Mornin' Delight
(has 11 batches)

355ml bottle (thx, David G.!) shared at Alex's with Jamey. Batch #4, 2017. Pours a very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is maple syrup, coffee, some fruity character, toffee and chocolate. Similar taste. Very nice. But it is definitely overrated.

Sample @ GABF 2017. Pours a black color with a tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee chocolate aroma with hints of vanilla and licorice. Roasted malty coffee chocolate maple vanilla flavor. Has a roasted malty coffee chocolate maple finish with hints of licorice and vanilla.

THANKS to Kraddel! #11.000! Very happy to have actually tried this one. Bomber split by 4 people. Batch # 2. Totally black, head doesn’t last. Looks even thick upon poor, this beer is insanely thick. Nose is hazelnut paste sweet but also bit bitter, herbal nuts, walnuts pure mocha syrup, bitter molasses, syrup, very big coffee, espresso with some roast, pecan, maple is way lower than you would expect. This is not the pasty stout that I expected this to be, maple is quite low, barely there but this is way more about the coffee, espresso, coffee roast, even roasted malts & it is insanely thick, easily one the thickest beers that I have ever had, tastes of hazelnut ,more roast than expected, pure thick syrup, more molasses than maple almost pure malt syrup, heavy coffee bitter finish, expresso, decent roast, lingering nuts & inanely thick. Surprisingly balanced, surprisingly coffee forward. Liked it more & more the more I drank it, surprisingly drinkable despite the thickness. Really great beer, not the beer to end all beer as many have proclaimed it but is any beer? Would love to try the BA version at some point but that one is in ultra-high demand.

So here we are then: one of these hugely hyped Toppling Goliath stouts and the third highest ranking beer on this website, I've been looking forward to this for a long time. American-style imperial stout with coffee and maple syrup, 2016 vintage. Yellowish beige, creamy head, thin and open in the middle but retaining around the edge, on a black beer with warm mahogany edges. Very intense, concentrated, beguiling bouquet of chocolate fondant, chocolate liqueur, strong maple syrup, dried figs drenched in whisky, cappuccino and coffee liqueur, fudge, toasted chestnuts, dry leather, toffee, cognac, hazelnut oil, madera, subtle but clear glue-ish and solvent-like effects. The mouthwatering promises made by the aroma are perfectly met by the flavour, kicking off with thick sweet maple syrup embellished with dried fruit notes and a thin sourish accent, blending in well with the caramelly, toffeeish and profoundly nutty, big, oily malt body, perfectly (i.e. softly) carbonated fit for this style. The nuttiness shifts colours to a darker, bitter black 'chocolateness', bitterly toasty yet not overly roasted: the creaminess of the maple syrup lies a perfectly measured layer of soothing sweetness on top of it, and the no doubt copious amounts of coffee that went in here, provide delightful retronasal aromas and a refined, spicy, delicate and warm roastedness that is more expressive and vivid than the actual roasted barley. Ends with vanilla- and cinnamon-like accents, very rich, a coffee dessert with alcohol - which takes on a long, heating, brandy-like quality, yet at the same time completely avoids obnoxious wryness. Tasted this next to a 2015 vintage as well, which was just as rich and ravishingly beautiful, yet a tad softer and more rounded, a bit less sharp in terms of solvents and a little bit less aromatically coffee-ish - but these were 'microscopic' differences due to age alone, presumably. Well, now that I finally had a taste of this nectar of the gods: not sure if this is the single best stout I ever had - but it comes very, very close. Then again, the whole hype surrounding this beer, one of these artificially mystified beers (admittedly largely due to geeks like ourselves here, ironically perhaps), should not matter in judging this: any experienced taster with a basic technical knowledge will be able to assess that this is a work of great beauty, class and craftmanship. A huge, detailed and completely flawless construction of flavours, the essence of American-style RIS with maple syrup and coffee dosed in such a way that they actually accentuate the features of this beer in a tastefully balanced way rather than overpowering them. For these reasons, I cannot but give it a close to perfect store. Unforgettable, hopefully I get the chance to revisit this one day, or taste later editions of it.

Bottle at Hopishop 2017. Batch 3 and 4. Thick black pour. Aroma of maple, vanilla, roasted malt, caramel fudge, booze and coffee. Flavor has lots of maple, caramel fudge and vanilla, and sweet roasted malt, coffee, booze, umami, raisin and an endlessly evolving finish. Worth of the hype, amazing.

23-09-17 // bottle shared at Zwanze Day 2017 @ Mon Petit Café Stuttgart. Thanks for sharing! This beer is definitely worth the Hype. Such a great experience to try it. Deep black. Great boozy sweet malty nose with coffee. Taste is heavy sweet, Espresso, roasted coffee beans, maple sweetness, vanilla. Oily texture. Long Lasting bitter coffee sweet maple mouthfeel. 26-09-20 // Happy Zwanze Day 2020 at Mon Petit Café, Stuttgart. Bottle, shared. Thanks! 2020delivers as well.

Thanks Jay for sharing the bottle! Poured into a Morning Delight espresso cup (inside joke for those who know my alcohol tolerance) showing pitch black with no head. The nose shows a pronounced maple syrup forwardness with an equally strong and balancing roast coffee background. The palate is full bodied, oily, slick and lightly carbonated. Maple syrup forward but still with a restrained moderate sweetness. Strong roasted coffee background throughout with a very light coffee tartness and more strong black coffee bitterness on the finish. Interplay and balance between maple syrup and coffee is incredible. B2 - 10/20/2017 Bottle into a wineglass showing pitch black and thin coffee colored rims. The nose shows pronounced maple syrup with light notes of coffee. The palate is oily, slick, and fully carbonated. Strong maple syrup in the background throughout with a coffee forwardness and a light coffee tartness. Strong alcoholic spiciness throughout. Dry milk chocolate and maple syrup on the finish.

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Bottle 22fl.oz. shared at [ A Day To Sink All Sea Shepards tasting. ], Brussels, Belgium. [ As Toppling Goliath Mornin’ Delight ].[ Gold wax ]. Clear dark dark black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is heavy malty, rosted, coffee, dusty coffee - chocolate, strong coffee, espross0, light maple syrup. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, molasses, maple syrup, dark malt, dark malt, chocolate - vanilla, coffee. Body is full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20160917] 9-4-9-5-18

Keg at Ratebeer Best Beer Festival. 31/01/2016. A viscous black brown coloured pour with a small dark tan head. oily. Aroma is big cinnamon, cakey, vanilla toffee, . Flavour is composed of lovely full smooth cakey malts, toffee, vanilla, little bourbon and wood. . Palate is full bodied, smooth and velvety.