German Chocolate Cake Pastry Stout - Barrel-Aged
Untitled Art in Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Xül Beer CompanyBrewed at/by: Octopi Brewing
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.67
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The classic German chocolate cake in stout form, with sweet notes of caramel, coconut, and pecan. Collaboration with Xul Beer Company.
*Contains Lactose
*Contains Lactose
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at PAYETTE Brewings second annual final Black Friday dark beer event. Very sweet and chocolaty like a chocolate cake should be. Lots of sugar and lots of ABV. Delicious dessert beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Nov 2025
at 20:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can pour shared by ClarkVV--thanks, Clark! Opaque dark brown with nice viscosity, no head or lacing. Aroma is strong chocolate, cake, coconut, pecan, mild barrel offset. Taste is strong as aroma but some alcohol harshness. Full bodied, thick texture, soft carbonation with only very late hint of alcohol. Unbelievably nice for 17%!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2025
at 23:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
16 oz can Thank you Clark!!! Wow! Aroma is really great! Bold coconut, chocolate, mild bourbon. Equal parts coconut, chocolate, and a steady amount of barrel to balance. Soft spice. A light warming after the swallow. They got the dessert down pat!! Love it!!
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 25 Jul 2025
at 23:24
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Canned 11/14/23, drunk 7/25/25.
Clear, dark, garnet-mahogany tints. Small head, no retention.
Vanilla and chocolate with cherry and cake batter. Yeah, the cake is not a real flavor, but it smells like real cake. Light coconut and tons of milk chocolate. Not a ton of barrel, but it smells barrel-aged in that it's not sugary. Not boozey on the nose...
Coconut, cherry, vanilla, rich, deep chocolate and spicy bourbon with coconut galore and gooey samoa cookies. Choco-cherry and spice lingering. Rich, thick, slightly syrupy texture with good sweetness but enough to balance. Some alcohol strength on the finish, not hot, but certainly there at this size. Lingering creamy-vanilla and rich cake with marshmallow goo.
Clear, dark, garnet-mahogany tints. Small head, no retention.
Vanilla and chocolate with cherry and cake batter. Yeah, the cake is not a real flavor, but it smells like real cake. Light coconut and tons of milk chocolate. Not a ton of barrel, but it smells barrel-aged in that it's not sugary. Not boozey on the nose...
Coconut, cherry, vanilla, rich, deep chocolate and spicy bourbon with coconut galore and gooey samoa cookies. Choco-cherry and spice lingering. Rich, thick, slightly syrupy texture with good sweetness but enough to balance. Some alcohol strength on the finish, not hot, but certainly there at this size. Lingering creamy-vanilla and rich cake with marshmallow goo.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 25 Jul 2025
at 23:21
8/10
Loads of chocolate, bourbon, cake batter. Drinks like a liquid cake. Wow!
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jul 2025
at 19:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Aroma has notes of chocolate, coconut, wood, molasses, licorice. Taste is moderately to highly sweet with plenty of bitterness alongside. Flavors of German chocolate cake, licorice, and molasses; hints of bourbon barrel. Very rich. Definitely a sipper.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 05 May 2025
at 05:43
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Pips Meadery. Black with tan head. Intensive chocolate, bourbon, cocoa, some caramel notes, vanilla, bourbon. Drinks nicely for abv.
Tried
from Draft
at
Pips Meadery
on 02 Nov 2024
at 23:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, maple syrup, caramel, vanilla, coconut, taste is similar, very sweet. --- Beer merged from original tick of German Chocolate Cake Pastry Stout - Barrel Aged on 31 Dec 2023 at 23:46 - Score: 8
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2024
at 08:51