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Morning Wood
Evolution Craft Brewing Company
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- From:
- Evolution Craft Brewing Company
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.28 | pDev: 8.41%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 07, 2016
- Added:
- Oct 05, 2011
- Wants:
- 12
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by mdaschaf from Indiana
4.2/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Review from notes. Had on tap at the Pickled Pig.
A: Served in a goblet, the beer is dark black with a small tan head on top. Moderate retention and little bits of lacing that clung on the sides for a few minutes.
S: Coffee up front, lots of coffee grounds, some light roast, and vanilla. There is a little bit of bourbon and a hint of chocolate.
T: Lots of coffee upfront, the oak and bourbon come through nicely with some vanilla. Like the nose, a hint of chocolate on the finish.
M: Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation. On the thicker side for sure, slight creaminess.
O: A really good stout, liked it more than expected for being so coffee forward. Flavors intensified as it warmed. A nice beer to sip over an extended period of time. Paired extremely well with dessert.
Nov 15, 2011A: Served in a goblet, the beer is dark black with a small tan head on top. Moderate retention and little bits of lacing that clung on the sides for a few minutes.
S: Coffee up front, lots of coffee grounds, some light roast, and vanilla. There is a little bit of bourbon and a hint of chocolate.
T: Lots of coffee upfront, the oak and bourbon come through nicely with some vanilla. Like the nose, a hint of chocolate on the finish.
M: Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation. On the thicker side for sure, slight creaminess.
O: A really good stout, liked it more than expected for being so coffee forward. Flavors intensified as it warmed. A nice beer to sip over an extended period of time. Paired extremely well with dessert.
Reviewed by mdfb79 from New York
4.18/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.18/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Was excited to hear FireWorks in Court House, VA had this on tap today after the label didn't get approved in time for their Evolution Event 2 weeks ago. Poured into a 10 oz. tulip.
a - Pours a pitch black color with one finger of fluffy dark tan head and moderate carbonation evident. Some spotty lacing left on the tulip and few minutes of retention. Looks like a great stout.
s - Smells of coffee grinds, wood, roasted malts, and vanilla. Some bourbon definitely comes through as well as it warms up. The smell is quite strong coffee, and it kind of reminds me of Central Waters coffee stout.
t - Tastes of coffee, roasted malts, bourbon, oak, vanilla, and some bitter coffee. More bourbon than the nose, and the coffee is more bitter coffee than coffe grinds.
m - Full bodied stout with moderate carbonation, thick and chewy. Nice bourbon to the nose and taste but not hot at all; very nice for a stout.
o - Overall I thought this was a really good stout from Evolution, probably the best beer I've had by them so far. The nose was coffee grinds and bourbon, like CW's Coffee House Stout with a tiny bit of bourbon, and the taste was a little bit better. No real heat and not hard to put down a full glass, but it's a thick stout. It also got substantially better as it warmed up, so if it is served cold I would recommend letting it sit for a few minutes and letting it warm up a bit. Would love to have it again.
Nov 04, 2011a - Pours a pitch black color with one finger of fluffy dark tan head and moderate carbonation evident. Some spotty lacing left on the tulip and few minutes of retention. Looks like a great stout.
s - Smells of coffee grinds, wood, roasted malts, and vanilla. Some bourbon definitely comes through as well as it warms up. The smell is quite strong coffee, and it kind of reminds me of Central Waters coffee stout.
t - Tastes of coffee, roasted malts, bourbon, oak, vanilla, and some bitter coffee. More bourbon than the nose, and the coffee is more bitter coffee than coffe grinds.
m - Full bodied stout with moderate carbonation, thick and chewy. Nice bourbon to the nose and taste but not hot at all; very nice for a stout.
o - Overall I thought this was a really good stout from Evolution, probably the best beer I've had by them so far. The nose was coffee grinds and bourbon, like CW's Coffee House Stout with a tiny bit of bourbon, and the taste was a little bit better. No real heat and not hard to put down a full glass, but it's a thick stout. It also got substantially better as it warmed up, so if it is served cold I would recommend letting it sit for a few minutes and letting it warm up a bit. Would love to have it again.
