How Fortunate the Man with None
Shire Brewing in Porciano (FR), Lazio, Italy 🇮🇹
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.86
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
440ml @ Ryan's shared with Alex (thx for the beer, man!). Inky, roasted malts, some maple and sweetness, bold. Along the same lines, quite roasty, good body. Too roasty for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Poured from 440mL can. Very dark brown with minimal light beige head. Lots of burnt marshmallow vanilla, bitter roast, not getting any maple. Not enjoying the burnt marshmallow character.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours very dark brown, looks almost black in the glass. Forms very little head, off-white/yellowish, and it disappears quite soon; ok for the abv. A surprisingly not very strong aroma, and also not too deep: dark chocolate and adjuncts taking the main stage (maple syrup, lighter vanilla); roasted malts barely detectable, a bit of warming feel. Taste notes confirm a strong influence from maple syrup and vanilla (the latter now stronger than in the aroma), along with dark chocolate notes. Very little roasted hints, quite some alcohol warmth (but not too much). A very sweet beer, but balanced enough by quite some neutral bitterness. Pretty thick in body as obvious, with quite low carbonation; quite dense, but also decently silky/smooth. Overall, not all bad or unpleasant, but quite monotonous/simplistic. P.S. this is a very young can (around 3 months old); probably needs more time to round out. I have another one in stock that i'll save for several months later and will update this review when i have it. Edit september 2024: older can, pretty much identical to february's tasting, maybe a bit more integrated. Still quite monotonous, but definitely ok. Raising one point in overall score.