Half Acre Beer Company Big Hugs

Big Hugs

 

Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Winter
Score
7.62
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 72
Brewed with Dark Matter Coffee, Big Hugs lives in the in-between place found above everyday stout and comfortably below the decadence of extreme gravity dessert stout. An Imperial Drinking Stout mindfully groomed for pint glasses.
 

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7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap @Mikkeller Bar, CPH
Dark black color, small beige head. Licorice, roasted aroma. Full-bodied. Licorice, some coffee, a bit sticky. Quite basic but well-brewed imperial stout.
Tried from Draft on 21 Nov 2013 at 03:18

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draught @ Mikkeller Bar, Viktoriagade 8BC, kld., DK-1655 Copenhagen, Denmark.Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark chocolate. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, chocolate, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130501]
Tried on 07 Jul 2013 at 11:14

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft @ Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a black color with a tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor with hints of coffee. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate finish.
Tried from Draft on 06 Jun 2013 at 21:56

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught @ Mikkeller Bar. Pours pitch black with a creamy dark chocolate brown head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is slightly sweet and malty with heavily roasted malts, high quality dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate, sweet dark bread, burnt cookies, charred wood and hints of liquorice fudge. Taste is sweet, bitter and malty with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, toffee, vanilla fudge, liquorice fudge, bitter chocolate, sweet dark bread, charred wood, caramel and burnt cookies. Mouthfeel is round, creamy, tiny roasted astringent and medium to full bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with heavily roasted malts, dark roast coffee, liquorice fudge, charred wood and burnt cookies. Very tasty...
Tried on 28 May 2013 at 01:54

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught at Mikkeller bar cons 2013-05-04 Copenhagen AR: chocolate, coffee, wee vanilla AP: pitch black, wee head F: dark chocolate, coffee, licorice,
Tried on 08 May 2013 at 11:31

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[5/1/13] Draught at Mikkeller Bar in Copenhagen. Black. Aroma of coffee beans, a bit "green" and roastiness. Roasty flavor with lots of coffee beans. Medium to full-bodied.
Tried on 08 May 2013 at 05:25

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at Mikkeller Bar, pours black with a medium beige / tan head. Aroma of roasted coffee beans, cocoa powder, and moderate roast. Flavour of a cold cup of coffee, roasted malts, and some dry bitter cocoa powder. Quite full-bodied and dominated by coffee. Generic impie stout, but well-crafted. Good stuff.
Tried from Draft on 08 May 2013 at 04:19

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught. Opaque black liquid with small to medium tan head. Aroma of coffee, earth, chocolate ,ash, roasted malt, licorice, dark fruit and flowery hops. Taste is dry to light sweet and light to medium bitter with notes of coffee, chocolate, ash and dark fruit. Medium to full bodied with medium carbonation. Great coffee notes.
Tried on 07 May 2013 at 13:23

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at mikkellers. Thick creamy tan head. Clear black pour. Nice coffee and chocolate notes.
Tried from Draft on 07 May 2013 at 02:15

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at Mikkeller Bar - Copenhagen. Pours oily black with a tight, creamy tan head. Burnt malts in the nose, some sugary chocolate. Medium to big sweet flavor, ruch and sugary chocolate, mild char, toast, some milk chocolate. Full bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Sweet dark malt finish, further sweet chocolate, subtle charred grains, some dark fruits, raisins. Very tasty beer overall.
Tried on 05 May 2013 at 03:58