Frost Monster
Captain Lawrence Brewing Company in Elmsford, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.28
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
From bottle courtesy of Maria and Vasilis. Thanks guys! Black color with beige brown head. Roasted malty aroma, coffee, licorice, chocolate, milk chocolate, hazelnuts, dark fruits, some spicy notes. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Full silky creamy body with soft carbonation.
CLW (17000) reviewed Frost Monster from Captain Lawrence Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz. Bottle thanks to Matt B! 2015 vintage. Pitch black in color, big lasting tan head. Aroma consists of strong roasted malt, dry coffee notes, and mild anise notes also showing.
The flavor shows the big roasted malt backbone. Secondary flavors of coffee, chocolate, and subtle amounts of char. Thankfully I don’t taste any anise. The body is fuller a dry roasted / char texture. The booze is totally hidden. For a non-barrel aged stout with no adjuncts, this is really solid!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear black, small tan head, some lacing. Aroma is roasty, approaching burned, hints of smoke and molasses. Flavor is light plus sweet, medium bitter, lots of roast and bits of molasses and coffee grounds. Medium body, creamy mouthful, a y aggressive on carbonation, slight acidity.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz bottles purchased from the brewery 12/28/14 and consumed shortly thereafter.
Dark ebony with a light tan head that shows moderate retention. Did not determine the clarity, though there was little/no sediment remaining in the bottom of the bottle, so I’m guessing this is filtered or lightly so.
Shockingly tame in the nose, or at least "tame" relative to what I was expecting seeing the 12% abv. Fudgey malts are dried out by coffee and bitter cocoa notes while creamy vanilla sugars and juicy, wintergreen and pine-like hops add complexity while retaining balance. No sign of the alcohol....very strange. Aroma strength is medium-high and smells more like one of the lighter English varieties (though the American hops are dissimilar to those).
Flavor begins with some challenging roasted barley bitterness that is quickly swallowed up by big chocolate and fudge sweetness from the malt. It tapers off nicely towards the finish leaving light vanilla, mild hop bitterness (pine, orange, grapefruit) and dusty dark chocolate notes in its wake. Body is medium for the style, perhaps even medium-light. It’s not watery or thin by any means, it’s just not your thick, chewy, motor oil Imperial. VERY hard to believe this is 12% abv and I’m guessing that’s a very ambitious listing by the brewer. Blindly I’d put this stuff in the 8-9% abv category and while that may be a complement to the beer’s fermentation and cellaring, if it is indeed in the 10%+ abv range, I’d still highly doubt it. Nonetheless, whatever the abv, it’s a very well-done, balanced and flavorful stout. Don’t know how long this has been brewed, but would really like to try some older vintages.
DSG (25989) reviewed Frost Monster from Captain Lawrence Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel Florentin. Thanks David Cohen. Black with a brown head. Aroma of coffee, roast, a bit of licorice and some booziness. Bittersweet roasty flavor, kinda boozy, with coffee, roastiness, some dark chocolate and a bit of licorice. Medium to full-bodied. A bit too boozy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
At a tasting, thanks, thanks, medium bubbly beige head, stab le and a little stiff, coffee aroma with chocolate cake and a rubbery hint, dark chocolate flavor with some carob and quite boozy. Drinkable but alcohol is overwhelming.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: Pours black with a whitish head. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, booze. Taste is rather sweet. Body is thick and syrupy. Alcohol is very noticeable. I wouldn’t say that this was bad, but I would say that it was a bit too much for me. This one does not go down easy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Opaque black color. Huge tannish brown rocky head. Rich cocoa and espresso malt aroma. Flavor is rich and roasty. Notes of scorched malt, tobacco, espresso and treacle. Huge roasted malt flavor is the bomb. This is bid and bad with little subtlety. At 12% this is not to be fu#*ed with. Go get this one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large brown foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma consists of roasted malt with light dry coffee notes and black chocolate notes also noticeable. Taste is also a mix between some roasted malt notes with light dry coffee and some black chocolate notes. Body is quite full with nice smooth texture and ABV is well hidden. A bit short on complexities but still an enjoyable imperial stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
24th June 2014
Tasting at Bruce’s pad. Thanks to Mr Smith. Opaque brown beer, small pale tan head. Palate is airy and dry with fine carbonation. Smooth dark malts with a bourbon biscuit streak. Mild dark chocolate. Light bitterness in the airy dry finish. Not bad but wants something else.