Reviewed by jhughes23 from Delaware
4.62/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.62/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Growler I received from the Brewery. Thanks Todd!! Shared with inlimbo77 on 10/13/11
A-Dark Dark Brown with some light seeping in the edges when tilted, creating a nice reddish brown hue. This ones got Legs...alcohol hanging onto the glass after the off white tan head, that was created by giving this one a bit of a swirl, dissipates.
S-COFFEE! holy cow coffee, with some subtle hints of vanilla and bourbon. It smells of a creamy coffee drink. After the first few wafts you start to pick up the bourbon more but the coffee smell is distinct with sweetness.
T-Coffee, Coffee, Vanilla, Coffee, Sweetness, Coffee, Bourbon-in that order. This is wonderfully subtly Barrel Aged. This Beer is not about Bourbon, it's about how the subtle Bourbon flavors can add layers to an already awesome Coffee Imperial Stout. The Vanilla flavor really adds to the experience. This is also amazingly easy to drink considering the Alcohol, which is hidden well.
M-As mentioned this is too easy to drink. It's not overly full bodied, keeping it from being a heavy RIS. With the Vanilla Coffee Sweetness the thinner smoother mouthful works well.
O-If it wasn't a 2.5hr drive to the brewery I would be on my way there right now picking up another growler. I am looking forward to these guys doing this annually. And by the way, look out for these guys because they are doing some amazing stuff!
Oct 23, 2011A-Dark Dark Brown with some light seeping in the edges when tilted, creating a nice reddish brown hue. This ones got Legs...alcohol hanging onto the glass after the off white tan head, that was created by giving this one a bit of a swirl, dissipates.
S-COFFEE! holy cow coffee, with some subtle hints of vanilla and bourbon. It smells of a creamy coffee drink. After the first few wafts you start to pick up the bourbon more but the coffee smell is distinct with sweetness.
T-Coffee, Coffee, Vanilla, Coffee, Sweetness, Coffee, Bourbon-in that order. This is wonderfully subtly Barrel Aged. This Beer is not about Bourbon, it's about how the subtle Bourbon flavors can add layers to an already awesome Coffee Imperial Stout. The Vanilla flavor really adds to the experience. This is also amazingly easy to drink considering the Alcohol, which is hidden well.
M-As mentioned this is too easy to drink. It's not overly full bodied, keeping it from being a heavy RIS. With the Vanilla Coffee Sweetness the thinner smoother mouthful works well.
O-If it wasn't a 2.5hr drive to the brewery I would be on my way there right now picking up another growler. I am looking forward to these guys doing this annually. And by the way, look out for these guys because they are doing some amazing stuff!
Reviewed by Hojaminbag from Colorado
4.04/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Morning wood has a dark black body and a thin, thick-looking brown head. The retention is good, but there isn't really any lacing to speak of.
The aroma is all coffee. It probably smells more like coffee than any beer I've encountered, mostly because I don't notice anything in the aroma besides coffee itself. Pretty nice actually.
Strong coffee is the first flavor I notice, and it is certainly the most dominant. There is tons of coffee, actually; so much that it takes me a few sips to really notice anything else. When I do, however, I notice that this beer is certainly aged in a barrel (the "Wood" part of the name makes even more sense now). I don't get any bourbon notes, or flavors of other spirits, but there is a noticeable wood flavor and a good bit of vanilla.
This is a really big stout or a smaller imperial stout, either way the body is full feeling with pretty low carbonation.
Overall, this is a nice coffee beer, and one of the better offerings that I have had from Evolution. Great name too.
Oct 22, 2011The aroma is all coffee. It probably smells more like coffee than any beer I've encountered, mostly because I don't notice anything in the aroma besides coffee itself. Pretty nice actually.
Strong coffee is the first flavor I notice, and it is certainly the most dominant. There is tons of coffee, actually; so much that it takes me a few sips to really notice anything else. When I do, however, I notice that this beer is certainly aged in a barrel (the "Wood" part of the name makes even more sense now). I don't get any bourbon notes, or flavors of other spirits, but there is a noticeable wood flavor and a good bit of vanilla.
This is a really big stout or a smaller imperial stout, either way the body is full feeling with pretty low carbonation.
Overall, this is a nice coffee beer, and one of the better offerings that I have had from Evolution. Great name too.
Morning Wood from Evolution Craft Brewing Company
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
27 ratings
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