Scatter Signal
(has 3 batches)
Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.16
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night...
Scatter Signal is an ode to progress, however hampered. To unseen development that is quiet and steady. To unshakable perseverance, even as the ground trembles.
Scatter Signal was forged from the liquid that made Bottle Logic what it is -- our World Beer Cup-clad Darkstar November, here now built and brawned to withstand war. Coffee for vigor, chocolate to fortify, marshmallows for resilience.
This 14.8% ABV Imperial Mocha-Marshmallow Stout is a blend of liquid aged from 12 to 24 months in a medley of our favorite bourbon barrels. It was conditioned on the 'Southern Weather' and 'Monarch' blends of coffee beans roasted by our brothers in arms at Onyx Coffee Lab for a complex foundation of chocolate brownie and burnt sugar undertones.
Cacao nibs bolster the chocolate front -- Ecuadorian nibs were chosen specifically for the nutty, hot-chocolate-like flavors they impart. Marshmallows were our finishing touch; added in abundance for their softly sweet aroma, for a bounce of viscosity, and amidst a very hard year, for the outright joy of it. In the absence of joy, there is nothing worth fighting for.
...and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
Scatter Signal is an ode to progress, however hampered. To unseen development that is quiet and steady. To unshakable perseverance, even as the ground trembles.
Scatter Signal was forged from the liquid that made Bottle Logic what it is -- our World Beer Cup-clad Darkstar November, here now built and brawned to withstand war. Coffee for vigor, chocolate to fortify, marshmallows for resilience.
This 14.8% ABV Imperial Mocha-Marshmallow Stout is a blend of liquid aged from 12 to 24 months in a medley of our favorite bourbon barrels. It was conditioned on the 'Southern Weather' and 'Monarch' blends of coffee beans roasted by our brothers in arms at Onyx Coffee Lab for a complex foundation of chocolate brownie and burnt sugar undertones.
Cacao nibs bolster the chocolate front -- Ecuadorian nibs were chosen specifically for the nutty, hot-chocolate-like flavors they impart. Marshmallows were our finishing touch; added in abundance for their softly sweet aroma, for a bounce of viscosity, and amidst a very hard year, for the outright joy of it. In the absence of joy, there is nothing worth fighting for.
...and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
0,5l bottle at charity tasting at home shared by Thomas, big thanks. black color, small white head. Smells pastry, mint, cinnamon, spices, bitter chocolate. very nice smell. full body, light carbonation. Tastes cinnamon, spices, mint, light vanilla, some bourbon. Finishes lightly sweet with notes of wood, vanilla and bourbon notes. quite nice one, bit on the sweet side.
8, 8, 8, 7, 8
Rerate 22.12.2023:
0,75l bottle at home. Vintage 2021. Black color, almost no head. smells bitter chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, nutty. Nice to very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes bitter chocolate, nutty, vanilla, molasses, chocolate. finishes lightly boozy and lightly sweet with notes of bourbon, vanilla and bitter chocolate. Pretty nice one, liked this a bit better then the first time around
8, 7.5, 8, 8, 8
8, 8, 8, 7, 8
Rerate 22.12.2023:
0,75l bottle at home. Vintage 2021. Black color, almost no head. smells bitter chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, nutty. Nice to very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes bitter chocolate, nutty, vanilla, molasses, chocolate. finishes lightly boozy and lightly sweet with notes of bourbon, vanilla and bitter chocolate. Pretty nice one, liked this a bit better then the first time around
8, 7.5, 8, 8, 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2022
at 18:51
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
500ml (thx, Brian S.!) @ Ryan's. Appearance: dark brown with a weak dark beige head. Aroma: coffee, bourbon, chocolate, and marshmallow. Taste: along the same lines, quite sweet and thick, more on the chocolate and marshmallow side. Overall: very interesting with a lot of complexity.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2022
at 03:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown and inky. No head. This has a big vanilla character, nice bit of coffee. Good body, and then the marshmallows show up. That more vanilla-ish character is solid, with a fair bit of bourbon as well. Solid.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2022
at 03:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle (2021) at home. Gift from Johnny, thanks man! Opaque pitch black color, dark brown colored head. Aroma and flavor are malts, sweetish, lightly liquor, some odd sweetish flavors, but quite a nice beer.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2022
at 22:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Fles gedeeld door Benza. Zwart bier, met dun bruinig schuim. Het aroma is zoet, toffee en chocoladeachtig. De smaak is vol, zoet, toffee en Bourbon met chocolade en caramel. Nasmaak is licht bitter en heeft wat pittigs.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2022
at 21:52