Absence of Light
4 Hands Brewing Co. in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.15
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Absence of Light is a milk stout brewed with peanut butter. Chocolate malt dominates the grain bill, backed up by a combination of caramel malts and roasted barley. This provides a very rich, complex flavor with notes of chocolate, coffee, peanut butter and a slightly sweet finish.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
16oz can. Sweet for sure. All the adjuncts besides the coffee just add to it. Just too thick and candy-like for me. Probably a rather enjoyable base beer before it was ultra sugared out. Too sweet.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2026
at 07:02
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Beer republic. Almost dark brown color woith meodium beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate,touch of coconut, peanut butter, nougath. Taste is sweet with milk chocolate, caramel, nougat, cocoa, again touch of cocnut. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2025
at 20:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Aromas are mainly dark malt with molasses and a hint of peanuts. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, peanuts come out more with an excellent balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation. Very easy drinking beer.
Tried
from Can
at
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
on 16 Jan 2025
at 19:11
6/10
Sweet, sugary, peanut butter, lactose
Tried
from Can
on 27 Sep 2024
at 21:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Beer Republic. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate and heavy peanuts. Flavor is overly sweet and light bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2024
at 16:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Beer Republic. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and heavy peanuts. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 210924
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2024
at 16:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
474ml. can. @Home, Compostela. 02/07/2024 [#7.503 Global - #1.483 United States of America - #12 4 Hands Brewing Company] Pours brown with a small tan head. Aroma: peanut butter, liquorice and brown sugar. Taste: peanut butter and roasted malts. Dry and bitter palate. Next one, please!
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2024
at 10:59
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 1
Texture 6
Overall 1
“Natural” flavoring trash beer. Immediately hits you with notes of fake chocolate and peanut butter. Lactose sweetness kicks in towards the middle, leading to a saccharine bitter streak on the finish. Running out of adjectives for this style of artless, cash-grab beer, so I’ll describe this pint as cynical.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2024
at 00:28
6/10
Tried
on 12 Feb 2022
at 03:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can. Aroma is indeed peanut butter and cocoa nibs. The body maybe a touch thin but the flavor shines with a good strength of chocolate, PB, and hints of coffee. Glad I finally tried this!
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2021
at 22:46