Banaananen (Cellar Series)
Põhjala in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.26
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A rum BA Imperial Stout.
Taste: An explosion of sweet, overripe banana plucked straight from the fruit bowl mixes with hints of coffee and sweet Caribbean rum all layered on top of a smooth malt base. Oaky tannins and just a hint of lingering hoppy bitterness joins in, leaving you with an insanely decadent, dessert like finish.
Appearance: Jet black with a dark brown head.
Nose: Sweet freshly baked chocolate banana bread, fruity aged rum and molasses mix with subtle hints of smoke and foam banana sweets. Caramelised bananas foster and hints of warming mixed spice lure you into your first sip.
Taste: An explosion of sweet, overripe banana plucked straight from the fruit bowl mixes with hints of coffee and sweet Caribbean rum all layered on top of a smooth malt base. Oaky tannins and just a hint of lingering hoppy bitterness joins in, leaving you with an insanely decadent, dessert like finish.
Appearance: Jet black with a dark brown head.
Nose: Sweet freshly baked chocolate banana bread, fruity aged rum and molasses mix with subtle hints of smoke and foam banana sweets. Caramelised bananas foster and hints of warming mixed spice lure you into your first sip.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black, low head. Strong Bananko chocolate aroma an taste. Alcohol well hidden for 13,5% ABV. Banana, chocolate in taste. Well balanced with roastiness and ageing in rum barrel. Man this is good one.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2022
at 11:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 330 ml shared with Antonija at Valhalla. Black with tan head. Chocolate, cocoa, banana, rum. Sweet, bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Valhalla Beer Bar (-2024)
on 01 Feb 2022
at 22:17
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2022
at 22:28
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2022
at 22:28
9.4/10
Banaananen🍌🍌🍌
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jan 2022
at 18:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
18th January 2022 Waxed (aka pain in the arse) bottle. When the lid if finally opened the room rapidly fills with the aroma of foam bananas. Pours an opaque dark brown with reasonable tan head. Smooth and softish palate, just modest fine carbonation (oh good, that wax worked then). Smooth and sweet dark malts, just a touch of dark chocolate. The sweet foam bananas come through loud and clear, getting pear notes as well. The rum barrelling is light, too light for me. The rum barrelling could have tamed the sweetness here and added another much needed dimension. Hmmm! If you want your Impy to taste like foam bananas, this is for you. For me it coulda, shoulda been so much more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2022
at 23:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at Tilt, Brum. Pours jet black with no head. Aroma is rum, liquorice and alcohol. Taste has rum, spice, liquorice and alcohol.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2021
at 13:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Black pour with a tan head. Banana, chocolate pudding, toffee, vanilla aromas. Oodles of banana toffee in the taste, vanilla, molasses, prunes, oak, chocolate, sweet spice. Long warming finish.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2021
at 16:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - jet black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - rum, banana and booze. Taste - more banana with rum and raisin. Booze again. Palate - full bodied, generally boozy. Overall - very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2021
at 22:11
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled 330ml. -from Goblet Zagreb. Pitch black coloured, small brownish head, chocolate rum and banana in the nose. The taste is very very nice; mix of Bananko and Rumko (ex yu raters will know) with strong but balanced alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2021
at 23:02