Tiramisu Pastry Stout
Hoppin' Frog Brewery
- From:
- Hoppin' Frog Brewery
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 13.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 2.46%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 18, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 31, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Dreamy aromas and flavors abound, like sweet English sponge cake biscuits dipped in rich mocha coffee, then layered with sugar, sweet Italian Marscapone cheese, and chocolate. Enjoy!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
4.15/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Tiramisu Pastry Stout – from Hoppin’ Frog. 16 oz can picked up at the brewery (Rare Beer Club from 2023). In reefer at store, purchased 02/08/23, $ 10.66 (Including tax), $ 0.66/fl oz. Reviewed 16/08/23 (Review 3147). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Stamped on bottom of can “BEST BY JUN 7 2033” (I think – VERY difficult to read). Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 55.4 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 61.7 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Amber Brown (SRM 18), barely translucent.
Body – Black (SRM 40), opaque. Under direct light, same. But some lumps are visible settled on the inner slope. When rear lite, light penetration at the bottom (red amber) and the top edge (citron).
Head: Small (Maximum 1.0 cm, aggressive center pour), wheat, high density, quickly contracting to a 0.15 cm crown and a thin center island.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4 – Weak coffee and chocolate. No yeast, no hops. No ethanol (13.5 % ABV according to the label).
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins slightly sweet with coffee predominating, even more so as it warms. No yeast, no hops. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Initially, no gastric warming, very smooth. As the temperature increases, so does gastric warming.
Palate – 4 – Full; creamy; soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4.25 Distinctly coffee and chocolate flavors and aroma – Marscapone (Al’s more war-like brother?) I only know from tiramisu so it’s possibly here but below my levels of detectability. Still, for a crappy style (pastry stouts), it’s pretty decent.
Aug 16, 2023Stamped on bottom of can “BEST BY JUN 7 2033” (I think – VERY difficult to read). Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 55.4 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 61.7 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Amber Brown (SRM 18), barely translucent.
Body – Black (SRM 40), opaque. Under direct light, same. But some lumps are visible settled on the inner slope. When rear lite, light penetration at the bottom (red amber) and the top edge (citron).
Head: Small (Maximum 1.0 cm, aggressive center pour), wheat, high density, quickly contracting to a 0.15 cm crown and a thin center island.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4 – Weak coffee and chocolate. No yeast, no hops. No ethanol (13.5 % ABV according to the label).
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins slightly sweet with coffee predominating, even more so as it warms. No yeast, no hops. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Initially, no gastric warming, very smooth. As the temperature increases, so does gastric warming.
Palate – 4 – Full; creamy; soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4.25 Distinctly coffee and chocolate flavors and aroma – Marscapone (Al’s more war-like brother?) I only know from tiramisu so it’s possibly here but below my levels of detectability. Still, for a crappy style (pastry stouts), it’s pretty decent.
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
3.92/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Glossy black with a short tan head clinging in a small, consistently level ridge.
It doesn't have any burn despite being 13.5%, but is a little slicker with a light viscosity and a mostly chocolate flavor profile, kind of like melted Hershey's. There are slight vanilla fingerling vibes, but the coffee qualities could have been amped up quite a bit more, which would have improved this beer on several fronts.
After my partner mentioned brown sugar, that's all I was able to taste midway through. It just gets sweeter the longer the session gets.
Jul 31, 2023It doesn't have any burn despite being 13.5%, but is a little slicker with a light viscosity and a mostly chocolate flavor profile, kind of like melted Hershey's. There are slight vanilla fingerling vibes, but the coffee qualities could have been amped up quite a bit more, which would have improved this beer on several fronts.
After my partner mentioned brown sugar, that's all I was able to taste midway through. It just gets sweeter the longer the session gets.
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