Black O' Lantern
Wasatch Brewery in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.78
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What kind of madman would cross an imperial stout with a pumpkin ale? Our brewers, as it turns out. This rich, chocolatey frankenbrew is dry-spiced and scary good. Boo.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle pours with nice looking dark body that is almost black that supports a thin light mocha colored head of foam. The aroma offers up a mix of cinnamon spice and pumpkin notes as well as a fruity esters sort of sensation blended with faint dark roasted malts. The taste starts with a pleasing blend of dark roasted malts, spicy cinnamon, a dash of nutmeg and a pretty tasty pumpkin thing that’s going on. In the background I can’t help but notice a slender fruity ester note that seems to be banging around. To midway and into the finish a nice chocolate sensation joins in and takes this to closure. Solid balanced tasty brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2014
at 19:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle - nearly black pour - kind of a soapy lace - nose has a fair amount of the spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, maybe even a little anise), but it is tempered fairly well with some smoky maltiness, chocolate, tobacco, rum - somewhat slick mouthfeel - the spices are a bit strong in the flavor - some other flavors of smoke, bittersweet chocolate, mild earthy pumpkin, a touch of licorice - it’s a nicely executed pumpkin stout, but I’d like it even more if the spices were toned down so the stout character could shine through even more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2014
at 18:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle picked up at UBC
Pours dark brown with a small tan head, light lacing. Aroma of pumpkin spices, cinnamon, chocolate and bready. Flavors are dark malts, pumpkin spices, grainy, sugar and mild smokiness
Nice, a little less on the spices would make this much better.
Pours dark brown with a small tan head, light lacing. Aroma of pumpkin spices, cinnamon, chocolate and bready. Flavors are dark malts, pumpkin spices, grainy, sugar and mild smokiness
Nice, a little less on the spices would make this much better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2014
at 16:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Deep amber-black blody. Thin, fading head. Big roasty chocolate aroma. Big chocolate flavor as well, Medium to full bodied, remains very drinkable. Pretty great example of a non-imperial Pumpkin Stout. Right on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2014
at 20:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, picked up at 26th St Liquor in Williston, ND. Dark brown in color with a decent fluff of tan head. Nose is mild spice; nutmeg and cinnamon with pumpkin. Fits the bill for a pumpkin stout, or maybe a pumpkin porter since this is on the lighter side, with a good balance of roast to pumpkin pie. Lightly bready, but the roast is where I like it. Not overly spiced up at all. Certainly not an imperial stout either. However it drinks well and that’s what it’s all about.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2014
at 12:09