There's Always Money in the Banana Stand
Twin Sails Brewing in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.67
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At 11.7% ABV, think of this beer as a dessert that’s been working out. It’s all chocolate upfront with banana notes coming in right behind it followed by a subtle hint of peanut butter. As our only Barrel Aged stout release this year, we’re pretty damn excited with how this one turned out.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Tasting at Matt's, can
Black colour, tan large head. Good body, moderately sweet; a bit tart, too roasty, with some banana. Not very pleasant.
Black colour, tan large head. Good body, moderately sweet; a bit tart, too roasty, with some banana. Not very pleasant.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2024
at 19:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours black with tan head. Aroma has a ton of marshmallow banana and chocolate. The flavour is not very good. Notes of chocolate, harshness from the liquor barrels, artificial banana floating throughout. Weird combination of flavours.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2024
at 02:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz shared with Phill and the gang @ Matt's (thx, man, for the beer!) new place. Appearance: dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: chocolate, dried banana, a bit dusty. Taste: along the same lines, like a mix of dried bananas and cocoa nibs. Overall: not bad.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2024
at 02:48
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
355mL can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma smells like a frozen banana smoothie, with a touch of peanut butter powder, and some cocoa -- this smells pretty absurd. Flavour is somewhat tart, with frozen banana smoothie, PB2 powder (bleh), and a touch of roast. Poorly integrated, with artificial ingredients, and very sloppy. This is very bad.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Mar 2024
at 02:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown. Thin head. The aroma is chocolatey with some banana. I have had several banana beers in the past few years and none had much banana character because it all ferments out. This is more like Mongozo or Chapeau, and that is not a good thing. The stout itself has the usual richness associated with Twin Sails pastry stouts, but the artificial banana just sort of floats in overtop. Like putting a squirt of mayonnaise on top of a gorgeous slab of toro or serving a 40 year old Glenfarclas over ice, it just downgrades what would otherwise by a damn fine experience. I get that they needed to do something to help move some old stout, but trust me the audience for this type of beer would prefer a '�double barrel'� variant than an artificial flavouring variant.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2023
at 22:22