Thai Chocolate Coconut Stout
Bare Hands Brewery
- From:
- Bare Hands Brewery
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 10.8%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 0.71%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 04, 2018
- Added:
- Aug 27, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Imperial stout brewed with ten different specialty grains and two classic hop varieties. After fermentation, the beer is aged with mango, coconut flakes, and locally-roasted cacao nibs.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by darktronica from Indiana
4.24/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I wasn't sure what to expect with this being a tie-in to the Double Thai.P.A. Day festival, and yet a stout. My hope was for something resembling a variant of Mail Order Bride, one of my go-to stout options that isn't always readily available. Turns out it's nothing of the sort.
The pour is where the similarities end, thick with a half-finger of head leaving little trace behind. The mango dominates the nose and palate both, with only subtle traces of the coconut and cacao nibs turning up on occasion; I'm sure they influence the overall character of the beer at every sip, but they are not particularly overt. It's tasty and executes the concept well, but I don't particularly look for bright fruit notes in stouts, preferring darker stone fruit if they are present at all. As such, I appreciate this as a skillfully-made brew, but it's not a game-changer for me.
Sep 04, 2018The pour is where the similarities end, thick with a half-finger of head leaving little trace behind. The mango dominates the nose and palate both, with only subtle traces of the coconut and cacao nibs turning up on occasion; I'm sure they influence the overall character of the beer at every sip, but they are not particularly overt. It's tasty and executes the concept well, but I don't particularly look for bright fruit notes in stouts, preferring darker stone fruit if they are present at all. As such, I appreciate this as a skillfully-made brew, but it's not a game-changer for me.
Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana
4.21/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
The pour is jet black with a dark tan head that disappears in seconds. The chocolate and mango dominate the nose, and there is maybe a smidge of coconut.
The chocolate and mango vie for attention on the taste, and there’s also a coconut note, but the mouthfeel is a bit thin for an imperial stout. I’m really enjoying this, but I think Bare Hands may have tried to do too much here.
Aug 27, 2018The chocolate and mango vie for attention on the taste, and there’s also a coconut note, but the mouthfeel is a bit thin for an imperial stout. I’m really enjoying this, but I think Bare Hands may have tried to do too much here.
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