Chocolate Malty Balls
Tighthead Brewing Company
- From:
- Tighthead Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 13.07%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 10, 2018
- Added:
- Nov 07, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Rated by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
3.5/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tasted in snifter from draught at Firkin on May 26, 2017.
May 27, 2017
Rated by AuntBea from Illinois
4.6/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Very good Imperial Stout. Has a strong kick to it with it's 9% ABV.
Nov 11, 2015
Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois
3.43/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.43/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Served from the tap in a snifter at the brewery tap room.
Let's move on to a barrel-aged stout, eh? The first from Tighthead in a bit of a while. It pours a deep midnight sienna topped by a half-finger of off-tan foam. The nose comprises roasted malts, bourbon-soaked wood, and a touch of cola. The taste brings in more of the same, the booze and wood o'ershadowing most else, though some bitter roast trickles through at various intervals, unfortunately few and far between, relatively speaking. The body is a hefty medium, bordering on true heft, with a light moderate carbonation and a thick feel. Overall, a solid base stout, it seems, just couldn't stand up to the onslaught presented by an overachieving barrel. It's not a horrid mess, just a very much unbalanced creature.
Nov 07, 2015Let's move on to a barrel-aged stout, eh? The first from Tighthead in a bit of a while. It pours a deep midnight sienna topped by a half-finger of off-tan foam. The nose comprises roasted malts, bourbon-soaked wood, and a touch of cola. The taste brings in more of the same, the booze and wood o'ershadowing most else, though some bitter roast trickles through at various intervals, unfortunately few and far between, relatively speaking. The body is a hefty medium, bordering on true heft, with a light moderate carbonation and a thick feel. Overall, a solid base stout, it seems, just couldn't stand up to the onslaught presented by an overachieving barrel. It's not a horrid mess, just a very much unbalanced creature.
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