Black Magic-Pumpkin Stout
Empire Brewing Company in Syracuse, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.08
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Big pounder 1$ can off clearance rack. Pour is big and black & large and in-charge. Certainly has as good of eye as any foaming head black stout. Can looks just like the one pictured. Nose is quite acceptable, makes my mouth water a bit with its malty, mildly-spiced, olfactory. I think I also smell a hint of coffee in the background. With a big gulp of this, right from the can, it has me thinking it's much better balanced than your typical pumpkin beer; I can actually handle this. It's not over the top in pumpkin spices, and I think I can get the actual pumpkin in there behind the well behaved dark friendly aged damp charred campfire wood stout. So many pumpkin beers are so far off balance that all you get is heavy spices, not this. Has a small amount of welcomed cutting carbonation in the middle. Near the end it starts to geta little flat, and the stout almost begin to get a little cloying; but it never quite gets there. One of the better pumpkin beers I've done lately. Hides its alky content well.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 ounce can. Barely translucent dark brown color. Thick, frothy tan head. Roasted malt aroma is well hidden by the plethora of pumpkin pie spices. Notes of cinnamon, ginger, vanilla and nutmeg. Flavor follows nose. Some roastiness comes through on backend. Quite tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
16 oz. can from Consumer' Beverages, Niagara Falls, NY. Pours a pitch black color with a thick tan head and great retention. Good lacing. Cinnamon raisin cookie aroma. The flavor matches the aroma. Cinnamon flavor with oatmeal and raisins in a sweet dark malt base. No real pumpkin flavor. Smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Not bitter. Medium-heavy body. Low carbonation. The 6.5% ABV is invisible. This is a great fall dessert beer.