to be a while before we drink them—coffee beers, delicious as they are, make for logistical complications—and I'm curious to see what age does to/for it.
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| Weyerbacher Sunday Mole Stout |
Opens with a thud of dark-toasty bitterness: coffee/espresso, dark unsweetened chocolate. Dark toast, caramel, molasses wrapped up inside, with touches of cinnamon, vanilla, smoke, ash, and burnt fruit. Gradually-building chile heat rises in the background, into and through a slowly dry finish.
Surprisingly light-bodied for such a big stout—maybe a touch heavier/thicker than medium-bodied, with a good amount of carbonation (for all that the head vanished instantly after the pour). Just a touch of soft stickiness lingers into a smoothly-drying finish. Alcohol presence subtle and subdued for 11.3% ABV.
An utterly delicious Big American Stout, with nice Mexican-ish grace notes. Intense as heck and crazily complex, well-integrated and startlingly well-balanced. Terrifyingly drinkable, supple and graceful, subtle enough to entice ad reward and attentive drinker. Weyerbacher consistently male pleasing beers, and this follows that trend. We have another two bottles, but it's likely to be a while before we drink them—coffee beers, delicious as they are, make for logistical complications—and I'm curious to see what age does to/for it.
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