Mike's Pastry Cannoli Stout
Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.01
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Deep dark and brown coloured body with a great brown head that starts off at about three centimetres in height and fades very quickly, but leaves a nice cap on top and a bit on the sides. Aroma of very strong sugars with some molasses, grain, earth, nuts and of course, bunches of chocolate and yes, even some graham scents with vanilla here, too and bunches of lactose. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong nutty and very earthy flavours dominate up front with a lot of rich body from the grain and a pleasant sweetness from molasses, lactose, cream and chocolate, of course, with a healthy dose of vanilla here that tempers the deeper flavours a bit. Aftertaste is very rich with a ton of flavours from the sugars, with a fairly bright and pervasive alcohol and yeastiness without any breads, but some pungency comes out towards the end and leaves a nice deep and robust flavour throughout that is balanced fairly nicely. Overall, a surprisingly nice and balanced, rich, pungent and robust beer that has good sweetness, a lot of creamy and milky notes and a lot of complexity from all the aspects coming together, while not being cloying and being relatively easy-to-drink. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Wegman's in Lake Manassas (Gainesville), Virginia on 16-May-2021 for US$1,99 (part of a mixed six pack), sampled at my house here in Washington, on Christmas Day 2021, 25-December-2021, with my family.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2022
at 21:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black with a large foamy brown head. Chocolate cake and vanilla cream. Long finish. Moderately full bodied and smooth
Tried
on 19 May 2021
at 02:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a near black from can. I'm not getting much in the nose other than a general sweetness, nothing particularly "cannoli-y". Same in the mouth, just sweet, some roasty malts in the background. Still a good beer, but just not anything outstanding.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2021
at 02:00
8/10
Dark pour. Thick foam. Vanilla nose. Vanilla flavor with sweet pasty flavor. A yummy cannoli with a cup of coffee. Delicious beer. Easy carbonation bv
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2021
at 18:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Charred oak nose. Cola black, thick, sticky tan head. Charred oak, pecan, nutmeg. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2021
at 18:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from the Packie Dark brow/black in color with a decent sized bubbly tan head. big vanilla and light caramel chocolate with some dark pitted fruits. Pretty tasty!
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2021
at 23:32
7/10
Surprisingly balanced flavor, not as sweet as I was expecting.
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2020
at 23:04