Ronaldo (2011)
3 Floyds Brewing Co.
- From:
- 3 Floyds Brewing Co.
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 8.69%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 21, 2014
- Added:
- Aug 15, 2011
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
An incredibly sexy and talented beer. This prodigy ale is our Moloko Milk Stout aged in a Portuguese port barrel for one year with tart and sweet cherries. Do yourself a favor.
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Reviewed by soze47 from Massachusetts
4.7/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.7/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Tried this at the FFF brewpub on December 17th. Full 10 oz. pour into a short tulip/chalice type glass.
Appearance: Rich brown and thick looking. Very little head.
Aroma: Port comes through, but the tartness of the cherries is there as well. The Moloko sweetness brightens the nose.
Taste: Rich and complex. A lot of varying flavors play against each other: wine tannins, cherry juice, cherry tartness, milk chocolate, creamy coffee bitterness
Mouthfeel/Drinkability: Easy to drink, but one to savor. All the flavors are pretty amazing to ponder. Body is heavy, but that makes this one much more succulent and it needs it.
Overall: A marvel of a beer that I'm glad I had a chance to try at the brewpub. I like the base beer of this one a lot and think the cherry and port treatment is inspired.
Jan 10, 2012Appearance: Rich brown and thick looking. Very little head.
Aroma: Port comes through, but the tartness of the cherries is there as well. The Moloko sweetness brightens the nose.
Taste: Rich and complex. A lot of varying flavors play against each other: wine tannins, cherry juice, cherry tartness, milk chocolate, creamy coffee bitterness
Mouthfeel/Drinkability: Easy to drink, but one to savor. All the flavors are pretty amazing to ponder. Body is heavy, but that makes this one much more succulent and it needs it.
Overall: A marvel of a beer that I'm glad I had a chance to try at the brewpub. I like the base beer of this one a lot and think the cherry and port treatment is inspired.
Reviewed by TapeDeck from Illinois
4.42/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A: black and so pretty. Very little head when it got to my table.
S: immediate sweet port overtones. Soft but undeniable. This is a tantalizing brew! The year in the Portuguese Port barrels on sweet and tart cherries was transformative.
T: there was a significant difference between Ronaldo's base beer, Moloko, between 2010 and 2011. I say this having had both back to back weeks earlier at a local Bar Takeover that FFF conducted. 10 was much more tangy and sour for a milk stout-albeit not in a bad way. Ronaldo had this tangy character, but has picked up the unmistakable flavors of the barrel and it's contents. Raisin, cherry, sweet wine, to the point that it hardly had any bitterness.
The mouth feel was smooth and rich. Not a heavy carbonation.
Overall, a great sipping beer, and yet another reason I feel lucky to live within an hour of the FFF Brewpub.
Dec 24, 2011S: immediate sweet port overtones. Soft but undeniable. This is a tantalizing brew! The year in the Portuguese Port barrels on sweet and tart cherries was transformative.
T: there was a significant difference between Ronaldo's base beer, Moloko, between 2010 and 2011. I say this having had both back to back weeks earlier at a local Bar Takeover that FFF conducted. 10 was much more tangy and sour for a milk stout-albeit not in a bad way. Ronaldo had this tangy character, but has picked up the unmistakable flavors of the barrel and it's contents. Raisin, cherry, sweet wine, to the point that it hardly had any bitterness.
The mouth feel was smooth and rich. Not a heavy carbonation.
Overall, a great sipping beer, and yet another reason I feel lucky to live within an hour of the FFF Brewpub.
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