Sumi Babka
Grimm Artisanal Ales in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.52
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Black beer with a brown head. Caramel and cocoa aroma. Caramel and chocolate flavor with vanilla and light salt. Fuller bodied. Caramel and chocolate linger with vanilla and light salt.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2025
at 16:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft: Poured a deep black brown with a khaki head. Aroma is big malty, chocolate, cacao, hint of sweetness. Taste is roasted malts, sweet milky, cacao, vanilla, smooth finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Grimm Artisanal Ales Taproom
on 17 May 2025
at 19:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Opaque, deep Black color and a small tan head. Nose is sweet, roasted malts, caramel, faint vanilla. Taste is sweet, vanilla, nuts, roasty, dark coffee, cacao. Decent bitter finish.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2024
at 17:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned 2/20/21, drunk 7/31/22. Clear, dark mahogany-to-ebony. Large, light-tan-head showing moderate retention. Sweet but also richly acidic for balance with long espresso, dry caramel and molasses notes. Hints of chocolate, praline and nougat on the end with drying alcohol and dark malt acidity. Soft and balanced in the mouth, very rich with tons of dark fruit balancing rich caramel, chocolate and vanilla. Prunes and caramel with a deep, viscous malt character that isn't cloying or syrupy. It's a monster and it's intense and strong but it's not gratuitously boozey (though still difficult to drink a 16oz - I could not). A perfect beer for 4 to 8 ounces.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2022
at 18:49
9/10
Straight up creamy babka
Tried
from Can
on 15 Mar 2019
at 19:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Mekelberg's, Brooklyn tap: pours black with my thing not having much head. Aroma is chocolate and bread... babka perhaps. Taste is like that of their signature babka. In a beer, it is like chocolate milk. Booze is well covered, but the. Largeness is there.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Dec 2018
at 05:57
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
1 pint can, at the Beer Jerk Bunker bottle share, thanks to me. Pours black. Chocolate, chocolate biscuits, cocoa powder, touch of salt, sweet creaminess, chocolate liqueur. Smooth full body. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2018
at 08:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Milk & Hops - Chelsea (10/31/18) Opaque reddish dark brown with very small frothy beige head, rum-mocha aroma, medium carbonation, sweet mocha taste with alcohol undertones, and vanilla, smooth thick body, long sweet mocha finish. Very sweet, but drinkable.
Tried
on 06 Dec 2018
at 21:39