Sin Tax
Mother Earth Brew Company in Vista, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.20
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Imperial Peanut Butter Stout. Don’t let it fool you. This is an imperial stout first and foremost. Deep dark malts lend espresso notes and British crystal malts contribute the perfect toffee and caramel flavor. Despite the dry finish there is a wonderful molasses character compliments of brown cane sugar, and just enough residual sugar to finish full-bodied but never cloying. The peanut butter is simply featured to augment what is already there…a fantastic example of a legendary beer style.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Creamy tan stayed all the way on a thick jet black still body. Peanut butter, liquorice & malt aroma. Full bodied, creamy, smooth & oily on the palate with a cloying back. Malt, demerara, liquorice, spices & peanut butter tastes with pine, citrus & light hops on the finish.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2019
at 21:00
5.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Draught at Harry's Hofbrau. Deep brown with beautiful, huge brown head. Falls apart after the appearance and it is a bit of scorched caramel. Molasses doesn't work with the rest of the beer.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2019
at 06:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Thanks, Jim! Ozzy70) Can. A- Peanut butter, mild chocolate, mild espresso. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, beige head. T- Peanut butter, cocoa, molasses, roasty, slightly sweet, subtle bitterness. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, dry finish. O- This is one of the best PB beers I've had. Wanted to try it against Blue Pants Pinstripe PB Stout but ended up trading that away. This had a decadent aroma of pure peanut butter, maybe even a bit Reese like. The flavor didn't quite match but was still good. Lots of peanut butter and some molasses and cocoa. Roasty, dry and a subtle lingering bitterness that really balanced it all out. A tiny but sweet but far from cloying and very natural tasting. Really well done.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2019
at 02:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml can. Pours a clear dark brown with red hue and a medium, creamy, long lasting, beige head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet aroma of roasted malt, caramel, vanilla, milk chocolate and peanut. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, milk chocolate, vanilla, brown sugar, toffee, peanut and oats in a dry, mild bitter espresso finish. Medium body with a creamy, oily texture and soft carbonation. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2019
at 04:07
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl can from Pastures Discount Foods. thick creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of chocolate. yummy. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sin Tax on 07 Nov 2020 at 23:29 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 33cl can from Pastures Discount Foods. thick creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of chocolate. yummy.
Tried
from Can
from
Factory Foods
on 02 Jul 2019
at 22:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from a can this beer poured a black color with a medium sized fluffy tan head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was peanut, molasses and maple. The flavor was peanut, maple, brown sugar, cola and a bit of wood. Turns dry on the very long finish with lingering brown sugar and maple. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2019
at 01:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On the mild side of what you'd expect from an Imperial Peanut Butter Stout, which isn't an altogether bad thing. Sugariness is kept in check, so the chocolate and brown sugar are apparent without growing overbearing. But the dark fruit and cherry leans towards a metallic undertone, and the peanut butter notes are too subdued against these acidic notes. Texture's on the thin side, but the Reese Cup nose is nice. Eh. You could do better. You also could do a lot worse.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2019
at 21:40
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Medium, greige head, rather stable over jet-black beer. Chocolate, vanilla, vanilla creamcookies, speculoos spread, caramel spread - sweet! Bitter(ish) roasted, almonds, peanuts; caramel & sweet underneath but getting the upper hand, again vanilla but in a mediocre, synthetic cream way. Some dried spinach or other dark green, non-bitter vegetable under an Ersatz chocolate layer. Rich, velvety feel, warming, gumming out some of the... Clashing flavours all over the place; vanilla/buttery cream impression as from British cookies (and that is NOT a compliment), in a near-offputting way. Meh.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2019
at 19:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pitch black color. Way too superficial flavors with fake peanut butter and fake dark chocoakt Notes. I cannot grove on this brewery
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2018
at 03:41