Love in Shadows
Culmination Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Great Notion BrewingStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.03
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Pastry Stout w/cherries, raspberry, Madagascan vanilla bean, and cocoa nibs
This beer is a collaboration with our friends at Great Notion Brewing and was brewed to celebrate our four year anniversary!
This beer is a collaboration with our friends at Great Notion Brewing and was brewed to celebrate our four year anniversary!
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a quickly dissipating head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: sweet cherries - subtle tart character of them underneath; the vanilla bean sweetness is nicely there; milk chocolate; subtle dark roasty coffee tones
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas together in a semi-sweet sort of way with a mild roasty tone underneath; finishes with the cherries, raspberries and chocolatey notes
Texture: medium bodied, trying to be a sipper but seems to fall a touch short; light smoothness but also a touch of roasty grind in there too
Overall: pretty nice pastry impy stout worthy of coming back to.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in color with a quickly dissipating head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: sweet cherries - subtle tart character of them underneath; the vanilla bean sweetness is nicely there; milk chocolate; subtle dark roasty coffee tones
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas together in a semi-sweet sort of way with a mild roasty tone underneath; finishes with the cherries, raspberries and chocolatey notes
Texture: medium bodied, trying to be a sipper but seems to fall a touch short; light smoothness but also a touch of roasty grind in there too
Overall: pretty nice pastry impy stout worthy of coming back to.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2026
at 15:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Culmination Love in Shadows 10.8% Pastry Stout w/ Cocoa, Cherry & Vanilla Deep viscous black with a mild cherry cocoa aroma. Full bodied and you don’t get the alcohol though you do get some warmth in your belly afterwards. The taste is sweet syrupy cherries and cocoa. Quite well balanced and having a few berry sweets really makes that cherry shine. Apparently, this was a special 4th Anniversary release which I got via a trade. I’m surprised it wasn’t already on RB.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2020
at 16:08