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Mortality Stout
ReaperAle
- From:
- ReaperAle
- California, United States
- Style:
- Foreign / Export Stout
- ABV:
- 7.75%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 14.92%
- Reviews:
- 126
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 25, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 12, 2002
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by maddogruss from New Jersey
3.03/5 rDev -16.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev -16.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Based on notes from 2011. Had this from a bottle.
A: pours dark brown body with small, tan head with ok retention and lacing
S: slight roast and chocolate smelling beer; interesting
T: roasted taste; slight sweet roastiness; ok overall
M: medium bodied and pretty smooth
D: ok mouthfeel and taste combo; decent overall
Nov 25, 2020A: pours dark brown body with small, tan head with ok retention and lacing
S: slight roast and chocolate smelling beer; interesting
T: roasted taste; slight sweet roastiness; ok overall
M: medium bodied and pretty smooth
D: ok mouthfeel and taste combo; decent overall
Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
4.56/5 rDev +26%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.56/5 rDev +26%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Gooooooooddd morning, quarantine & isolation! My goodness, but the reefer is giving up its dead here at Chez Woody as the purge of the Bottle Backlog continues unabated! The Reaper didn't come for me inna night & I feel pretty Stout today! My mother asked if I am concerned for my Mortality. As a GWI vet, not as much as on my birthday in 1991. Ale, no!
From the Bottle: "Do You Dare?"
I Pop!ped the cap to begin today's celebration in the face of a global pandemic. My slow, gentle C-Line Glug caused a pseudo-cascade that formed into two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, deep-brown head with excellent retention. Color was solidly Black/Opaque (SRM = 44), allowing ZERO light penetration. Nose had a rich chocolaty/smoky/coffee-like aroma! Mmm. I just finished my morning cuppa joe & this was very evocative of my brew. I take mine like my women - hot & black! 8=) Mouthfeel was big, full & creamy, like a dollop had been scooped into my mouth & onto my tongue! Mmm. The taste was like the epitome of this site's "Style Guide": " a coffee, chocolate, [and, in my case/]or lightly burnt grain character, although without a sharp bite." Spot on, lads!
Remember, rate to Style & NOT to Personal Taste (except for "Overall", which is your opportunity to let us know how you really felt about the beer.
This had a beautiful richness without being either sweet or bitter, the two extremes that I usually get in Stouts.
Then again, I do not often have to opportunity to drink, review & rate a Foreign/Export Stout, hence my refresher on the Style Guide. I once had an LPO, who upon being asked a question to which he did not know the answer, pointed to the manual & instructed me to "read up on it & report back for everyone's edification." He was being a smarta*s, but it was actually prescient advice.
Back to the beer. Finish was semi-dry, nowhere close to sweet at any point. Eminently drinkable & a real shame that it is Retired. YMMV.
Apr 15, 2020From the Bottle: "Do You Dare?"
I Pop!ped the cap to begin today's celebration in the face of a global pandemic. My slow, gentle C-Line Glug caused a pseudo-cascade that formed into two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, deep-brown head with excellent retention. Color was solidly Black/Opaque (SRM = 44), allowing ZERO light penetration. Nose had a rich chocolaty/smoky/coffee-like aroma! Mmm. I just finished my morning cuppa joe & this was very evocative of my brew. I take mine like my women - hot & black! 8=) Mouthfeel was big, full & creamy, like a dollop had been scooped into my mouth & onto my tongue! Mmm. The taste was like the epitome of this site's "Style Guide": " a coffee, chocolate, [and, in my case/]or lightly burnt grain character, although without a sharp bite." Spot on, lads!
Remember, rate to Style & NOT to Personal Taste (except for "Overall", which is your opportunity to let us know how you really felt about the beer.
This had a beautiful richness without being either sweet or bitter, the two extremes that I usually get in Stouts.
Then again, I do not often have to opportunity to drink, review & rate a Foreign/Export Stout, hence my refresher on the Style Guide. I once had an LPO, who upon being asked a question to which he did not know the answer, pointed to the manual & instructed me to "read up on it & report back for everyone's edification." He was being a smarta*s, but it was actually prescient advice.
Back to the beer. Finish was semi-dry, nowhere close to sweet at any point. Eminently drinkable & a real shame that it is Retired. YMMV.
Reviewed by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island
3.48/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 22oz bottle into an imperial pint glass.
A: The beer is a deep dark brown color, with a thin dark brown head that fades quickly and leaves a thin on the glass.
S: The aroma contains dark fruit, licorice, coffee, chocolate, roasted malts and a faint touch of hops.
T: The taste starts out a strong dark fruit flavor, then some background flavors of coffee and milk chocolate come in. The malt character is on the thin side for the style. The hops presence is mild but complementary and brings a little bit of balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet.
M: Crisp and a little smooth but a bit watery, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is sticky.
D: A little tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, good kick, decent representation of style, a decent beer overall but there are certainly better alternatives within the style.
Nov 24, 2011A: The beer is a deep dark brown color, with a thin dark brown head that fades quickly and leaves a thin on the glass.
S: The aroma contains dark fruit, licorice, coffee, chocolate, roasted malts and a faint touch of hops.
T: The taste starts out a strong dark fruit flavor, then some background flavors of coffee and milk chocolate come in. The malt character is on the thin side for the style. The hops presence is mild but complementary and brings a little bit of balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet.
M: Crisp and a little smooth but a bit watery, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is sticky.
D: A little tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, good kick, decent representation of style, a decent beer overall but there are certainly better alternatives within the style.
Reviewed by JamesS from Indiana
4.46/5 rDev +23.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +23.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
(Got a few of these in a couple of trades.) Poured an awesome midnight black with fantastic thick head and great lacing. Very nice thick and deep scent, with sweet malts, roasted grains, and a nice bit of earthy hops in the back. Great flavor, with great roasted grains, a nice hint of coffee and chocolate, and a nice earthy hoppiness at the end to mellow it out. It went down great, with little hint of its higher ABV. Looking forward to having another at Halloween.
Aug 31, 2011
Mortality Stout from ReaperAle
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
142 ratings
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