Mexicake
Tempest Brewing Co. in Tweedbank, Scottish Borders, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.71
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Currently 10%, have been historically 11%.
Grab a bottle, laze out in the sun, and enjoy our Mexican inspired imperial stout. Carefully balanced cinnamon, vanilla, cocoa, and chillies make this a smooth, velvety, and completely delectable brew perfect to pair with puddings and ice cream.
Grab a bottle, laze out in the sun, and enjoy our Mexican inspired imperial stout. Carefully balanced cinnamon, vanilla, cocoa, and chillies make this a smooth, velvety, and completely delectable brew perfect to pair with puddings and ice cream.
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9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle at a tasting. Very festive cinnnamon character evocative of medovniky. Chilli is cleanly present, in moderate intensity. Vanilla light. Very rich character, both intense and diverse. Full bodied, med-light carbonation. Chilli heat hits the sweet spot for me. Very tasty, excellent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2019
at 20:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @Luppolo Station (Rome). Nera, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma color cappuccino. Al naso note di cioccolato fondente al peperoncino, vaniglia, cannella, caffè. In bocca è piena, corposa, dolce, con finale amarognolo e piccante. Corpo pieno, carbonazione medio-leggera. Caotica e grezza, ma interessante e ben fatta.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2019
at 19:30
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 4.5
Almost totally black with not too much of a mocha head that shows scarse retention and little lacing. Aroma has strong coffee and peppery/spicy notes with a slight hint of roasted malts in the back. It's very intense but not very fine or interesting. Taste is pretty much just overpowering chilli. The very first sips show some signs of coffee and chocolate, but then your mouth gets just burned with chilli, with a persistent, dominant spicy aftertaste. Medium to dense in body with quite low carbonation, feelin too empty/watery for an imperial stout. Again, it's probably because you don't feel anything but chilli, except for a little alcoholic warmth. You don't make a good beer by just adding ingredients, you need to find a balance.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2018
at 19:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle from a trade. Many thanks! Black colour, brown foam. Nose of roasted malts, vanilla, some sweetness. Taste is roasty, coffee, lots of vanilla and cinnamon, light peppery hints, too much cocoa. A well made beer but not my cup of tea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2018
at 06:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Tempest Mexicake (by Tempest Brewing Co.):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
28/VII/18 - 33cl bottle @ Kraddel's 10K event, Beerlovers Bar (Antwerpen) - BB: 18/I/19 (2018-917) Thanks to Niels for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: quite fruity, cherry flavoured candy, cuberdons, vanilla, lots of burnt crème brûlée, chocolate touch. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, boozy, alcohol, soft chillies, soft roast, more alcohol. Aftertaste: alcohol, chocolate, pretty bitter, hoppy touch, more booze, vanilla touch.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
28/VII/18 - 33cl bottle @ Kraddel's 10K event, Beerlovers Bar (Antwerpen) - BB: 18/I/19 (2018-917) Thanks to Niels for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: quite fruity, cherry flavoured candy, cuberdons, vanilla, lots of burnt crème brûlée, chocolate touch. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, boozy, alcohol, soft chillies, soft roast, more alcohol. Aftertaste: alcohol, chocolate, pretty bitter, hoppy touch, more booze, vanilla touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2018
at 20:03