Tiramisu Morningwood
Odd Side Ales

Pours a black color with a minimal head that lasts quite a while. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, caramel and tiramisu spices. Taste is alcohol, vanilla, brown sugar and milk chocolate. Sweet, thick and creamy.

12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 2/13/2020. Pours dense opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and fluffy tan head with amazing retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Amazing appearance. Aromas of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, toffee, marshmallow, fudge, brownie batter, roasted nuts, toast, biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of bourbon, coconut, dark fruit, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Amazing aromas with balanced dark/roast/bready malts, coffee, flavorings, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, toffee, marshmallow, fudge, brownie batter, roasted nuts, toast, biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of bourbon, coconut, dark fruit, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, roast, char bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, dark roasted coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, toffee, marshmallow, fudge, brownie batter, roasted nuts, toast, biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, bourbon, coconut, dark fruit, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, coffee, flavorings, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with an amazing roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and zero cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 12.25%, with minimal barrel booze lingering after the finish. Overall this is an amazing barrel aged flavored coffee stout. All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, coffee, flavorings, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV with the mildly bitter/drying finish; amazing soft/silky feel for the ABV. Not a ton of barrel, but adequate. Aside from that this was perfectly balanced between super rich malts, tiramisu flavorings, and fruity/nutty coffee complexity; with mild earthy hops and fruity yeast. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly amazing offering, and top tier pastry style example. Certainly the best variant by a large margin.

A - Pours pitch black with a thin creamy tan head. Heavy amount of soapy lacing,

S - Aroma is vanilla, dark chocolate, coffee and bourbon.

T - The taste is coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, caramel, roasted mats, oak and bourbon.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a soft dry finish.

O - This was an outstanding BBA stout. The tiramisu flavors are spot on and the alcohol well hidden.