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Evil Twin Brewing

 

 

Finally opened this one ,maybe 3 or 4 years old? Pours a thick black color with a dark mocha head. Smell is bourbon chocolate and malt. Taste is barrel forward warming bourbon and woody accents, mixed with notes of both vanilla and chocolate ,maple is AWOL on this just a trace present. Mouth feel is thick nice woody and chocolate notes some sweetness medium carbonation nice barrel notes. Really wanted more maple but did like that the ABV was 10.7% on this. Points off on review for lack of maple in 4 categories.

 

 

 

22oz undated bottle poured into a Spiegelau stout glass at fridge temp 10.7% ABV. The beer pours dense black with no light penetration and minimal light brown head. The head recedes to a single layer of bubbles. No lacing. The aroma is mild with caramel, maple and roasted malt. The taste is semisweet maple with roasted malt and booze moving in fast. Mild to moderate bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with just less than medium carbonation and a semi dry finish. Overall, good. Not sure when this was bottled, but nothing is off. Boozey and fairly straightforward with the maple.

 

Pouring a viscous, solidly stark black ribbon, it builds a short but intensely dark mocha blanket that remains level across the the surface before dying to a taught fluid void with a fine chain bordering the edge.

Drastically different than the barrel aged maple stout I had earlier today, (Eternity by Tree House), this is far more bourbon barrel forward, with less maple, and delicious in its own way.

A little less viscous in feel than it looks, it's still a medium to full bodied ale. A crisp yet crackly carbonation delivers plenty of smoothly roasted chocolatey malt paired with an assertive bourbon barrel that has charred elements. However, the barrel is a lot more forward of generally woody tones. This stout finishes fairly hot and semi-dry, where the peppery exhale lifts hints of palate numbing coconut-vanilla rum.

The maple develops as it warms, but subtly, riding alongside Jack and Coke notes. However, absolutely divine, exponentially increasing swirls of vanilla fill the nose as it warms, positively affecting the flavor to a fucking dangerous ass degree. My god it gets better and better the longer I sit with it. Nutty, nougaty undertones start to turn it into a BA Snickers stout.

2020 release. Sort of what I’ve come to expect from Evil Twin. A great barrel-aged Stout, but I’m still searching for the maple. A little sweetness comes out as it warms, but nothing crazy. Again, a great beer, but not necessarily as-advertised.

 

09/11/20 bottle @ home

 

Phenomenal 22oz bottle split into snifters;

A: Jet Black, opaque oily pour with a small right of mocha-colored head that fades quickly.

S: Maple-bourbon sweetness, rich malts, caramel, chocolate, booze.

T: Maple, chocolate, bourbon, booze, caramel, vanilla, roasted malt.

MF: Thick, boozy, full bodied and sticky.

O: Just a really good BA maple stout. Alcohol isn’t overpowering at all but it is there start to finish. Rich, sweet notes of maple, chocolate, vanilla, and caramel offset that.

 

Tried this beer after a few drinks. It poured with a small amount of head and looked pitch black. Smelled of sweet licorice. Tastes sweet like molasses with a hint of maple syrup, slightly carbonated. Goes down smooth. It’s a great tasting beer!

 

Produced for Eviltwin at Westbrook in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Purchased at Dominion Beer & Wine for $19.99. 10.7% ABV.

Don’t let the sweet aroma of this beer drive you away. It’s a bourdon creamy cocktail. Almost like that whiskey sour made with an egg, maple and bourbon. 4.25

A – Pours an opaque pitch black with a very thin reddish-brown head. Pours with some viscosity. Some minor brown lacing. 4.25

S – Aromas of sweet (maybe cloying for some) chocolate covered bourbon-soaked cherries. 4.0

T – Lovely bourbon chocolate cherries, vanilla, with nice roasty malts peaking through. Not hot, but the alcohol is readily apparent giving the beer this beer a late warming finish. 4.0

MF – Heavy bodied, a mildly sweet finish but nothing like the aroma might suggest. Creamy and warming/very quickly. 4.25

Pours pitch black color with a small brown colored head that faded slowly and left decent spotty lacing. Smells of maple syrup, brown sugar, bourbon, faint vanilla, roasted malts, toffee, molasses, earthy notes and rum soaked bread. The bourbon and syrup come through strong and work well with the malts.

The taste is where this bad boy is at...lots of bourbon, maple syrup, molasses, toffee, smoked grains, coffee grinds, brown sugar, and then vanilla, toasted coconut, cocoa powder, dark chocolate like bakers chocolate, faint piney notes, Hershey’s chocolate syrup, a drizzle of soy sauce and a light boozy aftertaste like dark rum and bourbon. It’s not cloyingly sweet but has enough sweetness and complexities to hide the burn of the booze. Rich and malty, this was a fine slow sipper that improves as it warms up.