Prodigal
(has 2 batches)
Perennial Artisan Ales in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.90
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Prodigal is an imperial oatmeal milk stout with a massive fudge and roast malt character. It’s a foundation for some of our favorite stouts, now here to stand on its own adorned with only a handful of cacao nibs and Madagascar vanilla beans to round out the edges.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Imperial milk stout by Perennial in Missouri, famous for its Abraxas, among others; 75 cl bottle from De Caigny. Medium thick, yellowish ochre-tinged pale beige, opening but edge-retaining head over a pitch black beer. Aroma of cold black coffee and espresso, walnut oil, ‘fondant’ chocolate, toffee, vanilla beans, liquorice or even salmiak, bourbon, shoe polish, dried prunes, sweet pipe tobacco, rum, hot chocolate sauce. Dried dates, old raisins and a lot of fig in the onset, sweet with a sourish edge, soft carbo, thick and viscous, oily mouthfeel. The added lactose establishes a creamy, velvety effect without completely filling the mouth as is often the case in present-day milk stouts. Delicious toffeeish, caramelly and dark chocolatey malt body with toasty bitter edges, turning more deeply roasted and coffee-like in the finish, accentuated by a dose of peppery hop bitterness; the spiciness of the hops and the roasted bitterness of the malts dominate the finish much more than whatever sweetness the lactose adds, and that is exactly what I was hoping for. The vanilla counters this a bit by adding a delicate, aromatic sweetness. Long, heating, rum-like boozy finish, yet not so boozy that it becomes obnoxious – the alcohol highlights the lingering flavours rather than burning them away, and that to me is a trademark of a top quality imperial stout. This brewery excels at this genre, that much is clear. A great piece of work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2018
at 13:21
8/10
Kawa. Kakao. Polpelne, polslodkie. Ciut palonosci. Talk w konsystencji kapke. Robi robite solidnie na maxa ale bez orgazmow. 3.9?
Tried
from Draft
at
Kufle i Kapsle - Nowogrodzka
on 23 Jun 2018
at 12:59
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Craft Brewed shared at Lucky Bamboo. Pours a motor oil black with a brown head that lingers. Lots of dark cacao nib and fudge brownie aromas...some vanilla as it warms. Thick and viscous on the palate, lots of dark fudge and light blueberry cacao as it warms. Rich, lingering cacao bitterness on the finish with a touch of vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2018
at 17:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tons of fudge and vanilla, not too sweet but close, with modest anise and raisin notes followed by a firm closing bitterness and boozy warmth on the finish. Texture’s the slightest bit thin, but otherwise an enjoyable pint.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2018
at 19:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
4 oz pour on draft at B Side. Wine glass. Dark brownish black with tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate, roast. Tastes of dark chocolate, roasty notes, vanilla. Full body with a dry finish. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2018
at 22:22