Ex Machina
Back East Brewing Company in Bloomfield, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
6.89
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Ex Machina from Back East Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12oz can from 12/19/17, drunk on its first birthday, 12/19/18.
Clear, dark mahogany with dark magenta highlights and a tan head showing moderate retention.
Prune, cocoa, fig, molasses and toffee show a more classic/English RIS, though there's definitely some light fudge in here too. Alcohol is light, apparent, though not sharp/messy. No oxidation yet, no soy, heavy bread, etc...
In the mouth it's very rich and quite acidic with a big punch of fudge, milk chocolate and then big prune-vinous acidity with lingering cocoa, brown bread and heavy roast. Kind of rather forceful here, though I like the intention of making a rich, roasty, English RIS. Low, fairly engaging carbonation and light alcohol but clean and drinkable, if just a bit too much of a rollercoaster ride of sweet fudge, toffee and chocolate to an immediate, heavily drying, acidic finish.
CLW (16859) reviewed Ex Machina from Back East Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz. can purchased at Total Wine, Milford, CT. Pitch black in color. Aroma is light roast, molasses, light char. Pretty classic RIS without and crazy adjuncts or barrel aging. Good roasty backbone with char, molasses, some mild bitterness. Good body. About normal for the style.
Chalumeaux (4962) reviewed Ex Machina from Back East Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from can thanks AFH dark black with a cocoa head. Aroma is bitter chocolate light roast extracted coffee. Taste follows with a decent mouth feel tobacco chocolate and a very bitter finish.