Gravity Shift
Ellison Brewery + Spirits in East Lansing, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.39
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Ashley's Westland. Pours black with a tan head. Alcohol soy note, cocoa aroma. Flavor has molasses and dark cocoa, soy, sweet and syrupy. Delicious.
superspak (10160) reviewed Gravity Shift from Ellison Brewery + Spirits 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
16 ounce can into snifter; no can dating, 2018 vintage. Pours dense, opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger dense dark tan head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, nuts, vanilla, toffee, marshmallow, fudge, cake batter, bourbon, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with light notes of coconut, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Touch of booze in the aromas as it warmed, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, cocoa, vanilla, and bourbon barrel notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, nuts, vanilla, toffee, marshmallow, fudge, cake batter, bourbon, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with light notes of coconut, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Very mild herbal/roast/char bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, nuts, vanilla, toffee, marshmallow, fudge, cake batter, bourbon, toasted oak, dark/brown bread, light molasses/dark fruit, and roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, cocoa, vanilla, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a solid roasted bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with zero cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, and velvety mouthfeel that is amazing. Light slickness, sticky hops, chalky roast, and oak tannins. Lightly increasing warmth of 14%, with mild lingering barrel booze after the finish. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged flavored imperial stout! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, cocoa, vanilla, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV. Amazingly rich dessert malt complexity, and cocoa/vanilla flavors; with perfect barrel integration. Not overly boozy, tannic, or drying. This tasted like BBA fudge brownies in a glass. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing dessert style imperial stout.