7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

The Bruery puts out some fine imperial stouts while I like their Belgian ales even more. So it is an Belgian style imperial milk stout this time, the best of all worlds. For this sampling my ABGB snifter is prepared to receive a pour from the 2024 edition 12.7 oz bottle. I determine a plenty-dark-enough brown body topped by a steady cover of khaki tan foam. The scent is fairly nuanced with chocolate and grain, not really striking. The taste is somewhat of an improvement. Chocolate certainly, malt, pecans, some roastiness, wheat bread, comparable amounts of sweetness and bitterness and an appreciated thick sensation. There are others better in the 12 Days of Christmas compilation.

7

Magus, mõru, kuiv, röstine, šokolaad, linnaseline, alks. Ok.

8

Is neopolitan ice cream supposed to be mostly 🍓? Cause that's what is packing heat here, even pouring it the room fills with 🍓. I haven't had neopolitan ice cream in probably 20+ years, the flavor here is nice though as a 🍓 stout. Also hints of booze.

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

This is a 2024 edition 375 ml bottle from the brewery direct as part of their 12 Days of Christmas compilation . A quadrupel, that is good; gooseberries, that will be new to me. My New Belgium large tulip glass is ready to receive, the cap is off and I pour. The color is a dark gold-brown much like the La Trappe quads and carries a healthy head of eggshell tan foam. I will say that the scent is mighty fine, there is hard candy, yeast, ripe fruit and baked bread. The taste is good, not to the level of the nose, it's too sweet. But that is minor point in the grand scheme of things. There is grain, malt, berries as advertised, honey, yellow plums, vanilla and a touch of dates. Slightly bitter at the end. Not a great quadrupel but it is still quite all right. I would buy again if I could ever find it.

7

Magus, mõru, suhkrune, puuviljane, röstine, kohvine. Ok.

6

Magus, linnaseline, karamelline, puuviljane, kuiv, torkiv alks. Ok.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Dark ruby colour and small beige head. Toffee, malts, berries in the nose. Medium-bodied. Toffee, malts, some berries. Ok.

7.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Amber-copper cold, small beige head. Bourbon, malts, toffee in the nose. Medium-bodied. Toffee, heavy bourbon, malty. Good.

7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Black colour, small brown head. Liquorice, chocolate, mild syrup with some toasted and alcohol tones. Flavour is dried fruits, alcohol, some toffee and mild toasted tones.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Deep amber colour, small head. Aroma is wood, sweet malts and some dried fruity and mildly spicy tones. Flavour is wooden, some spicy, mild dried fruity tones with some alcohol to it.