Ice Cream Social
Barrel Theory Beer Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.01
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a fairly-thick, oily, brown-black, with smallish tan head that forms up after a few seconds. Aroma is strawberry and chocolate. Flavor is strawberry, chocolate, some vanilla, a touch of pistachio. Just a bit too bitter in the chocolate (or maybe it's the pistachio?) to really pull off the ice cream sundae flavor. Mouthfeel seems a bit on the thin side. The ABV is well-hidden.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours black with a chocolate brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dark chocolate and dark grains with notes of strawberry and vanilla supporting. Flavor has chocolate up front with growing vanilla, a light nuttiness, some strawberry and dark grains backing.