Gravity Flux
Ellison Brewery + Spirits in East Lansing, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.23
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Our base imperial stout gravity was laid down in Old Weller Antique for 9+ months and conditioned on a beautiful espresso blend from our pals at Ferris. 80% Brazilian Cerrado 20% Sumatra Red Badger espresso blend imparts mild earthy tones with huge nutty/dark chocolate flavors.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
16 ounce can into snifter, canned in 9/2018. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1 finger dense and fluffy dark tan head with awesome retention, that reduces to small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Minimal booze in the aromas as it warms. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, and bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, roast, charred, coffee bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, roasted nuts, biscuit, dark bread/crust, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oak earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a fantastic roasted bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering coffee/char bitterness, and bourbon/oak spiciness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 14.5%, with minimal lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged coffee imperial stout! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, coffee, and bourbon barrel flavors; dangerously smooth and easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mildly bitter/charred/tannic/drying finish. Amazingly soft feel. Not overly bitter/charred on malts, or boozy/tannic on barrels. Perfectly balanced super rich malts, fruity/nutty coffee complexity, and bourbon barrel presence/integration. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly amazing offering, and top tier style example as expected.
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on 29 May 2019
at 03:03