Axis Mundi
MadTree Brewing Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.12
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The Siberians believed there was a ‘World Tree’ that served as the Axis Mundi, connecting the different worlds through its roots and branches. While this Russian Imperial Stout isn’t necessarily the world’s cosmic axis, it does connect rich flavors in a way to deliver you a cosmic beer.
BEER NOTES - Coffee | Vanilla
HOPS - Triumph
MALTS - 2-Row, Caramel 120, Victory, Dark Chocolate, Carafa Special 3, Flaked Oats
NOTE - ABV ranges from 9 - 11%
BEER NOTES - Coffee | Vanilla
HOPS - Triumph
MALTS - 2-Row, Caramel 120, Victory, Dark Chocolate, Carafa Special 3, Flaked Oats
NOTE - ABV ranges from 9 - 11%
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3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 0.5
Texture 1
Overall 0.5
2.5$ can from vintage. Pour is big and black, large and in charge. Tan head fades soon. Nose is olfactory alarming impy stout with shades of vanilla. Taste is boozy sweeter medicinal partially burned old damp campfire wood, dark bitter chocolate and just maybe, some old burnt coffee that's been sitting in a diner pot all day mixed with charcoal. Quite an impact on my poor pale lager loven taste buds, whew. Did I say boozy? Oh, I forgot, this stuff just erased a thin outer layer of my memory cells. Trying to find the vanilla but its obscure, way too much of the other components smacking me in my senses. Overwhelming overload. Warming sensation in the tummy and down the throat in the middle. You gottah sip this bay-beeee. A couple of chugs of this will make you find a chair. Mouth coating old black engine oil. In the end, its a long, very burnt toast grain alky infusion concoction; finish on this is a jet fueled mess. Somebody get me a clean fresh ice cold macro light lager for a chaser, pleeeeeeeeez. Right down there with the most bastardly impy stouts like Avery Mephistopheles, Lexington Kentucky Bourbon Barrel 3-Year and Weyerbacher Tiny, WHEW. Good thing it has a high impact alky content to help me dream of mild dark lagers, hehehehh. You like impy stouts? You need to find out about this entity of a gem. Very rude, very crude.
Tried
from Can
from
Vintage Estate Wine and Beer
on 12 Jun 2026
at 17:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A- Cat litter, roasty, char, cocoa. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Char, roasty, cocoa, bitter. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, robust finish. O- A bit of an odd aroma with a cat litter and sand like nose, but really pretty tasty. Traditional no frills stout that is a bit different in it's own way but it works.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jul 2018
at 17:13
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2018
at 12:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at HopCat, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out roasted malt and a touch of cocoa. Flavour is along the same lines, with heaps of roasted malt and a fair degree of hoppiness. Nicely balanced and highly drinkable for the style. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2017
at 21:42
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
500 ml bottle in a trade with JStax. Pitch black color with lots of full fizzy head. A tad over carbonated. Aroma is roasted malt, licorice, dark fruit and oak.
Flavor is pretty much the same. Full body and what I look for in an imperial stout. The mouthfeel is slightly off because the carbonation level being so amplified. Flavor is very licorice dominate with hints of dark fruit, chocolate, and wet oak. Alcohol is almost totally hidden. Bourbon isn’t really found, mostly oak aftertaste. Overall still really good.
Flavor is pretty much the same. Full body and what I look for in an imperial stout. The mouthfeel is slightly off because the carbonation level being so amplified. Flavor is very licorice dominate with hints of dark fruit, chocolate, and wet oak. Alcohol is almost totally hidden. Bourbon isn’t really found, mostly oak aftertaste. Overall still really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2017
at 19:21
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Totally black, 1 finger espresso colored crema head. vanilla bomb with a bit of marshmallow and pecan. taste is the same. It’ like a chocolate cake w/ vanilla beans blended right in. Insanely good. cookie dough to round things ou. probably better than BCS but with a far lower ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2016
at 01:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - pours dark brown tan head - nose/taste of chocolate, dark fruit and coffee - med body
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2016
at 16:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - Sweet dark roast with some dark fruit notes. Jet brown with a brown head. Dark sweet roast with a bitter fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jul 2016
at 12:46
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at Belgian Chimipalooza, thanks! Brown with a small tan head. Aroma of big toffee, woody barrel, bourbon, vanilla, cacao, chocolate powder and coffee. Flavour is light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2016
at 06:57
7/10
Tried
on 17 Oct 2015
at 19:25