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notalush (7406) reviewed
Black Miso from Japas Cervejaria (São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷)
4 months ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pint can picked up at a specialty grocery in Richmond, VA - black pour with an off white lace - nose and flavor are a lovely mixture of sweet, umami, and bitter - creamy texture and full but not heavy body - presents a bit like a classic American example like Old Rasputin or Storm King, but adds additional layers of miso umami, tobacco, and a light spiciness - warning and complex - nice!
Tried from Can from Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market on 13 May 2026 at 22:46
notalush (7406) reviewed
Steinbock from Fonta Flora Brewery (Nebo, United States 🇺🇸)
4 months ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can - clear amber pour - creamy texture and full body - lots of deeply caramelized malt character, raisin, cherry - back end gets a little spicy and warming - light hints of the foeder - rich and clean - I dig it.
Tried on 13 May 2026 at 20:12
notalush (7406) reviewed
Double Barrel Starve: Exhibit H from The Veil Brewing Company (Richmond, United States 🇺🇸)
5 months ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
6 ounce at the Scott's Addition location - so dark ruby it is basically black - still pour, syrupy texture coming out of the tap - nose is deeply boozy, heavy on the Cognac, but the Willett is unmistakably there - oak is dense in the nose - very sweet, presenting like a dessert liqueur or port, edging into cloying territory - very heavy on the booziness, which I suppose is to be expected here, but I had the Double Barrel Pallbearer the other day and it wasn't nearly this boozy - a lot of vanilla, dark fruit, whiskey, Cognac, deep oak, tawny port - finish is syrupy and fairly alcoholic - it's a bit too much - I'd say it needs time, but everything in the blend is several years old - I guess it needs even more time, or maybe some lower abv young beer to blend into it - not unenjoyable, just...a lot!
Tried from Draft at The Veil Brewing Co. - Scott's Addition on 05 May 2026 at 18:03
notalush (7406) reviewed
Cinderflower from The Veil Brewing Company (Richmond, United States 🇺🇸)
5 months ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pint at the Scott's Addition location - turbid gold with a frothy head - nose is mostly dominated by the hops, which are fruity, grassy, and herbal - medium body and creamy texture - super dry and firmly bitter - notes of black pepper, spice, light bugginess - complex bitter, herbal, spicy finish, with some peppery phenolics coming through on the tail end before an earthy, rye-forward finish - it's solid.
Tried from Draft at The Veil Brewing Co. - Scott's Addition on 05 May 2026 at 17:18
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Pallbearer (Double Barrel) from The Veil Brewing Company (Richmond, United States 🇺🇸)
5 months ago
8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
6 ounce at the Forest Hill location - viscous black pour - slick, thick mouthfeel - a lot going on here - you can actually really taste the Utopias barrel here - notes of port, sherry, raspberry and blackberry jams (actually really jammy), plums, figs, chocolate liqueur - heavy on the port character, though, which I am really digging right now - damn good.
Tried from Draft at The Veil Brewing Co. - Forest Hill on 30 Apr 2026 at 23:10
notalush (7406) reviewed
Sleeping Forever from The Veil Brewing Company (Richmond, United States 🇺🇸)
5 months ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
2026 batch - draft at Forest Hill location - viscous black pour - pretty solid example of the modern American imperial stout - slick mouthfeel and full body - nice balance of sweet, umami, and smoke - chocolate, smoke, dark fruit, light red wine notes, vanilla - finish is warming but not boozy - pretty solid example.
Tried from Draft at The Veil Brewing Co. - Forest Hill on 30 Apr 2026 at 22:50
notalush (7406) reviewed
Adam from the Wood: Apple Brandy from The Veil Brewing Company (Richmond, United States 🇺🇸)
5 months ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
6 ounce at the Forest Hill location - dark ruby pour - nose of dark fruit, leather, and smoke - flavors of red wine tannins, oak, tart raspberry, light smoke, chocolate, cherry skins, light oxidation - finish is warming, with lingering oak and dark fruit - it does not live up to the original HotD iterations, but it’s dang good.
Tried from Draft at The Veil Brewing Co. - Forest Hill on 30 Apr 2026 at 22:32