La Muerta
Freetail Brewing Co. in San Antonio, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.25
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superspak (10160) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in 10/2011. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky tan head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, peat smoke, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, chili pepper, leather, tobacco, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, vanilla, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, charcoal, wood, cinnamon, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready/smoked malts, vanilla, chili, cinnamon, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, peat smoke, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, chili pepper, leather, tobacco, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, vanilla, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, charcoal, wood, cinnamon, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal, grass, roast, charred bitterness; and pepper/cinnamon spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, peat smoke, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, chili pepper, leather, tobacco, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark bread/crust, licorice, vanilla, dark fruit, charcoal, wood, cinnamon, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready/smoked malts, vanilla, chili, cinnamon, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet and spiciness balance; with no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering ho bitter/spiciness. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 10.2%, with zero lingering spice heat after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic spiced imperial stout. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready/smoked malts, vanilla, chili, cinnamon, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Fantastic balance of super rich malts and spices; solid earthy hops, and restrained fruity yeast. Light residual sweetness with lingering bitter/spicy dryness. Not overly sweet/heavy for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example. Not overwhemong on any aspect. Aged amazingly for 7.5 years.
GRM (7524) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample, brown bottle, 22 ounces, 2014 vintage, from and with Chad Francis (merci!), savoured on May 14 2016; eye: black, opaque, ring of brown head, no lacing; nose: roasted barley, chocolate, coffee, vanilla extract; mouth: roasted barley, chocolate, coffee, vanilla extract, ink, soy sauce, finale in chocolate with presence of bitterness, medium body, lightly bitter, lightly sweet, a bit thin, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bouteille brune, 22 onces, millésime 2014, de et avec Chad Francis (thank you!), savourée le 14 mai 2016; œil : noire, opaque, anneau de mousse brun, pas de dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, chocolat, café, extrait de vanille; bouche : orge torréfiée, chocolat, café, extrait de vanille, encre, sauce soja, finale en chocolat avec présence d’amertume, corps moyen, légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, un peu mince, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
22oz bottle pours out black topped with a small tan head. Nose is big coffee roast some smoke a chocolate sweetness and a nice char. Taste is more of the heavy chocolate acidic notes a nice rich malt and plenty of the dark roast.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A deep dark stout with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with light coffee notes, dark fruits, molasses, alcohol warmth, nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with light licorice, light coffee grind, musty character, nice and smooth. Bottle at Spinrsx tasting.
Whatup14 (3019) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bouteille 650ml, bottle share. Couleur noire opaque, mousse moka ayant une belle tenue. Arôme de malt torréfi, côté un peu vert, café, un peu épicé. Goût de malt torréfié, café, verdure. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from Bu11zeye. Pours dark brown/black with no head. Aroma seems smoke, very. Full bodied or nearly. Flavor is smoke, ash dark malt, and some pepperiness. Getting a little chocolate. Really outstanding.
gunnfryd (21926) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Flavour and aroma is coffee, roasted malt, hop, sugar, chocolate, alcohol. Full body. Very nice beer.
fonefan (84534) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Fastelavn Smagning - Carnival Tasting, Ulfborg ]. [ As Freetail La Muerta ].Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dry wood - smoke, chocolate, dark roasted, smoke notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sugary, sweet malt, roasted, molasses, light chocolate - coffee. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140301]
Boutip (9769) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Bottle is an incredible gusher with two-third of the bottle ending in the sink. Poured a pitch-black color stout with a medium size foamy head with limited retention. Aroma of chocolate malt with light dry roasted malt is intriguing. Taste is an interesting mix of black chocolate malt with some light dry roasted malt with light residual sugar notes. Some small traces of smoke can also be detected. Body is lighter than expected and carbonation was exceptionally strong when I opened the bottle but died quite quickly. Interesting beers but texture and level of carbonation was definitely off in this bottle.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed La Muerta from Freetail Brewing Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Fastelavn Smagning 2014 @ J&C’s beer palace, Jutland Saturday Session 1 - 01/03/14, from an IP trade with Frank. Light black with a good sized tan head that retains well. Nose is dark malts, light smoke, roasty tones, dark chocolate, spice, liqourice, dark fruits. Taste comprises dark toffee fudge, spice, dark fruits, Xmas cake, cherry pangs, dark chocolate, light roast, molasses. Medium + in body, fine carbonation with a drying close carrying sweet licks. Ok impy but lacks depth and complexity.