Spacetime Continuum - Coconut
Tree House Brewing Company
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
Ranked #339 - ABV:
- 11.9%
- Score:
- 95
Ranked #1,382 - Avg:
- 4.36 | pDev: 6.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 18
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 23, 2024
- Added:
- Nov 15, 2020
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
95
World-Class
95
World-Class
Spacetime Continuum Coconut is a blended Imperial Stout featuring 34% barrel-aged stout with an average age of 18 months blended with Truth base Imperial Stout. Following the blend it is conditioned upon hundreds and hundreds of pounds of toasted coconut.
Spacetime Continuum Coconut Batch Two is a barrel-blended Imperial Stout featuring 60% barrel-aged stout blended with fresh Truth Imperial Stout base. Following the blend it is conditioned upon several hundred pounds of toasted and untoasted coconut. The resulting beer is magnificent, with big and sweet coconut flavors melding seamlessly with the Tootsie Roll-like flavors of the base beer. With more barrel and more coconut than batch one, it’s a stunner, indeed.
The resulting beer is magnificent, with rich and sweet coconut flavors blending with the Tootsie-Roll-like flavors of the blend. The coconut character is super well-integrated, and while it does not overwhelm, it lets its sweet, creamy presence be known throughout the glass. As it warms it reveals waves of complexity with notes of sweet baker’s chocolate, uncut bourbon, dark caramel candy, and milky coconut. It is a phenomenal treat! Savor, and enjoy!
Spacetime Continuum Coconut Batch Two is a barrel-blended Imperial Stout featuring 60% barrel-aged stout blended with fresh Truth Imperial Stout base. Following the blend it is conditioned upon several hundred pounds of toasted and untoasted coconut. The resulting beer is magnificent, with big and sweet coconut flavors melding seamlessly with the Tootsie Roll-like flavors of the base beer. With more barrel and more coconut than batch one, it’s a stunner, indeed.
The resulting beer is magnificent, with rich and sweet coconut flavors blending with the Tootsie-Roll-like flavors of the blend. The coconut character is super well-integrated, and while it does not overwhelm, it lets its sweet, creamy presence be known throughout the glass. As it warms it reveals waves of complexity with notes of sweet baker’s chocolate, uncut bourbon, dark caramel candy, and milky coconut. It is a phenomenal treat! Savor, and enjoy!
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Reviewed by Tony210 from New Jersey
4.38/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours pitch black, zero head. Dry nice coconut aroma mixes with dark chocolate and a hint of coffee. Flavor is sweet coconut, milk chocolate, light bitter coffee finish. Minimal carbonation, very thick and creamy. Overall a delicious coconut dessert stout.
5/16/23
12 oz bottle, at least 6 months old.
4.25 rating
May 17, 20235/16/23
12 oz bottle, at least 6 months old.
4.25 rating
Reviewed by JJKBeerLvr from Pennsylvania
4.9/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +12.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Poured from a bottle into pint glass in April 2023. I do not see a bottled on date, but I drank this about 1 month after purchasing the bottle at the Tree House brewpub.
Appearance: As with many imperial stouts, very dark black with a thin reddish head. Head was less than 1 finger high, and lasted a minute. It leaves only a little lacing on the glass, and ended with a thin red/tan head still on the beer. Head bubbles were very fine.
Smell: Strong aroma of bourbon, chocolate, and coconut. There is also some caramel, vanilla, and some other sweet aroma like black licorice, but overall the bourbon and coconut dominate the others. It is a very nice balance of aromas, and good contrast.
Taste: There is a nice balance between the chocolate, bourbon, and sweetness from the coconut flavors. There is some smokie roasted flavors, some caramel, vanilla, and coffee flavors, and a little amount of bitter hop flavors to enhance the taste and add some complexity. There is a strong alcohol presence, but it is balanced nicely by the sweetness. The taste is an excellent mix.
Mouth-feel: Thick like liquid licorice, but with a smooth body. Not overly smooth like a Milk Stout.
This is an excellent, complex Imperial Stout, and it has a variety of flavors that adds a nice complexity to the beer. Although this is a big beer, it is very smooth and enjoyable to drink. This coconut sweetness nicely contrasts the bourbon flavor, and is a nice balance to the alcohol. This reminds me a lot of Founder's CBS and KBS stouts which are some of my favorite beers. At $10 for a 12oz bottle, I just wish it was not so expensive. Another outstanding beer by Tree House.
See my Founders CBS review for a list of my current favorite stouts.
Apr 08, 2023Appearance: As with many imperial stouts, very dark black with a thin reddish head. Head was less than 1 finger high, and lasted a minute. It leaves only a little lacing on the glass, and ended with a thin red/tan head still on the beer. Head bubbles were very fine.
Smell: Strong aroma of bourbon, chocolate, and coconut. There is also some caramel, vanilla, and some other sweet aroma like black licorice, but overall the bourbon and coconut dominate the others. It is a very nice balance of aromas, and good contrast.
Taste: There is a nice balance between the chocolate, bourbon, and sweetness from the coconut flavors. There is some smokie roasted flavors, some caramel, vanilla, and coffee flavors, and a little amount of bitter hop flavors to enhance the taste and add some complexity. There is a strong alcohol presence, but it is balanced nicely by the sweetness. The taste is an excellent mix.
