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Molé Temptress
Lakewood Brewing Company
- From:
- Lakewood Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
- ABV:
- 9.1%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 8.45%
- Reviews:
- 20
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 22, 2018
- Added:
- May 01, 2014
- Wants:
- 18
- Gots:
- 44
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
2.91/5 rDev -29.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.91/5 rDev -29.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Currently #50 in the Top Texas beer list. I adore regular Temptress, so I had to pick this up even at its eyebrow-raising $14.99 USD per 4 pack pricetag.
BOTTLE: Bottled on 03.20.17. 12 fl oz brown glass bottle format. Branded black pry-off crown cap.
"Ale brewed with lactose sugar and vanilla with chiles, cacao, and cinnamon." 56 IBU. 33 SRM. 1.091 OG. 9.1% ABV. Brewed with a combination of ancho, pasilla, guajillo, and chipotle peppers.
HEAD: ~1-2cm in height. Khaki in colour. Recedes quickly, only lasting ~20 seconds. Leaves no lacing.
BODY: Opaque solid black - as the style demands. No yeast/lees are visible within.
Appears adequately carbonated. Not a unique or special appearance for a milk stout, but generally appealing.
AROMA: Imitation vanilla extract. Dark malt sweetness. Specialty chocolate malt. Shallow cacao. High sweetness from unfermentable lactose sugar. Honestly, I don't find the cinnamon or mole spice at all...no chile heat, no chile-like vinegar note, no overt pepper, no cassia, no true cinnamon.
Suggests a shallow and reticent beer with little going on aside from a generic high sweetness.
Aromatic intensity is average. No overt hops, overt yeasty character, or obvious booze is detectable.
TASTE: Reticent and shallow, barely evoking its hodgepodge of simplistic flavours. I get lactose sugar sweetness and generic dark malt sweetness, with a blip of artificial vanillin - and that's it. No mole /chile spice, no cinnamon or cassia, no cacao nibs, no genuine vanilla bean.
Very uninspired work, with okay balance.
TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, medium to full-bodied, well-carbonated, oddly thin, slightly syrupy. Not sticky, oily, gushed, hot, boozy, astringent, harsh, rough, or scratchy. One if its big feats is it hides its ABV remarkable well.
OVERALL: Fails to execute its core premise well, not delivering on either the mole or cacao/vanilla angles. The result is a beer that pales in comparison to regular Temptress and isn't worth its hefty pricetag. I imagine Lakewood has scaled up the volume they brew as they've raised distribution, and I fear the result is diminished quality. This is a great concept for a beer, but the execution just isn't there at all. Average at best.
C / AVERAGE
Oct 26, 2017BOTTLE: Bottled on 03.20.17. 12 fl oz brown glass bottle format. Branded black pry-off crown cap.
"Ale brewed with lactose sugar and vanilla with chiles, cacao, and cinnamon." 56 IBU. 33 SRM. 1.091 OG. 9.1% ABV. Brewed with a combination of ancho, pasilla, guajillo, and chipotle peppers.
HEAD: ~1-2cm in height. Khaki in colour. Recedes quickly, only lasting ~20 seconds. Leaves no lacing.
BODY: Opaque solid black - as the style demands. No yeast/lees are visible within.
Appears adequately carbonated. Not a unique or special appearance for a milk stout, but generally appealing.
AROMA: Imitation vanilla extract. Dark malt sweetness. Specialty chocolate malt. Shallow cacao. High sweetness from unfermentable lactose sugar. Honestly, I don't find the cinnamon or mole spice at all...no chile heat, no chile-like vinegar note, no overt pepper, no cassia, no true cinnamon.
Suggests a shallow and reticent beer with little going on aside from a generic high sweetness.
Aromatic intensity is average. No overt hops, overt yeasty character, or obvious booze is detectable.
TASTE: Reticent and shallow, barely evoking its hodgepodge of simplistic flavours. I get lactose sugar sweetness and generic dark malt sweetness, with a blip of artificial vanillin - and that's it. No mole /chile spice, no cinnamon or cassia, no cacao nibs, no genuine vanilla bean.
Very uninspired work, with okay balance.
TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, medium to full-bodied, well-carbonated, oddly thin, slightly syrupy. Not sticky, oily, gushed, hot, boozy, astringent, harsh, rough, or scratchy. One if its big feats is it hides its ABV remarkable well.
OVERALL: Fails to execute its core premise well, not delivering on either the mole or cacao/vanilla angles. The result is a beer that pales in comparison to regular Temptress and isn't worth its hefty pricetag. I imagine Lakewood has scaled up the volume they brew as they've raised distribution, and I fear the result is diminished quality. This is a great concept for a beer, but the execution just isn't there at all. Average at best.
C / AVERAGE
Rated by Mindsculptor from Texas
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pretty damned good, I can definitely taste the spices. Still, I like French Quarter better.
Jul 07, 2017
Molé Temptress from Lakewood Brewing Company
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
174 ratings
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