Matryoshka
Franklins Restaurant, Brewery & General Store in Hyattsville, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.13
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Great British Beer Festival 2023, Olympia, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, dark fruit, bitter taste and aroma. This was a pretty damn harsh imperial stout but quite well made and quite boozy too.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at GBBF 2023. Black beer no head. Big imperial stout some marmite some dryness. Some dark malt. Decent enough if a little harsh. Thanks to Jackie
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at GBBF 2023 - Day 1. Pours clear black-brown with a creamy tan head. Medium sweet flavour with ashy roast, earth, burnt toffee, charred meat. Full bodied and lightly oily with fine carbonation. Seeet and warming finish, ashy bitterness, charred malts, baking cocoa. Solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
1st August 2023
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Opaque dark brown beer, decent tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, good fine carbonation. Nice rich dark malts, a little tangy dark chocolate. Trace of smoke. Nice savoury vibe. Ripe fruits on the semi dry finish. Rich and drinkalble.
Dark black body medium foamy brown head. Roast molasses toffee aroma. Roast ash molasses flavor. Full body moderately low carbonation. 7/5/7/3/13 3.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Black with a dark head. Deep and intenslynroasted malt, coffee, molasses, light licorice, chocolate. Full bodied. Finish is sweet and roasted. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft at Meridian Pint. Opaque dark brown color, dark brown head. Rich cocoa and espresso aroma. Taste has cocoa powder and coffee grounds. Nice.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled at the brewpub, pours a murky, oily black with a ring of brown head. Nose has a lot of tar, smoke, roast, rubber, very dark chocolate, reduced cola. Flavors of burnt wood, Worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, rubber, malt, burnt caramel, burnt expresso bean. Oily, thick finish with some roasty bitterness.