Hogan's Alley Masingi Stout
Luppolo Brewing Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Tropical Regular|
Score
6.22
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Tropical Stout Collab with Hibiscus and Molasses
Collab with Hogan's Alley with support from Yuplook & Royal Labels
Inspired by an African Shangaan story, Masingi is a healing presence invited in song, rooted in diasporic call-and-response traditions. This stout honours Hogan’s Alley Society, a Black-led nonprofit advancing housing, cultural preservation, and community. Brewed with molasses and hibiscus, it carries depth, brightness, and memory.
Collab with Hogan's Alley with support from Yuplook & Royal Labels
Inspired by an African Shangaan story, Masingi is a healing presence invited in song, rooted in diasporic call-and-response traditions. This stout honours Hogan’s Alley Society, a Black-led nonprofit advancing housing, cultural preservation, and community. Brewed with molasses and hibiscus, it carries depth, brightness, and memory.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown, some roast up front, light alcohol. Not bad. Not the pinnacle of the style, too North American and clean.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2026
at 17:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Brown, tan head. Malt molasses nose. Pleasant earthy malt profile with medium roast bitterness . Good but not what was expected
Tried
from Draft
at
The Barley Merchant
on 22 Apr 2026
at 00:43
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at Luppolo, pours black with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out bizarre herbal/vegetal notes—I guess that’s the hibiscus—along with some molasses, and toasted malt. Flavour is bizarre, with lots of bitterness from the molasses—almost more like marmite—with a strange floral undertone. Marmite bomb. This doesn’t work at all. Ugh.
Tried
from Draft
at
Luppolo Brewing Company
on 02 Mar 2026
at 04:34
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
On tap at Luppolo. Pours black with a beige head. Toasted rye bread on the nose with subtle floral notes; a bit of an odd combo. Flavour is pretty odd: burnt malts, an iodine-like molasses character, and gentle floral accents. This does not come together for me, the malts aren't really there and the molasses does not help.
Tried
from Draft
at
Luppolo Brewing Company
on 01 Mar 2026
at 10:22