Light brown creamy head stayed on a treacle like body. Malt, lactose, spice & demerara aroma. Medium to full bodied, creamy & almost chewy on the palate with a light airy back. Heavy tastes of malt, dark liqueur, dark chocolate, sugar, syrup, berry, raisin & Christmas cake tastes.

Coconut stout tasted from tap at BrewDog Brussels, thanks Danai! Thick and frothy, papery lacing, yellowish beige head, black robe with thin hazy burgundy edges. Aroma of indeed lots of coconut and ‘Bounty’ candy, black chocolate, hazelnut paste, treacle, chewing gum, chocolate milk, sweet pipe tobacco, brownies, brandy. Sweet onset, bit sticky even, sugary with an umami hint (but lightly so), soft carb, full and very creamy, clearly ‘lactosed’ mouthfeel, with the milk sugar adding milk chocolate aspects and supporting sweetness for the coconut aroma, which comes through quite strongly retronasally, in a sweet, candy-ish (Bounty) way. Still there is enough coffeeish roasted bitterness to prevent the finish from becoming overly sticky, even if the lactose sugariness clearly lingers, heated by a brandy-like alcohol warmth in the end. Quite exemplary coconut stout in Omnipollo’s pastry stout mode, but you’ll really have to love coconut. I do.

Can 330ml (Fanzine)
Opaque colour, small steady beige head and lace. Toasted, strong coconut aroma, some sweetness. Full-bodied. Toasted malts, dark sugar, strong coconut, lactose in the flavour. Quite sweet milky and too much coconut. Hides ABV very well.