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Phantom Punch Winter Stout
Baxter Brewing Co.
- From:
- Baxter Brewing Co.
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Foreign / Export Stout
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 12.8%
- Reviews:
- 56
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 22, 2019
- Added:
- Nov 24, 2012
- Wants:
- 14
- Gots:
- 56
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Ratings by flayedandskinned:
Reviewed by flayedandskinned from California
4.06/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Canned on 11/14/12
received as an extra from trade with IPAkindaguy, Thanks, man!
Poured into a standard tulip.
Appearance: Pours a very dark brown verging on black, a thick 3 finger beige head sprouts up quickly enough and lasts for quite some time, leaving some very nice lace down the sides of the glass as it slowly recedes. Nice looking brew.
Aroma: Huge, creamy notes of sweet milk chocolate, vanilla bean, roasted malts, lightly roasted coffee and a light herbal hoppiness manifests itself in the roasted malt profile very nicely. Wow, this really smells like a chocolate milkshake.
Taste: The stout opens with a whisper of light grassy hops before you're hit with notes of dark chocolate, roasted malts and some coffee. The beer finishes dry, but leaves you with welcome notes of creamy, yet bitter chocolate and roasted notes of malt, nuts and coffee left loitering on your palate.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied and slightly creamy with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: This is a very good, easy drinking, chocolate forward stout that I wish was made more readily available to me. The flavors are deep and rich, yet this stout is oddly refreshing. Really solid, although not knock your socks of flavor. Recommended for a fairly session-able, full flavored stout.
Apr 30, 2013received as an extra from trade with IPAkindaguy, Thanks, man!
Poured into a standard tulip.
Appearance: Pours a very dark brown verging on black, a thick 3 finger beige head sprouts up quickly enough and lasts for quite some time, leaving some very nice lace down the sides of the glass as it slowly recedes. Nice looking brew.
Aroma: Huge, creamy notes of sweet milk chocolate, vanilla bean, roasted malts, lightly roasted coffee and a light herbal hoppiness manifests itself in the roasted malt profile very nicely. Wow, this really smells like a chocolate milkshake.
Taste: The stout opens with a whisper of light grassy hops before you're hit with notes of dark chocolate, roasted malts and some coffee. The beer finishes dry, but leaves you with welcome notes of creamy, yet bitter chocolate and roasted notes of malt, nuts and coffee left loitering on your palate.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied and slightly creamy with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: This is a very good, easy drinking, chocolate forward stout that I wish was made more readily available to me. The flavors are deep and rich, yet this stout is oddly refreshing. Really solid, although not knock your socks of flavor. Recommended for a fairly session-able, full flavored stout.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.51/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a black color with a 1 inch head. Smell is of chocolate, some coffee. Taste is roasted malts, coffee, hops are present, hints of vanilla. Feels medium/light bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more during the winter.
Jul 16, 2017Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can to snifter, the appearance was a nice looking black color with a film of an eggshell white foamy head that slid off at a moderate pace. Lace was somewhat there, sliding for the most part.
The aroma combined a wonderful blend of roasty to bitter chocolate malts playing with a nice glimmer of sweet vanilla spottiness.
The flavor leaned towards the roasty side at first and allowed the sweet side play out with some milk chocolate and vanilla. Starting to come through like marshmallow. Aftertaste was somewhat roasty, clean and a touch of the sweet vanilla.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a nice sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt good as well.
Overall, pretty nice foreign/stout, I'd have again.
Jun 13, 2017The aroma combined a wonderful blend of roasty to bitter chocolate malts playing with a nice glimmer of sweet vanilla spottiness.
The flavor leaned towards the roasty side at first and allowed the sweet side play out with some milk chocolate and vanilla. Starting to come through like marshmallow. Aftertaste was somewhat roasty, clean and a touch of the sweet vanilla.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a nice sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt good as well.
Overall, pretty nice foreign/stout, I'd have again.
Reviewed by dacrza1 from New Jersey
3.79/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
DATE: December 15, 2016... OCCASION: Truly in the Christmas spirit after the LVR chorus/band concert, I toast their efforts with a winter welcomer... GLASSWARE: Samuel Smith pint... pours a fizzing three fingers of chunky, cratered brown head that sits atop a jet-black body... lacing is attractively etched in camo designs... a robust blast of cocoa begins the profile, with a toasted malt sense and peat that evokes scotch... some alcoholic phenols escape... the first sip scorches with heat at the throat, but softens to a warm, pleasant aftertaste... a cola consistency prevails, with an oily entrance and a milky end... cocoa, yes, and subtle vanilla, lactic hints of milk, peat and some earthy vegetable...the flavor profile is solid, not spectacular... creates a taut, enjoyable experience that is not as much of a punch as advertised...
Dec 16, 2016
Phantom Punch Winter Stout from Baxter Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
314 ratings
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