Age of No Light - Mint, Cacao Nibs, & Vanilla
Bissell Brothers Brewing in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.31
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
batch #3 bottled 01.2025 13.5%
1 pint 9fl oz bottle from kihoskh
Initial impression is a lot of woody notes, glue and some funk. then i notice the mint, which is a somewhat unusual note in a stout, works okay, then strong tasteless alc. like vodka perhaps, then chocolate and some roasted malts and a tiny bit of dark caramel. The impression is high-abv boozy stout. The mint does well with keeping the chocolate in check, making the aroma somewhat refreshing, like after-8 is also quite refreshing not sweet and cloying.
flavor is salty roasted malts, only a tiny hint of mint, coconut, a lot of dark chocolate, the end is roasted malty, slightly charred woody, woody, and some salt licorice. the bourbon BA treatment has been extremely successful with the licorice being salty, not sweet, in th end, though, it tastes like a BA imp stout alright, but also borrowing some notes from BA barleywine and BA old ale if there is such a thing. very complex. The bottle is only 6 months old and is already smooth and with lots of complexity - I'm sure this one will age in a very interesting way.
Was crazy expensive at kihoskh (i think 300+ dkk), but i'm happy just having been able to try it. Not outstanding at this price though. You can get just as good at half the price, if you're really really picky.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from the 7 Eleven in Kittery
Inky black color with a touch of haze and virtually no head at all. Mint chocolate vanilla earthy alcohol coconut. Sweet and a little sticky but the warming balances that. Nice pastry sipper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle, 500 ml at charity tasting Wien 2022. Shared with Miro B, Werckmeister and others. Dark brown with beige head. After eight in aroma. Chocolate, lots of cocoa with a mint twist. On the sweeter side. Soft texture. Mint gives it a nice twist.