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Total Eclipse Breakfast Stout
Maumee Bay Brewing Company
- From:
- Maumee Bay Brewing Company
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #1,006 - ABV:
- 9.1%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,617 - Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 9.48%
- Reviews:
- 77
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 18, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 18, 2010
- Wants:
- 59
- Gots:
- 64
Maumee Bay Brewing Company’s Total Eclipse Breakfast Stout is a hearty meal in a glass. As it pours, it devours the light and your glass is filled with darkness. This massive beer brewed with espresso beans (from Flying Rhino in Toledo, OH), oatmeal, and lactose offers a rich and complex taste that begs to be savored. With a smooth carbonation and luscious roasted malt flavor, you will fade to black as you slowly sip this finely crafted brew. We recommend serving at 45-50 degrees in your favorite snifter. It’s nothing but total bliss from Maumee Bay Brewing Co.
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Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
3.63/5 rDev -14%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev -14%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
This is extremely mid and lowkey below average to me, the keg was just tapped today, the beer is light to medium body and the flavors are pretty muted, theres light notes of coffee but thats all that really stands out. Idk I'm not a big fan of this one
Oct 18, 2022Reviewed by Ricochet from Ohio
4.48/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.48/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Barely see to the other side of the glass with this one. No head, little lace. Dark coffee. Poured from a can. Scent a bit like a chocolate mousse. Starting out to be like other outstanding stouts. The can does not say this is Imperal, but small print 9.1 ABV. "Breakfast" Implies oatmeal. Again, you gotta read the label to know this is also a coffee stout. I didn't know what to expect except the first pour told me. Thick, rich with minimal bitter is what was the mouthfeel with a wine-oat and deep coffee remainder. Yes. I'll have another and another..oh wait, it's an Imperial. Well, I'll have this as a sipper at the end of the night.
I wish I could say it any other way. It's winey, slightly bitter ring holds the rich chocolate and not too bracing "expresso" bean coffee and I've not seen "lactose" as an ingredient but maybe that's what makes this so rich and smooth. I remember when I was sampling a lot of these before IPAs really took center stage. One of the best Imperial Stouts I've had.
May 21, 2022I wish I could say it any other way. It's winey, slightly bitter ring holds the rich chocolate and not too bracing "expresso" bean coffee and I've not seen "lactose" as an ingredient but maybe that's what makes this so rich and smooth. I remember when I was sampling a lot of these before IPAs really took center stage. One of the best Imperial Stouts I've had.
Reviewed by NYNorseman from New York
4.4/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Maumee Bay Brewing serves up a winner with Total Eclipse Breakfast Stout. I poured it into a tulip glass and it produces a very nice head and retains lacing around the glass. The 9.1 ABV feels just right for this stout which can be enjoyed any time of day-not just for breakfast anymore! It has a great feel in the mouth, not incredibly thick, and it certainly doesn't taste overly boozy. We picked up a few 6 packs while visiting the Brewery in Toledo this past summer and it was a wise choice. This is a 2019 edition and true to its name, it does eclipse all light, swirling around in my glass in all of its inky black richness. The coffee flavor comes through cleanly and notes brown sugar, oatmeal and chocolate blend well. For fans of higher ABV stouts, this beer is a total eclipse … of the heart!
Jan 24, 2020Reviewed by Tsar_Riga from Minnesota
4.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A - Rich dark body, tan head, persistent with moderate lacing creeping from the ring.
S - Strong coffee acidity, toasted malt, mild minerality.
T - The open starts like the nose, coffee and chocolate, roasted malts and a sweeter line, and a subtle bitter finish.
M - Brisk, good carbonation, with a sticky feel that dries out in the finish.
O - Superb coffee stout, truly delicious and great feel for a big ABV beer.
Dec 19, 2018S - Strong coffee acidity, toasted malt, mild minerality.
T - The open starts like the nose, coffee and chocolate, roasted malts and a sweeter line, and a subtle bitter finish.
M - Brisk, good carbonation, with a sticky feel that dries out in the finish.
O - Superb coffee stout, truly delicious and great feel for a big ABV beer.
Reviewed by nicholas2121 from Ohio
4.43/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Total Eclipse Breakfast Stout brewed by Maumee Bay Brewing Company, with an ABV of 9.10% This American Imperial Stout pours from a 12oz bottle into a pint beer glass. The color is a deep brown color with a nice light brown head. This brew has the look of black coffee, not saying that is a bad thing. There is also a nice amount of lacing to this brew, it sticks to the side of the glass well. The smell is rich with roasted grains and malts, with a slight sweetness. You also pick up in the smell is coffee an mirror hop bitterness. There is a lot going on in Total Eclipse Breakfast Stout. Now for the taste, it is Bold with Roasted goodness. You pick up on coffee notes as well as oatmeal notes. This all mixed with roasted grains, malts, an hops. A well put together Stout. The body of this Imperial Stout is medium to heavy, but not to heavy. This brew goes down nice an smooth. There is nothing overpowering about this brew, it has a super nice balance to it. It is really hard to pick up on the 9.10 % ABV in this brew, it is just that smooth. The mouth feel is Bold, Rich, Roasted, Clean, Smooth, an Refreshing. Overall I am going to give Total Eclipse Breakfast Stout a 4.50 out of 5. I would definitely look this brew up again giving the opportunity to. Maumee Bay Brewing Company, did a super nice job with this brew.
Dec 07, 2018Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4.29/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dark body like anthracite coal and topped with a dense, creamy, light tan head. Heady aroma of sweet chocolate and cocoa powder; some dark fruit sweetness touches the nose. Incredible sweet and chocolate flavors; some vanilla and perhaps a coffee bitterness; little detectable alcohol presence; roasted grain backbone. Heavy body; thick and chewy; semi-sweet finish.
This is one outstanding breakfast stout, deep and rich with tons of depth and complexities to savor. The alcohol presence is pretty well masked by the lush sweetness and mild bitterness of chocolate and vanilla flavors and the mouthfeel just coats the palate with lingering softness and gentle sweetness. A must try from the Buckeye State...
Nov 09, 2018This is one outstanding breakfast stout, deep and rich with tons of depth and complexities to savor. The alcohol presence is pretty well masked by the lush sweetness and mild bitterness of chocolate and vanilla flavors and the mouthfeel just coats the palate with lingering softness and gentle sweetness. A must try from the Buckeye State...
Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri
4.21/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours black with a finger of khaki, caramel-colored head. Head retention is okay with great lacing left behind. Aroma is roasted, toasted, and nutted malts with additional complexity-adding notes of chocolate, and caramel. There is a light body of medium-roast coffee as well. Roasted and nutted malts are the emphasis of the aroma. Flavor profile is roasted, and toasted malts come out first in the flavor profile and dominate the remainder of the flavor display. Nutted and earthy malts come to light more at the end. Medium-roast coffee kissed with char, chocolate, and light caramel round out the rest of this breakfast stout. Mouth feel is medium-thick in thickness, with a velvety feel that is broken up a touch by some harsh carbonation fizz at the back. Overall, a solid stout focused on being a great simplistic stout with a splash of coffee added.
Served in a 12oz snifter from a 12oz bottle.
Apr 15, 2018Served in a 12oz snifter from a 12oz bottle.
Total Eclipse Breakfast Stout from Maumee Bay Brewing Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
418 ratings
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