7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can, 473 ml, batch 625, date: 06/10/20, bought at Broue Ha Ha on 22 October 2020, savoured on 1 October 2024; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, sheet of beige head, light lacing; nose: malt, roast, chocolate, light alcohol, light vanilla wafer, lactic; mouth : malt, roast, chocolate, vanilla, light lactic, finale in chocolate with presence of vanilla, medium body, average carbonation, mildly sweet, creamy and lightly silky texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS
Canette, 473 ml, lot 625, date : 06/10/20, achetée chez Broue Ha Ha le 22 octobre 2020, savourée le 1 octobre 2024; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, couverture de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : malt, torréfaction, chocolat, léger alcool, léger gaufrette à la vanille, lactique; bouche : malt, torréfaction, chocolat, vanille, léger lactique, finale en chocolat avec présence de vanille, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture crémeuse et légèrement soyeuse; en résumé : bien

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

(473ml can from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours basically black with a small but stable deep tan head and spotty lace. Aroma of dark caramelized malt with cacao, moderate burnt grains, subtle acidic roast bitterness, ample smoky umami, soft vanilla sweetness, coconut is subtle on the nose and quite dry with a little toast, there's a bit of a dusty yeast quality as well and a little fruity black coffee vibe from somewhere. Flavour is moderately sweet at best, definitely dry for a sweet/pastry stout, with a little caramel attack quickly subsumed by baking chocolate and cacao. Creamy vanilla and light coconut fill in the absent malt sweetness mid-sip, before a dry finish that contains a little umami, some dark berries and dusty grains with a bit of mineral crispness unusual for style but not amiss. Light to medium body, slightly oily to creamy, soft carbonation. Really nice for a 6.5% 'pastry stout' which to it's credit doesn't try to get as sweet as a more typical pastry ABV would be. I might boost the adjuncts a touch in the early Angry Chair way, but nice job.

7

A deep dark stout with a thin brown head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, vanilla, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, licorice, alcohol, vanilla, very nice.