Serpent's Stout | The Lost Abbey

4.25/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

10 oz serving tasted in a snifter from draft at Half Day Brewing Company on September 15, 2017.

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3.79/5  rDev -10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

4.22/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

almost 4 years old, very good roasted malts, coffee flavor and dark slightly bitter chocolate

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2.54/5  rDev -40%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

The draft I had was pretty astringent & lacked a depth of flavor - lots of fusel, over-attenuated alcohol notes with very little complimentary flavors to balance it out. A little roasted malt, maybe some damp coffee filter but that is it - ond-dimensional and not a good one at that

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4.25/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

3.63/5  rDev -14.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

4.47/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

3.83/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

4.74/5  rDev +12.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

4.21/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Picked up a 750 ml bottle from TW Arrowhead 3-12-17 for $11.49. Vintage 2017 bottle.

Beer poured black as night with a beautiful brown head that has some great hang time.

Nose is light roasted malts with a touch of mocha.

Taste is a huge roasted malt base that blends very nicely with a generous hop addition to form a very easy drinking impy stout. No heat felt despite the high abv content.

Mouthfeel is full and smooth. Each sip is very satisfying.

Overall a very good beer that impy stout lovers will enjoy. Not sure why i had not tried this in the past but i do recommend this!

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2.82/5  rDev -33.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

4.19/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.32/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

4/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

3.99/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

4.27/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.14/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

750 ml. bottle poured at 52° into a tulip. No date on the bottle.

Pitch black with two fingers of reddish head that are reduced to lacing within a few minutes.

Nose is huge. Alot going on. Chocolate-covered cherries and woody, earthy malts. Liquor, raisins, and smoke.

Flavor is lighter than expected. Balanced for an 11% stout. Big but not too intense. A cascade of dark chocolate, cherry, and plums. Cherry cola, earth, and anise. There's an aftertaste I can't really pinpoint though, maybe best described as soapiness. Not the best finish.

Mouthfeel is medium.

Overall, pretty good. Above average drinkability for an imperial stout, and fairly complex. But lacking some roundness on the finish - at least the bottle I have.

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4.5/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

3.82/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

4/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

4.42/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

4.03/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

4.77/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

3.5/5  rDev -17.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5