Hiddenness
Monkish Brewing Co.
- From:
- Monkish Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 15.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 4.23%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 23, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 20, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Imperial stout aged in rye whiskey barrels for 18 months and conditioned on Madagascar and Tahitian vanilla beans.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by TheSixthRing from California
4.19/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From tasting notes 07/15/19
Had on-tap at Monkish Brewing in Torrance, CA
Appearance - Served up 4oz into a tulip. Black brew with a barren surface and no lacing. What you'd expect.
Smell - Formidable aroma. Butterscotch and booze, upfront. Lesser chocolate. Toffee. Vanilla. Sweet and heat, mostly.
Taste - Chocolate and a touch of roast upfront, but quickly overtaken by notes of butterscotch and toffee. Vanilla sneaks in shortly after, then notes of oak, rye spice and leather in the finish, though butterscotch stays prominent. Booziness can be found beneath the sweetness in the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel - Medium in body with low carbonation. Slick upfront before a bone dry, belly warming finish.
Overall - Ironic the name, because this BA Impy hides nothing. It is obtuse, but also shows impressive complexity. Close to giving a 4.5 in flavor, but some deeper roast to combat the sweetness would have been nice.
Aug 09, 2019Had on-tap at Monkish Brewing in Torrance, CA
Appearance - Served up 4oz into a tulip. Black brew with a barren surface and no lacing. What you'd expect.
Smell - Formidable aroma. Butterscotch and booze, upfront. Lesser chocolate. Toffee. Vanilla. Sweet and heat, mostly.
Taste - Chocolate and a touch of roast upfront, but quickly overtaken by notes of butterscotch and toffee. Vanilla sneaks in shortly after, then notes of oak, rye spice and leather in the finish, though butterscotch stays prominent. Booziness can be found beneath the sweetness in the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel - Medium in body with low carbonation. Slick upfront before a bone dry, belly warming finish.
Overall - Ironic the name, because this BA Impy hides nothing. It is obtuse, but also shows impressive complexity. Close to giving a 4.5 in flavor, but some deeper roast to combat the sweetness would have been nice.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4.36/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Enjoyed at David's
No head, pitch black good legs
Nose big thick malt dark chocolate, cocoa, mild vanilla barrel, roasty, boozy
Taste thick rich chewy, heavy dark malts, roasty but not burnt, big dark chocolate cocoa, fudgey, mild whiskey, vanilla and oak spice, coffee, fair sweet and big boozy
Mouth is thick chewy full bod, mild carb, hot boozy
Overall this was quite nice
Feb 03, 2019No head, pitch black good legs
Nose big thick malt dark chocolate, cocoa, mild vanilla barrel, roasty, boozy
Taste thick rich chewy, heavy dark malts, roasty but not burnt, big dark chocolate cocoa, fudgey, mild whiskey, vanilla and oak spice, coffee, fair sweet and big boozy
Mouth is thick chewy full bod, mild carb, hot boozy
Overall this was quite nice
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