Mando Blaster
Bare Hands Brewery

Received courtesy of @ovaltine during NBW BIF #14 and just now drinking it.

Poured comfortably black with a 2 cm dense tan head. In the snifter it looked amazing.
The aroma was excellent, with coffee and chocolate and maybe a little vanilla. No harsh edges at all.
Taste followed, morning coffee roasted with chocolate and perfectly toasted bread. This managed to hit nearly all my stout switches. Wow!
The feel was smooth and soft, unusual for an imperial stout but it went excellently with the taste, well matched.
The only problem I have with this one is that it’s not locally available!

Mando Blaster pours a dark mahogany with two fingers of dark mocha head. It settles into a thin cap that leaves just a little clinging to the sides above the cap line.

Dark malts with hints of coffee and umami show first in the nose, with fairly strong underlying chocolate.

The malt-forward taste is borderline fruity: the umami quality is joined by a touch of cherry and grape jelly. There’s also some dark roastiness that’s just shy of ashy or char-like, and again some strong chocolate milk.

Thick bodied and creamy feel with tight carbonation playing only a supporting role. Very nice.

This one surprised me. For some reason I was expecting a milk stout, but this has many of the qualities of the best imperial stouts — especially the depth and complexity of the malt flavors. Delish!

Pours dark brown / almost black, with two fingers of coffee ice cream colored head that slowly dissipates. Smells magnificently of chocolate, coffee, and yum). Just a super inviting nose to this one. Taste starts out smooth and roasty with some coffee coming through. Aftertaste for the first few sips felt a little hot, but not in a bad way. I noticed that less and less with each sip, but not sure if that was due to my tastes adjusting or it warming up. Overall, this is a well done imperial stout.

This looks like an imperial porter, with a blackish body that leaks to mahogany on the edges in a significant way and has a soapy tan head.

The nose has a boatload of stone fruit and chocolate notes, and that is also true of the taste, which also features a subtle roasty char flavor. Truly a pleasure to drink, IMHO.

Enjoyed on draft over the weekend, now reviewing it from a pint can. Pours inky black with a finger of fluffy cocoa-colored head that sticks around for a long time. Silky smooth, great interplay of sweetness and grain roast. If I had been told that it had cacao nibs in it, I would believe it. The draft version came across with much more earthy, coffee-like character than the can does. An excellent milk stout that I hope Bare Hands will keep making.