Fall of Babylon
Schilling Beer Company in Littleton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.48
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Russian Imperial Stout
Dark, brooding and tailor-made for cold seasons in the North Country. Lingering coffee, roast and bitter chocolate define this limited-run beer.
Dark, brooding and tailor-made for cold seasons in the North Country. Lingering coffee, roast and bitter chocolate define this limited-run beer.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750mL unlabeled bottle from the fine folks at the brewery, shared by AdamC on 5/21/16.
Clear mahogany-to-ebony with a tan head atop that shows strong retention.
Interesting burnt nuttiness in the nose backed by light milk chocolate, buttercream and a dry, almost liqueur-like maple character. Fresh yeast character with a light earthiness to balance the sweeter notes. No alcohol or flaws.
Really unique texture could easily be written of as too thin or light, but it’s got a prominent chocolate character with stronger vanilla-cream-like sugars adding body. That same interesting maple-like liqueur character with roasted nuts and mild toffee. Earthy, lightly roasted notes on the finish provide perfect balance. Alcohol no where to be found and the stuff is just incredibly drinkable with a very high attenuation. Almost comes off mildly Belgian Royal Stout-esque with the ample, bottle conditioned carbonation helping towards that end. Awesome stuff as usual, from Schilling, and glad I got to try it. Thanks for sharing, Adam!
Clear mahogany-to-ebony with a tan head atop that shows strong retention.
Interesting burnt nuttiness in the nose backed by light milk chocolate, buttercream and a dry, almost liqueur-like maple character. Fresh yeast character with a light earthiness to balance the sweeter notes. No alcohol or flaws.
Really unique texture could easily be written of as too thin or light, but it’s got a prominent chocolate character with stronger vanilla-cream-like sugars adding body. That same interesting maple-like liqueur character with roasted nuts and mild toffee. Earthy, lightly roasted notes on the finish provide perfect balance. Alcohol no where to be found and the stuff is just incredibly drinkable with a very high attenuation. Almost comes off mildly Belgian Royal Stout-esque with the ample, bottle conditioned carbonation helping towards that end. Awesome stuff as usual, from Schilling, and glad I got to try it. Thanks for sharing, Adam!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2016
at 11:51
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml Bottle shared by Adam. The Brewer at Schilling hand bottled this for us to try. Much thanks for this treat that was bottles in Dec. 2015! Pitch black in color, thin lasting head. Aroma is layered malts. Deep cocoa, big chocolate.
Flavor is cocoa, deep roasted malts, coffee hints. Molasses notes. The carbonation is soft and moderately velvety, with a sugary molasses that lingers. Full bodied, full mouth, wow... This is very well executed. A nice classic, non- adjunct stout.
Flavor is cocoa, deep roasted malts, coffee hints. Molasses notes. The carbonation is soft and moderately velvety, with a sugary molasses that lingers. Full bodied, full mouth, wow... This is very well executed. A nice classic, non- adjunct stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2016
at 18:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Cask and Vine, Rich maltiness with lots of caramel and chocolate. Light dried fruits. Restrained hop presence. Very nice imperial stout, liking the brewery a lot!
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2016
at 21:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Fall of Babylon Pitch black, thin espresso head. Chocolatey sweet aroma, has a little earthy tree bark aroma. The aroma is not knocking down walls. Very oily, has a definite presence of booze, chocolate tootsie roll, cinnamon and herbs with unsweetened chocolate bar. So this one isn’t pushing a lot of boundaries and there’s a lot of booze for a sub-10% beer. Maybe a year in the bottle would really get this one to shine. Not sure about it but it has some great potential…some barrel-time might also rock. It’s easy to overdue flavors so I respect the approach. could shine with time.
So, it’s end of May and we just opened a bottle conditioned bottle of this. Thanks Schilling crew! Bottle conditioned, yay! This is so insanely improved. Less booze, more chocolate, the mouthfeel is very good. like it’s just explosively good. gotta bump up my score.
So, it’s end of May and we just opened a bottle conditioned bottle of this. Thanks Schilling crew! Bottle conditioned, yay! This is so insanely improved. Less booze, more chocolate, the mouthfeel is very good. like it’s just explosively good. gotta bump up my score.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2015
at 09:23