Jamocha Love Shadow
Brewery Vivant

Pours a solid black with pretty modest fizzing, no lacing. Lots of yogurty lactose on the nose, and flavors that land somewhere between a latte and cookies and cream. The bourbon barrel is not very assertive but does show up early on in a sip.

Pours black with some mahogany brown colors on the edges and a body that props up a sizzling dark tan head. The nose is bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, and a hint of coffee in that order. Zoinkers (that’s a 1960’s “Batman the TV show”reference for you youngsters out there in TV land).

That bourbon flavor is up front on the taste, too, which normally isn’t my preference in these big stouts (I like it on the finish), but it really works here, because it slides into the chocolate and vanilla and allows those flavors to shine before the subtle coffee flavor finishes things nicely.

The mouthfeel is full and on point - there is never a doubt that you’re drinking a big, substantial stout.

All the while I was drinking this, I was thinking, “I need a handful of Mrs O’s homemade chocolate chip cookies to enjoy with this bad boy.” That would be the perfect complement to this excellent beer.

16oz can poured into a snifter

Canned 1.20.20, opened 10.17.20

“Only the shadow knows”

One finger brown fizzy foam cap quickly recedes to a ring over a dark cola brown liquid

Aroma is roast malts, chocolate, vanilla, coffee

taste is chocolate, vanilla, coffee , bourbon On the final notes

Fizzy sudsing, Creamy mouthfeel , flavors nicely linger

Good beer

Pours a dark brown color with a minimal head that disappears quickly. Aroma is chocolate and sweet coffee.Tastes of chocolate, coffee and alcohol. Very smooth and creamy. Excellent flavor.

A - Pours pitch black with a large fizzy tan head. The head dissapates quickly leaving a thin ring. Light soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is milk chocolate, vanilla and bourbon.

T - The taste is huge milk chocolate, coffee, vanilla and bourbon.

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

O - Pretty solid BBA stout. The bourbon isn't overpowering making this pretty easy drinking at 11.5%.