Barbapapa
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.49
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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled at a tasting. Dark brown pour with a tan head that gives way to a nice lacing. Smells of cocoa, milk, chocolate, roasted malts, cherries and almonds. Tastes like milk chocolate, cocoa, lactose, cherries and caramel fudge. Smooth mouthfeel and low carbonation. An excellent imperial stout.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2016
at 12:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle share, thanks Matt. Dark brown color with a thin ring of creamy brown head. Roasty sweet aroma with burnt malts and bittersweet cocoa. Taste is sweeter than the aroma would suggest, cocoa, dark pitted fruit, and more toasted malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2016
at 22:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Matt. Pours out dark brown almost black topped with a small tan head. Nose is roast malts some coffee ashy and a brown sugar and some molasses. taste is more of the roast malts coffee molasses brown sugar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2016
at 19:49
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
22 ounce bottle into snifter, 2015 vintage bottling. Pours pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky tan head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Awesome appearance. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, toasted dark bread, nuttiness, light smoke/char, light licorice/raisin, herbal, light pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Fantastic aromas with awesome complexity and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, toasted dark bread, nuttiness, light smoke/char, light licorice/raisin, herbal, light pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop and roast/char bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, toasted dark bread, nuttiness, light smoke/char, light licorice/raisin, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with an awesome roasted bitter/sweet balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is awesome. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an absolutely amazing Russian imperial stout. All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the huge ABV. An insanely delicious offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2016
at 22:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Chris and Ruth’s pre-GBBF tasting 2015 - London. Sourced from the US. Pours rich black with a creamy, tan head. Big dry cocoa aroma, with lots of roasted malts and burnt marshmallows. Medium sweet flavor with some burnt toffee, more chocolate, moderate earthy bitterness, some boosty alcohol. Full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, dominated by bittersweet chocolate. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2015
at 01:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle@Chris and Ruth’s Pre-GBBF 2015, London - black pour with tan/beige head. Dark roasted malty aroma and taste with, some coffee, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, some nice dark fruits, roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2015
at 05:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at ChrisO’s Pre-GBBF tasting 2015. It pours jet black with a thick tan head. The nose is soft. rich roast, cocoa, toasted grain, earthy roast, filter coffee and toasted brown bread. The taste is rich roast, earthy, toasty, cocoa, burnt malts, umami, salted liquorice, charred wood and light spice with a dry finish. Medium - full body and fine, prickly carbonation. Rather nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2015
at 05:00