Big Hugs
Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Winter|
Score
7.63
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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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8/10
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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
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen
Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of sweet syrup, chocolate notes, roastiness and cocoa. Taste is sticky, sweetish and roasty with some chocolate, coffee and cocoa. Finish is roasty and malty with some sweet notes. Quite sweet imperial stout.
Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of sweet syrup, chocolate notes, roastiness and cocoa. Taste is sticky, sweetish and roasty with some chocolate, coffee and cocoa. Finish is roasty and malty with some sweet notes. Quite sweet imperial stout.
Tried
on 05 May 2013
at 03:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at MikkellerBar. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is light coffee and roasted malty, thick chocolate. Coffee herbal and roasted malty flavoured. Bitter and thick chocolate finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2013
at 02:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Mikkeller. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of fudge, chocolate, roasted malts, caramel. Flavour is over moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Light full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2013
at 12:58
8/10
Tried
on 12 Apr 2013
at 21:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Smells of coffee, some nut. Smooth drink, pours black with good head and lacing. Thick carbonation. Sweet and bitter in equal parts in finish. Bottle at tasting thanks to Tomthompson89 (I think).
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2013
at 17:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purchased at West Lakeview Liquors in Chicago, IL; enjoyed on a gorgeous mid March Friday night kicking back after a long work week. Appearance is a pitch black with a rich, bubbly tan head that laces to the glass. Aroma is big in the coffee and chocolate notes, smells rich, bit of lactose, not too boozey. Taste is delicious. Slight bitterness from the coffee, bit of lactose, big chocolate notes, it’s pretty good, there are definitely better imperial stouts out there though. It’s big, but not too big. Still good stuff.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2012
at 16:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to secret santa. Pours black. Tan head. Nose of dark roasted chocolate malt, vanilla, rich roasted coffee, mocha and black licorice. Ashy mouth feel. Slightly dry bitter charcoal finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2011
at 11:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
@RBWG-22oz-thanks to Smokepot/Joe–pours a thin brown head with trailing lace and black color. Aroma is dark malt-peat/chili, earthy. Taste is dark malt-peat/chocolate, secondary earthy hops.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2011
at 14:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle, one bounce off GT’s kitchen floor. Dark brown, large tn head with good retention. Aroma of chocolate and coffee grounds. Taste is sweet and smooth milk chocolate and Starbucks. Decent. Lots of residual sugar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2011
at 15:35