Mornin' Delight
(has 11 batches)
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.61
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A huge Imperial Stout with an explosive espresso aroma followed by strong notes of maple syrup and coffee.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled from the tap at GTMW 2018. Pours near black with a very dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of maple, roasted malts, coffee and dark grains with a bit of vanilla underlying. Flavor has dark grains, chocolate, roasted malts, strong maple, vanilla and coffee supporting.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Sep 2018
at 02:37
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle poured, foiled up and presented blind as a gift from Prufrockstar. Thanks! Don't know what this is, but I know it's delicious! A waxed bottle that basically took a chainsaw to get through. A dense coffee black pour with a thick, espresso brown foam head. First initial response is the maple content. Lots of it. And it's delicious. The ultimate breakfast brew here with a coffee and maple pairing. Really thick body. Thick milk chocolate, caramel, maple, and low bitter coffee follow up. Reminds me a bit of the Evil Twin Michigan Jesus. Boozy indications on the aroma, but the flavor couldn't get much more smooth. Premier dessert stout here. 859417
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2018
at 04:12
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
355ml bottle, thanks Tide! Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of dry roasted coffee beans, maple syrup, espresso, mocha, chocolate and vanilla. Taste is very dry, heavy with coffee notes, mocha, espresso, vanilla, some hints of maple syrup and roastiness. Finish is dry, roasty and earthy with loads of coffee, espresso, mocha and vanilla. A total coffee overdose. Quite different than what I expected, the maple syrup notes are really subtle here and it's not very sweet but really dry and heavy with coffee notes. Pretty good. 8-4-9-4-17. Re-rated from batch 5, 650ml bottle. Much more maple syrup notes and sweetness than in the smaller bottle. Quite different than the previous batch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2018
at 14:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle from the brewery. (Really damn expensive. Plus you needed to win a raffle to buy and be present with the proper email notification) flavor and aroma are a mirror. Flavor is maple syrup, roasted coffee, weak chocolate, and is almost sticky sweet. The maple syrup comes through really strong. Brownie batter in waves. Really makes this overly sweet. Gosh, talk about an over hyped stout! Yikes !
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2018
at 00:44
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Top 5 bottle from AFH! Thanks d000d! 12oz bottle, 3 ways in stemware at 45F. Alcohol legs for days, looks like marmalade in the glass. Smells like maple syrup and kahlua! Whoa, very sweet. LOADS of maple syrup, kahlua for sure. it's very sweet, maybe even akin to a little bit of soy sauce. This beer is so intense with flavor. It's good. not hiding any of the adjuncts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2018
at 00:31
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Oxford tasting; batch 4, 2017
Pitch black with medium sized dark brown head. The aroma is very strong, coffee, maple, wood, dark caramel, light smoke, cake, then traces of dark fruits. Good body structure, but only moderate residual sweetness, and very high acidity from the malts; the coffee dominates, some maple syrup, also too much liquorice in the final.
Great aroma, uncoordinated flavor; beast of beer, with no elegance.
Pitch black with medium sized dark brown head. The aroma is very strong, coffee, maple, wood, dark caramel, light smoke, cake, then traces of dark fruits. Good body structure, but only moderate residual sweetness, and very high acidity from the malts; the coffee dominates, some maple syrup, also too much liquorice in the final.
Great aroma, uncoordinated flavor; beast of beer, with no elegance.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2017
at 00:42