Term Oil - Fluffernutter
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 vintage; consumed on 6/18/2024

Pours a viscous, oil-black body capped with a short-lived half-finger of dark khaki-hued foam, leaving a blank void encompassed by a slight yet creamy collar and minimal-no lacing holding to the walls of the glass with any longevity.

Aromas of lush peanut butter and toasty fluff burst forth, with dark chocolate finding a soft backing roast into jet-puffed marshmallow over the mid-palate and tinges of oaky barrel throughout.

Taste offers chocolate, bourbon barrel, and marshmallow upfront, with peanut butter on the mid-palate settling to slight roast on the back end and a Cocoa Puffs edge through the finish.

Mouthfeel brings a full body and a slight spritz of subtle carbonation poking through, easing barrel warmth to level distantly sticky textures past the mid-palate as mild roast employs an equally subtle dryness to balance.

Artificiality eschewed for a steadfast PB & fluff emulation, with sweetness focused and barrel subliminal; a comprehensively well-executed dessert stout.

Pours dark and thick with dark copper foaming that quickly dissipates before it forms any head.
Smell is all fluffernutter and little stout comes through. It makes me worry that the variant taste will be overpowering and artificially sweet.
Taste is delicious! The fluffernutter is not overpowering, but actually balances really well. I think might prefer term oil better without this variant flavor and it’s that flavor that I am loving right now, but still very glad that they did not overwhelm it with the variant flavor.
Feel is smooth and thick.
Overall, an outstanding beer. I would not buy it again - not because I don’t like it, but it is simply too expensive. TG beer prices reflect their popularity and I am willing to spend it to try it out, but not to repeat.

On tap at the brewery yesterday. Tried side by side with the KBBS and pistachio, vanilla, granola term oil variant. This was a very good beer, but ultimately was low man on the totem pole.

The beer pours the expected blackish brown color with pretty good head retention and lacing. Once again, this is a TG beer that looks to have seen a fair bit of barrel aging. On the nose, the vanilla and peanuts really seem to take center stage in this beer. There's noticeable dark chocolate, coffee and light bourbon as well, but the vanilla, enhanced by the peanut aroma as well, really dominates the aroma profile. The flavor profile replicates the nose pretty closely, with the intense, full bodied vanilla flavor really dominating. It's almost too much of a good thing. Mouthfeel is very full, with a long, sweet, vanilla infused finish. Alcohol is pretty well integrated into the flavor profile, though I would not call this beer light on its feet (unlike the pistachio, vanilla, granola version). This is a very rich, full bodied, impy stout.

Another really good beer from TG, though one that probably suffered a bit from the day's competition.

 

 

 

 

Term Oil Fluffernutter pours black with a small, tan, long-lasting head. The aroma is rich, with peanuts, peanut butter, vanilla, and marshmallow. The flavor is the same, sweeter, but with peanuts, peanut butter, vanilla, and marshmallow. Good feel. Overall, it is a big, bold, very flavorful stout.