Draft pour pint at Cloudburst, during their birthday. Reddish brown pour with a lasting fizz head. Wonderful cinnamon toast aroma. Flavor is like raisin bran meets cinnamontoast crunch. Fantastic cereal grains, oats, and spices. Love the cinnamon feature here. Very good brown, if you can even call it that anymore. Awesome!

If RateBeer Best gave away an award for best name of the year, I might have to nominate this one. A beer I have assumed to begin the celebration of one year of my favorite brewery. Under a year, and about 90 beers later, I’ve had so much fun trying almost all of them, and this one fits in with the rest. This beer seems to sum up the past year. Just a solid IPA that doesn’t have anything crazy about it, other than the fact that they seem to make their IPAs better than the competition. My opinion of course. New IPA Wednesdays at the brewery. How they are able to keep up with that year round, blows me away. On top of that, not making a bad one the entire time. Glowing golden orange pour. Pint poured at Chucks Central District, Seattle. Grassy hops, orange fruit, peach aroma. Flavor is very refreshing orange fruit, subtle sweetness, mellow malt, quiet growing bitterness late. A headliner type IPA for their extensive catalog. Love the peach impressions. Reminds me of another beer of theirs, being the most memorable one to this day. Happy one year to you guys, just in case I can’t fight the crowds to say it in person. Keep doing what you do!

Draft pour pint at Chuck’s 85th, Seattle. A milky orange pour with a thin bubble head. A citrus, bitter, maximum juicy fruit aroma, that is slightly topped by the flavor. Big time mango, juicy orange fruit. Creamy. Its like this is half pale, half pineapple mango juice. It really doesn’t get better than this as far as quality of fruit flavor in a hoppy beer goes. Incredible. Still my favorite crew here. A mixed 6 pack of mystery any 6 hoppy beers from Cloudburst. That would be the day.

3 separate trials of enjoyment here. Draft at Winter Beer Fest, enjoying every minute of Steve’s costume, nitro at the brewery, and nitro elsewhere. Incredible beer here, and much thanks to everyone who chipped in on filling me in on what the beer name is referencing. I seem to pick up on most of their beers. Rating mostly the regular draft pours I had at beer fest, which I felt better displays the beer. Pours black with no head, apart from the nitro pours. Aroma is a strong, milky chocolate. A dominant cherry chocolate chunk flavor, nutty, with an almond. Reminded me instantly of the Cherry Garcia ice cream. Certainly doesn’t have an imperial feel to me. Smooth, chocolate heavy, without being super rich. Overall, a delicious effort here.

This beer is so intriguing to me. Before I ever tried it, it was this way. I love raspberry. I love imperial stouts. I love Cloudburst. File this under - what can possibly go wrong? I fell in love with this beer on nitro. Poured at the brewery. Now trying the regular draft for the second time. This beer belongs on nitro in my opinion, but I’m not saying its not incredible the way it is. Jet black pour with a big cream tan bubble head. Huge milk chocolate and raspberry that instantly reminds me of a Theo’s chocolate bar. Creamy chocolate with a hint of mint, and a perfect amount of delicious red raspberries. Super good imperial sweet stout here. I can drink this day and night.