Baba Yaga
Bear Republic Brewing Co.

 

Pours a dark brown with a 1F tan head and moderate lacing.

Smells of toasted malt and coffee.

Tastes of toasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, raisins and molasses with a lightly bitter and warm boozy finish.

Medium body with light carbonation. Syrupy and dry mouthfeel.

This is a powerful sipper!

 

 

Can pour - dark as night with thick chocolate milk head leaving scattered lacing and a ring of bubbles. Nose is quite mild with a bit of roasty malt and some sweetness. Taste follows with hints of cocoa and licorice. Finishes with a bit of woody dryness. Thinner than expected.

 

 

16oz can
BB 01/14/22
L: near black stout with a foamy brown head
S: roasted barley, baker’s chocolate, faint anise, tobacco, earthy hops
T: dark cocoa, roasted barley, blackstrap molasses, char, tobacco leaf, prune, anise, bitter earthy hops
F: full body, creamy, ample carbonation, alcohol well concealed for 12%, finish is semi-dry and well balanced, charred barley and cacao linger on the palate
O: super robust stout with a nice dark cocoa kick

 

 

This is really delicious. Really dark and not overly sweet. Pours a nearly opaque brown-black with plenty of foam in the IPA glass. Aroma of roasted grain and alcohol. Flavors of licorice stand out, along with dark caramel. Burnt sugar and toffee with bitter chocolate with a little sweetness left. Moderate butter aftertaste as the alcohol tingles the tongue.

This is quite a powerful brew with an intense flavor. Quite sippable if treated with respect. From the 16 oz can purchased at Best Damn. Interestingly the bottom date is BB-- "best by?" 10/11/22.

 

Aroma is dark fruit/vinous, dark malts and a good hint of alcohol. The flavor is dark fruit/vinous, dark malts, dark chocolate, oily texture and a medium sweet/acidic warming alcoholic finish.

Pours a dark color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has pleasant cacao and licorice hints
The taste follows the nose with a pleasant cacao and licorice flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A good Imperial Stout

 

Pours a dark brown with a finger of beige head. The nose has cocoa and some coffee roast. The flavor is roasty and bitter but nothing stands out. The finish has a nice roast too but underneath there is a slight alcohol burn.

For a big 12% abv impy stout, nothing really stands out here. Frankly, I prefer this brewery's basic Big Bear Black Stout over this pedestrian offering any day.

A - Black pour with a thick toffee colored lacing ring and little to no carbonation.

S - Chocolate, roasted cocoa, and light coconut.

T - Chocolate, chocolate roast, coconut

M - Thick and viscous.

O - This is worth checking out.