8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Pastry stout can do anything these days if it is in the hands of an accomplished postmodern stout brewer like Oklahoma’s Prairie, and this one is intended to taste like, well, a birthday cake… Thickly moussy, yellowish mocha-beige, slowly opening head on a black beer with thin burgundy edges. Powerful, indeed very desserty aroma of cake icing, ‘boterkoekenglazuur’, vanilla ice cream, chocolate liqueur, praliné, sponge cake, whipped cream, caramel, bath foam, hints of Nutella, rum-soaked raisins, sugar ‘pearls’, shoe polish, rum. Very sweet onset as expected, candied, but still managing to avoid overt stickiness thanks to a light, dim, underlying sourish touch, candied figs and plum jelly, softly carbonated, quickly turning to syrupy, massive layers of hazelnut paste, milk chocolate, toffee and caramel cake dough – with that subtle, almost ‘orangey’ sourish touch continuing; lots of cake icing, vanilla extract, Ovomaltine and latté macchiato effects in the finish, overwhelmingly almost, highlighted by a heating yet nowhere astringent, rum- and liqueur-like booziness. The sweetness remains dominant, but almost magically does not stick to the teeth too much – a huge plus in a beer like this, for me at least; for such exuberance and extravaganza, this ‘birthday cake stout’ is remarkably refined and, in a certain sense, ‘balanced’, clearly the product of a top pastry stout producer. A true bomb, even if it does not strictly belong to Prairie’s equally impressive Bomb series…

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle 355ml @ home
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, alcohol and caramel. Taste is heavy sweet and light bitter with a long warm, chocolate, caramel, vanilla and toffee finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

8.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

35,5 cl can @ home. Rated on 7.5.2021 Aroma has licorice and dark chocolate. Flavour vas chocolate, vanilla and dark chocolate. Rather intense, delicious and nicely balanced slow sipper.

8

Medium body, creamy, super sweet. Dark chocolate, vanilla, also get a bit of fruitiness, maybe candy strawberry? Smooth. Very nice. A bit too sweet.

6

Magus, suhkur, karamell, iiris, šokolaad, alks. Ok.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, 11%. Very dark brown with small head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, spices and candy. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, sweet, candy, spices, cocoa, warming and a little bitter.

8

bottle at home... Jan 2021.. dark black... no head.. nothing.... soft sweet chocolate marshmallow roast malt nose... Light body.. little fizz... dry sweet vanilla marshmallows... soft sweet chocolate... soft mellow roast.. Light spice

7

12 fl.oz bottle. A black beer with a tan head. Aroma of dark sweet chocolate malt, vanilla, caramel. Taste of sweet strong dark caramelized malt, vanilla, sugar.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home. 🏡

[ As Prairie Corner Piece - Imperial Stout ].
ABV: 11.0%. Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, cake, strawberry, cream, rich, vanilla. Flavor is light heavy sweet and moderate to light light heavy bitter with a long duration, cake, roasted, chocolate, bitter, alcohol, cake - cream, vanilla, birthday cake. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20201212]
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