Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
12 oz. bottle. Pours black, with some floaters, and a small, tan head. The nose is butter toffee, toasted coconut, milk chocolate, hazelnut, and cloves. Sweet and sugary, with a light, nutty bitterness. Heavy body, syrupy, and a bit grainy. Fun and decadent.
Kraddel (15872) reviewed Dragon's Milk from New Holland Brewing Company 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pours black, medium sized , stable, off white head. Scent is fairly mild, some coffee, bit roast' barrels remain silent. Taste is surprisingly mild, chocolate, some coffee. Roast. Very remote varrel aspects (vanilla) smooth and silky body. Nothing extreme, rven a bit dull given it's style and ABV if i'm being honest. Still, enjoyable.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to chalice.
Appearance: golden to bronzed orange color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet apples, some pears, crushed cloves, subtle banana-like esters, subtle floral hoppy tones, light candied dark fruits
Flavor: seems to combine the prior noted flavors to a semi-sweet to lightly spiced character; finishes like candied apples with some cloves and floral hop qualities
Texture: light to medium bodied, leaning towards the sipping side; some spicy harshness on the tongue but nothing overly bearing
Overall: to be honest, I don't see this as a true Belgian Tripel, there's something good here because what I had seemed to fit and blend well, maybe add a real Belgian yeast to this and possibly rework the recipe a bit and this could end up being a real Belgian styled gem.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in the glass with a thin wisp of off-white foamy head which slid off at a nice pace to barely leave any lace
Aroma: caramel malts up front, some salt, dark chocolate, subtle milk chocolate, light vanilla-ish wafer-like tones
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas together fairly sweet with a touch of the salt in there for balance; finishes caramelly and salty
Texture: medium bodied, good as a sipper; some salty vibes dry out the tongue slightly but nothing overly done
Overall: mostly good pastry impy stout I believe I could have another.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: rich amber looking color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sticky piney/resinous hop behavior with a light danky/earthy hop vibe underneath, slight caramel/toffee malts
Flavor: leans towards the bitter side at first then seems to go to the sweet side then eventually seems to combine to a bittersweet tone; light finish of the resinous pine and caramel malts
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards the sipping side; some dryness on the tongue; light bitterness harshness
Overall: it's a Midwest IPA, in other words an old school-ish type. I don't mind this for me but the kids these days won't like it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet cherries meshing with some dark chocolate and milk chocolate tones; subtle tartness of the cherries rolls in underneath, light roasted dark malts, subtle coffee-ish whiffs
Flavor: combines all the prior noted aromas together semi-sweet with a great roasty contour balancing the flavor; mildly finishes with the sweetness of the cherries and a touch of dark chocolate
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper!; some dryness on the tongue with light tart harshness from the cherries
Overall: super love the fact that the tartness of the cherries are not overpowering and that this beer maintained it's stout qualities.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in the glass with a thin quarter finger's of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave a light lace
Aroma: oatmeal cookie dough, raisins, cinnamon, roasty coffee beans, dark malts, toast, vanilla and/or marshmallow
Flavor: blends all the prior noted aromas together in a sweet and roasty fashion; nicely finishes like drinking a liquified oatmeal raisin cookie
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper!; some dryness on the tongue but nothing distracting, light smoothness
Overall: a very nicely done impy pastry stout, I'd return to since I'm a fan of oatmeal raisin cookies.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: black in the pour and black in the glass, thin wisp of a little off white foamy head which inwardly dissipated and didn't leave any lace
Aroma: doughy to baked-like to cookie dough-ish character in front, caramel malts with some cinnamon, coffee roastiness, dark malts, toasted vanilla beans, woody/oaky sweetness
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together to a sweet to earthy toned and doughy/pastry vibe; mild finish of some oak barrel, cinnamon and coffee roastiness
Texture: medium bodied, great sipper!; some dryness is invasive to the tongue with some cinnamon clinging to the tongue
Overall: so much going on with this beer, not even sure if I got it all in this review, so of course I'd be willing to come back to this, maybe I'll pick up something different the following time I have this again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to snifter.
Appearance: rustic amber to dark red color with a finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: caramel/toffee malts with light notes of dark fruits, toasted nuts and a light oaky/woody tone, light vanilla closer to the back end
Flavor: mildly sweet running through the prior noted aromas with some toast; finishes semi-fruity and oaky
Texture: medium bodied, good as a sipper; fairly smooth along the tongue with a slight dryness to it.
Overall: a pretty nicely done imperial red ale worthy of coming back to.