17 Mint Chocolate Stout
Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.50
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This Imperial Stout is aged on cacao nibs and dried peppermint leaves, creating a rich, decadent after-dinner or dessert beer.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark brown to black pour from draft tannish head. Seriously strong mint aroma that follows up - like Andes chocolate followed up by roasty malt. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2025
at 01:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Can from the brewery. Cloudy black, thinning, dark beige head. Aroma of 'After 8' chocolates, fondant, chocolate sauce, mint & herbs, toothpaste, vanilla. Taste has sweet chocolate sauce, dark fudge, vague almond and lots of spicy, herbal and - evidently - minty notes surrounding it. Peppery hops in the finish, soft toast and roasty fondant, lots of mint, chocolate sauce and After 8 candy, as well as some warming (herbal) liqueur-like alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Bit too reminiscent of toothpaste if you think too much about it, but otherwise well 'concocted'.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2022
at 20:46
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2022
at 03:52
6/10
Olin 100% kindel, et olen seda proovinud, aga ajalooannaalide järgi olen ainult BA-d proovinud.. Magus, mõru, tummine, siirupine, šokolaadine, kakaone, nats hapukas, mündine, alkone, suhkrune. Ok, selline siirupine baas on rohkem BA asjade jaoks...
Tried
on 02 Sep 2022
at 22:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1 pint can. Pours black with moderate dark tan head that settles quickly. Aromas of chocolate and mint. Flavors of peppermint and chocolate. Hot finish
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jun 2022
at 00:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 07 Mar 2021
at 21:02
8/10
@ 2017
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Nov 2020
at 00:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks Droolyeast. Thanks! Pours pitch black with a small dark brown head. Aromas of cocoa, huge mint dessert chocolate, light bitterness. Taste is roasty, dry malty, sweet milk chocolate, minty, sweet chocolates, light bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imperial stout flavoured with cocoa and mint, 75 cl bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck. Mousy, mocha-beige, medium thick, creamy head opening in the middle, pitch black robe with thin mahogany edges. Aroma of indeed old and dry peppermint leaves but also (pronounced) After Eight mint chocolate, 'fondant' chocolate as well from the malts, cola, cinnamon, mocha ice cream, whisky, incense, bayleaf, gingerbread, dried figs, gin botanicals, almond, toffee, nougat. Sweet onset, chocolate-coated raisins, very light meaty umami accent, medium but 'refined' carb, thick and viscous, syrupy mouthfeel; big and heavy walnutty, toffeeish and dark-chocolatey malt body, with the chocolate aspect of course accentuated by the added cocoa. Almond- and toast-like hints as well, but that herbal, ethereal mint effect rules the finish, with - combined with the chocolate - again a flavour reminiscent of 'After Eight' (chocolate with mint). Some sticky chocolate sweetness in the end eve, but countered by a dash of spicy hops and warming, whisky-like alcohol. The cocoa and mint combo lingers after that. Delivers exactly what it promises, a flavour combination of chocolate and mint which is something you'll have to like; I personally am not the greatest mint fan, but admittedly this flavour construction is built on a very solid, Perennial quality level stout here - so even if this beer is not really my cup of tea due to the mint and was never going to be a top Perennial for me, I still enjoyed it because of its flawless execution and strong basic features.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2019
at 10:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
0,05l from tap at Mbcc red. Black color, small coffee colored head. Smells of heavy bourbon, mint, coconut, some vanilla. Nice smell. Full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. Tastes of bourbon, vanilla, heavy mint, peppery, after eight. Finishes lightly sweet with notes of mint, bourbon and vanilla. Heavy on the mint 7, 4, 7, 3, 16
Tried
from Draft
on 14 May 2019
at 12:51