Mouth-feel: Thick like liquid licorice, but with a smooth body. Not overly smooth like a Milk Stout.
This is an excellent, complex Imperial Stout, and it has a variety of flavors that adds a nice complexity to the beer. Although this is a big beer, it is very smooth and enjoyable to drink. This coconut sweetness nicely contrasts the bourbon flavor, and is a nice balance to the alcohol. This reminds me a lot of Founder's CBS and KBS stouts which are some of my favorite beers. At $10 for a 12oz bottle, I just wish it was not so expensive. Another outstanding beer by Tree House.
See my Founders CBS review for a list of my current favorite stouts.
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.96/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.96/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
This one pours a very thick looking dark black color, with a very small head, and a little bit of lacing.
This smells like sticky sweet toasted coconut, vanilla, bourbon, and milk chocolate.
This is a bit more sweet and less balanced than the usual Tree House barrel aged stout, but it’s undeniably decadent and delicious. There is a lot, a lot of coconut here, with all the creamy toasted goodness that you expect from a heavy coconut pastry stout. There’s a good amount of barrel still, adding caramel, vanilla, and bourbon, with a thick and creamy chocolatey base maltiness.
This is very thick, and very creamy, with very little booziness.
I’m glad that this came in a 12 ounce bottle – it’s quite big and intense, and it’s appropriate in smaller serving sizes.
Nov 15, 2022This smells like sticky sweet toasted coconut, vanilla, bourbon, and milk chocolate.
This is a bit more sweet and less balanced than the usual Tree House barrel aged stout, but it’s undeniably decadent and delicious. There is a lot, a lot of coconut here, with all the creamy toasted goodness that you expect from a heavy coconut pastry stout. There’s a good amount of barrel still, adding caramel, vanilla, and bourbon, with a thick and creamy chocolatey base maltiness.
This is very thick, and very creamy, with very little booziness.
I’m glad that this came in a 12 ounce bottle – it’s quite big and intense, and it’s appropriate in smaller serving sizes.
Reviewed by DIM from Pennsylvania
4.41/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Batch 2 apparently, 60% barrel aged.
Well this comes together really well. The fudgy base beer and copious coconut dominate here, while the bourbon provides a nice background accent. Damn delicious.
Oct 16, 2022Well this comes together really well. The fudgy base beer and copious coconut dominate here, while the bourbon provides a nice background accent. Damn delicious.
Reviewed by beerbully from New Jersey
4.47/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
L- Black as the night, small mocha head.
S-Aroma is faint......barrel notes, some roasty char and chocolate....brown sugar, cinnamon, burnt vanilla, fudge, lactose
T-barrel, fudge, brown sugar, molasses, burnt vanilla, lactose, dark fruit, some lingering sweetness in the finish
F- Thick and creamy.....full bodied..... minimum carb....viscuous......oily
O- awesome beer.....thick, creamy, complex.....
Oct 09, 2022S-Aroma is faint......barrel notes, some roasty char and chocolate....brown sugar, cinnamon, burnt vanilla, fudge, lactose
T-barrel, fudge, brown sugar, molasses, burnt vanilla, lactose, dark fruit, some lingering sweetness in the finish
F- Thick and creamy.....full bodied..... minimum carb....viscuous......oily
O- awesome beer.....thick, creamy, complex.....
Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York
3.92/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
12oz. capped bottle into a Tree House teku. Shared with schen9303.
Pours pitch black, dense, almost viscous. No head, no lace, huge, oily legs. Nose is Almond Joy. Chocolate, fudge, coconut shavings. Sweet and almost salty from the coconut. Big lactose notes in the background as well. Beer opens sweet. I get chocolate, fudge, and molasses. COconut shavings in the middle with a heavy dose of vanilla and lactose. Sweet cream towards the end. Light touches of sweet soy sauce and booze at the finish. A touch too sweet. Body is thick with low carbonation. SLick, oily, and heavy on the palate and goes down warm and filmy with a lingering aftertaste.
Decent but this one leans a touch too sweet for me.
May 30, 2022Pours pitch black, dense, almost viscous. No head, no lace, huge, oily legs. Nose is Almond Joy. Chocolate, fudge, coconut shavings. Sweet and almost salty from the coconut. Big lactose notes in the background as well. Beer opens sweet. I get chocolate, fudge, and molasses. COconut shavings in the middle with a heavy dose of vanilla and lactose. Sweet cream towards the end. Light touches of sweet soy sauce and booze at the finish. A touch too sweet. Body is thick with low carbonation. SLick, oily, and heavy on the palate and goes down warm and filmy with a lingering aftertaste.
Decent but this one leans a touch too sweet for me.
Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland
4.3/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12 oz bottle poured into a snifter. Pours a viscous, oily pitch black with a small tan head that appears only after a few moments. Aroma and flavor feature deep roasted malts, black coffee, bourbon, vanilla, dark chocolate, and a good amount of toasted coconut, although not as much as I was anticipating. Just a hint of sour, which is an unfortunate characteristic of some coconut beers - not much, but it's there. Thick, syrupy, palate-coating mouthfeel. Sweet but not cloying. Overall it's a great beer for sure, but a little bit of a letdown on the coconut front.
May 07, 2022
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