Cookie Monster
Mad Scientist in Budapest, Capital City of Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.12
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Second, we were very specific about the “dark malts/chocolate/coffee” – “dried fruits/prune” – “biscuit/caramel” balance. We had this taste in mind, and we experimented until we thought we got it.
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midovark (6747) reviewed Cookie Monster from Mad Scientist 10 months ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at KEG. Jet black, no head. Nose is heavy sweetness, lactose, vanilla, even some bourbon notes. Taste is almost sticky sweetness, vanilla, booze, some malts, faint coffee. Heavy body, soft carbo. A bit over the top.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Cookie Monster from Mad Scientist 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
1/5/2023. Bottle from De Bierliefhebber online store, shared at SBGP2. Pours rich black with a small tan coloured head. Aroma of chocolate cookie, cocoa, roasted malt, treacle, dark fruits, molasses. Moderate sweetness and quite heavy bitterness. Full bodied, sticky, average carbonation. Pretty good, but a bit heavy going at times.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Cookie Monster from Mad Scientist 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Imperial stout by one of those countless new batch breweries in Eastern Europe, Mad Scientist in Budapest, in existence since 2016 and one of the leaders in craft beer as far as Hungary goes. Thanks to Craftmember for sharing! Mousy, lightly lacing, creamy, mocha-beige head; black robe with only the thinnest burgundy edge. During pouring, however, a few clumps of slimy but solid protein came out as well - something I have only seen a few times before, mostly in beers of advanced age... Aroma of lots of bitter black chocolate and black coffee, coffee filters, burnt toast, black peppercorns, charcoal, hard caramel, wet leather, cigars, toasted walnuts, dried dates. Sweetish onset but densely so and absolutely not cloying - no, this is that kind of old-fashioned 'dried date' sweetness that opens so many good stouts, paired with a very, very subtle gravy-ish umami accent and gently carbonated. Full, oily body, lovely thick walnutty and bitter-chocolatey backbone, sweetish at first but restrainedly so, yet quickly shifting to full-fledged, mouth-filling roasted bitterness further enhanced by a confident, lingering peppery hop bitterness and a glow of whisky-like alcohol. The black coffee-like roastedness goes on and on after that. Too bad for those four or five 'thick mucus' chunks (almost half a centimeter in diameter), which are not too appetizing to say the least, but otherwise this is a very old-fashioned, uncompromisingly roasty imperial stout, reminding me of my first encounters with the style, a decade or two ago when they were still a very exclusive and elusive rarity in Europe - and long before the Great Sweetening came along. I love a stout with this profile and hadn't it been for those protein chunks, this one would certainly have scored 4+ for me.
Ronncyca (1116) ticked Cookie Monster from Mad Scientist 5 years ago
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Charlotte (10579) reviewed Cookie Monster from Mad Scientist 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Tap.Black colour with small head.Aroma of chocolat and caramel mild taste and light body hint of Bourbon nice warming with light finish.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Cookie Monster from Mad Scientist 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap@Skaal, Copenhagen (07092019) - black pour with a thin bubbly head. Dark sweet malty with notes of chocolate, caramel, fudge, surprisingly thin oily body, lingering sweet malty finish.
cuso (17193) reviewed Cookie Monster from Mad Scientist 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at tasting. Heavy imperial stout with dark malt, coffee, dark chocolate, dried fruits, molasses, raisins, alcohol. Well done.
Kita (5313) reviewed Cookie Monster from Mad Scientist 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 0.33l. Aroma of berries, cherries, roasted malt, chocolate and biscuits. Pours almost black color with thin creamy brown head and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts with sweet and rich roasted malt and chocolate, follows by sour coffee and ripe fruit, mouthfeel is smooth and warm, while finish is medium bitter. Full body, creamy texture and average carbonation in palate. Sweet monster...