Esther's Li'l Secret - 2016
Warped Wing Brewing Company in Dayton, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.82
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Imperial porter with chocolate and peanut, can shared by Danny, thanks! Thick, dense, creamy, beige head over a very dark chestnut brown beer, as good as black in general appearance. Rich, desserty and at the same time somewhat tangy aroma of peanut butter and toasted peanuts, milk chocolate bars, fudge, candied dates, brownies, almond, toasted bread. Sweet onset but nothing cloying, rich and candied, candied dates and lots of nuttiness, with indeed a peanut butter-like flavour, matching well with a softly carbonated, creamy, smooth, full caramelly and nutty body with toasted bitter edges in the finish, light spiciness, chocolate effects and some warming, rum-like alcohol. Peanut stouts and porters were the first true 'pastry stouts' that have gained so much popularity in especially Scandinavia these days and this is a very good example of that particular segment, technically flawless and rich in flavour, with the peanut butter aspect elegantly mingled with the nutty, caramelly and chocolatey character of the malts. Highly enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
16 oz. can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out tons of peanut brittle upfront, with sweet toffee, caramel and candied sugar. Flavour is pure peanut brittle, with cloying candied sugar, peanuts, toasted caramel and toffee. Intensely peanut brittle-dominated. Can't say this is very good, but it's intriguing at least.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16 oz can poured. A big thanks to Jeff for the can! Pours a dense dark brown, almost black, with a reddish, cream foam fading head. A very unique, strange brew here. Definitely haven’t had a beer like this before. Nutty, chocolate aroma. Flavor is quite an intense peanut brittle. Very true flavor. Odd bitterness here. Strange. That’s the word that keeps coming to mind. A nutty brown ale? Has good things going on, but the peanut brittle is way too dominant here. Turn the brittle down, and turn the base beer up, and we have a very tasty beer here.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample from during the "Local Love 01" tasting on 11/11/2016. The beer is a brown-black color with a medium foamy tan head that diminishes gradually to film. Partial rings of lacing. Roast malt, dark chocolate and coffee aroma. Medium to full body with flavors of roast nuts, malt and chocolate. The finish is roasty with a nutty and malty aftertaste. Pretty good overall.