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Mothership Series #3: Mackinac Fudge Donkey Stout
Founders Brewing Company
- From:
- Founders Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 7.04%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 28, 2020
- Added:
- Mar 19, 2014
- Wants:
- 37
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
Coffee lovers, this one’s for you, straight from the mind of our R&D Brewer. We reached out to our local coffee-roasting friends at Ferris Coffee & Nut for the featured ingredient: copious amounts of Mackinac Fudge coffee. Roasted, bold and perfectly balanced with just a hint of sweetness, it fits right into our esteemed line of coffee beers.
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Reviewed by dfillius from Iowa
4.41/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.41/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Smells like fudge, tastes like rich flourless chocolate cake with hints of coffee. This is a dessert beer balanced with enough bitterness to not be cloying. Super tasty, one of the better stouts I’ve had! Sweet but super balanced too.
Feb 27, 2019
Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio
4.33/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12 FL. OZ. bottle
Served in a snifter
This beer pours black and is topped with an inch of mocha head that leaves decent lacing.
The smell is decadent with fudge, dark chocolate, and coffee.
The taste equals the smell in greatness. I taste cocoa, dark chocolate, some coffee in the finish, and of course fudge.
Full bodied with a smooth, slick mouthfeel
This is a great dessert beer. I'm having it for lunch though.
Dec 16, 2018Served in a snifter
This beer pours black and is topped with an inch of mocha head that leaves decent lacing.
The smell is decadent with fudge, dark chocolate, and coffee.
The taste equals the smell in greatness. I taste cocoa, dark chocolate, some coffee in the finish, and of course fudge.
Full bodied with a smooth, slick mouthfeel
This is a great dessert beer. I'm having it for lunch though.
Reviewed by TreyIsWilson from Michigan
4.23/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
A - Pours a pitch black with a one finger tan head. Heavy soapy lacing.
S - Aroma is coffee, fudge, vanilla and char.
T - The taste coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla and roasted malts.
M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with soft pillowy finish.
O - This is a really nice coffee stout. Flavors are nice and rich.
Oct 26, 2018S - Aroma is coffee, fudge, vanilla and char.
T - The taste coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla and roasted malts.
M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with soft pillowy finish.
O - This is a really nice coffee stout. Flavors are nice and rich.
Reviewed by Wolvmar from Michigan
3.91/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle purchased at Detroit taproom. Bottled 9/17/18.
Pour: rich dark brown, almost black. Two finger tan head. Dissipates to a layer of clouds and a heavy ring. Slight bubble lacing. Really nice looking.
Nose: coffee, fudge and some more fudge. It’s definitely a coffee beer but surpringly robust chocolate nose. Smells great.
Taste: dark roast coffee upfront. Chocolate fudge right there with the coffee although not as robust as in the nose. Some malt sweetness on the backend. Maybe a hint of dark fruits. Lingering bitterness.
Mouthfeel: medium to light carbonation feel, despite the great head, about as you would expect for a stout. Thinner than I would have guessed from the nose but consistent with less fudge taste. Doesn’t stay on the tongue long.
Overall: I like this but won’t likely make a trip for more. Will age a bottle for fun. The look and nose are awesome. The taste and mouthfeel ok. I love coffee, and fudge, but somehow I’m not that into this. Would go with breakfast stout before this. Worth a try but I’d get a bottle or two before committing to more. That said, fairly reasonably priced ($7 something for four bottles, inclu deposit).
Oct 23, 2018Pour: rich dark brown, almost black. Two finger tan head. Dissipates to a layer of clouds and a heavy ring. Slight bubble lacing. Really nice looking.
Nose: coffee, fudge and some more fudge. It’s definitely a coffee beer but surpringly robust chocolate nose. Smells great.
Taste: dark roast coffee upfront. Chocolate fudge right there with the coffee although not as robust as in the nose. Some malt sweetness on the backend. Maybe a hint of dark fruits. Lingering bitterness.
Mouthfeel: medium to light carbonation feel, despite the great head, about as you would expect for a stout. Thinner than I would have guessed from the nose but consistent with less fudge taste. Doesn’t stay on the tongue long.
Overall: I like this but won’t likely make a trip for more. Will age a bottle for fun. The look and nose are awesome. The taste and mouthfeel ok. I love coffee, and fudge, but somehow I’m not that into this. Would go with breakfast stout before this. Worth a try but I’d get a bottle or two before committing to more. That said, fairly reasonably priced ($7 something for four bottles, inclu deposit).
Mothership Series #3: Mackinac Fudge Donkey Stout from Founders Brewing Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
103 ratings
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