The Mountie Maple Imperial Stout
Stockade Brew Co (BrewPack) in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.52
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8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
From a 330ml bottle on 10/6/2017. Pours jet black with a medium tan head which disappears quickly. Has an amazing, powerful aroma of maple syrup poured on hot pancakes,with a hint of smoke in the background. Arguably the best nose I’ve ever experienced in a beer. In the mouth, it’s a sweet sipper, as you’d expect. Maple syrup is again the dominating feature, but there’s also chocolate, caramel fudge, dates, raisins and vanilla. A moderate, slightly roasty bitterness counters the sweet goodness experienced up front. The palate is a touch syrupy and the carbonation modest. There is a touch of alcohol at the back, but it’s very easy drinking for such a big beer, and the 12% is a surprise. Just a wonderful dessert beer - long, complex and very cohesive. This beautifully illustrates just how far Aussie brewing has come in terms of being able to produce world class beers which push the boundaries. And at around $7 a bottle. it’s a veritable steal from a value standpoint. Like the odd, quirky label too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2017
at 06:57
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle, 12C. Black with a tan head that’s soon about a coat, then less. Aroma has some bread crust and roast but is mainly maple and palm sugar. Medium bodied, lowish carbonation. If anything, the taste is even more dominated by maple sugars. There’s some bitterness and it’s not all that sweet. And there’s a little roast supporting things as best. I can see this and a shot as the makings of a fine affogato. Or 10% of this and 90% whatever the base stout was as a pretty good beer. Not my sort of thing at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2017
at 12:24