Tempest Brewing Co. Kesennuma

Kesennuma

 

Tempest Brewing Co. in Tweedbank, Scottish Borders, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Collab with: Roto Brewery
  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.23
ABV: 10.8% IBU: - Ticks: 21
Brewed in collaboration with Yokohama's Roto Brewery, this is a salty, sweet, spicy, umami imperial stout and unlike anything you’ve tasted before. Combining Japanese oyster sauce, clove, cardamon, and sweet malt flavours requires a deft hand, ageing it for 11 months in scotch whisky barrels calls for a true shokunin master.

Not suitable for vegetarians.
 

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8

Great!

Tried from Can on 04 Dec 2022 at 00:33


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Black with a thin, creamy, beige head. Chocolate and sherry aroma with a splash of soy sauce on top. Taste is bitter but rich, slightly salty, with a strong roasted tone. Finishes bitter with increasing tartness and slightly vinous. Body to the full side of medium, very mild carbonation. A pleasant, slow-sipper.

Tried on 16 Sep 2022 at 16:58


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Tan collar on a still black body. Malt, raspberry, cardamom & clove aroma. Medium bodied, no carbonation, super smooth & soft. Sweet berries, cardamom, clove, malt & soy tastes with salty & whisky finish. Amazing.

Tried on 10 Sep 2022 at 16:27


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Közepes, tartós, barna hab, fekete szín. Kakaós, csokis, aszalt gyümölcsös íz, némi whisky-s, vaníliás, fahéjas beütéssel. Csokis, kakaós, kávés, aszalt gyümölcsös ízek, fahéjas, vaníliás, whisky-s hordós aromákkal, a háttérben szegfűszeg és halványan valami, ami valószínűleg a kagylószósz lehet. Sajnos egy határozott alkoholos komponens is érezhetző. Testes, enyhén édeskés, közepesen szénsavas, közepesen kesernyés, amit határozottan a pörkölés ad. Bánatomra az ízen nem igazán harmonizálnak egymással, és azaz alkoholosság sem válik a javára.

Tried on 10 Feb 2022 at 22:02


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Dark brown with a thick head. On the nose, cardamom, clove and roast, but also some sticky oyster sauce accents. On the palate, it's similar. Lots of cardamom, oyster sauce, sticky dark sugars. Full body. It's certainly unique. No real sense of whisky, I guess it was pretty generic. Good times.

Tried on 10 Feb 2022 at 06:49


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can. Color: Black, light brown head. Aroma: Roasted malt, earthy, salty hints, spicy, soy sauce. Taste: Roasted malt, notes of salty soy / oyster sauce, spicy clove and some cardamom, earth, subtle boozy Whiskey and sweetish vanilla hints. Umami, moderate to over moderate bitterness, light to moderate sweet and salty. Some oak wood at dry-ish and also bit sticky finish. Over medium to full body, below average carbonation. Finally again a modern BA Stout that's not as sweet as a lot of BA Stouts nowadays. I like the courage of this brewers to brew something different. Nice one, fully enjoying it.

Tried from Can on 17 Jan 2022 at 19:41


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

33 cl can poured in to a Snifter. Near black with a thin tanned head. Sweet aroma with soy sauce, umani, cloves, cardamom and whisky barrel notes. Vanilla. Taste is sweet. Full bodied. Sweet finish with lingering spiced and umami notes. Odd mixture of ingredients. Somehow it works.

Tried from Can on 07 Jan 2022 at 19:25


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Can sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks zvikar. Black, tan foam. Cardamom. clove, soy sauce, roast, sweetish and umami, alcohol, some bitterness.

Tried from Can on 03 Dec 2021 at 10:36


8.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

330ml can from the brewery on a mountain bike trip to Innerleithen. Pours pitch black, with a menacing deep tan head. Captivating stout, sweet, spiced with distant whisky echoes.. Impeccably well balanced. Very very good.

Tried from Can on 26 Nov 2021 at 22:03


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 330mL can (pkg 06/04/21; bb 06/10/22). Very dark brown with very minimal beige head. Clove and cardamom, hint of salty oyster sauce and peat. Odd combo, don't mind it though. Alcohol is hidden, body is slightly thin.

Tried from Can on 23 Nov 2021 at 07:10