Faster Than The Future
Hoof Hearted Brewing

 

1 PINT can
Served in a snifter

This beer pours black and is topped with an inch of fleeting mocha head that leaves no lacing.

The smell is raspberry and vanilla with complimentary chocolate and coffee.

Raspberry is huge in the flavor. I get some milk chocolate. Almond and vanilla are more subtle. Coffee flavor comes out as it warms.

Full bodied with a smooth mouthfeel

I have never had princess cake. This beer is full of raspberry flavor. The chocolate and coffee flavors go well with the raspberry. The vanilla is pretty subtle in smell and taste for me.

Canned 2020/10/30
Pours thick and black as crude oil, a little fizzy head that fades quickly, thick oily paints the glass with legs that last forever

Nose brings loads of chocolate covered raspberries, sweet chocolate, with almond Marzipan like, then a rich smooth vanilla, behind that some dark roasty malts, black malts, coffee, general nutty aroma, candy bar and cocoa

Taste has more of the same, starting with rich vanilla and almond paste, layers of cocoa, dark chocolate, ganache, sweetened milk chocolate, a bit of fruity raspberry, some chocolate raspberry, a bit of marshmallow and nougat into candy bar, with a little spice character, a little roast, and some coffee and cream notes, hint of fudge raspberry puree late, sticky semi sweet finish with more chocolate raspberry, cocoa, fudge, and vanilla lingering

Mouth is fuller bod, rich velvety, med foamy carb, no alcohol somehow

Overall this was pretty good, enough base beer to not be too much of a gimmick, delivers all the flavors it says, and holy crap that alcohol is hidden well

Pours a motor oil black nice and thick big dark coco colored head that falls oh so slow, very nice looking stout.

Aroma is deep rich roasted malts, almonds, raspberries that have some tartness to them more so the sweet or something is making it seem so.

Taste is rich roasted malts lots of chocolate with some nuttiness underneath again the raspberries have a light tartness or maybe the almond is just coming of that way? Finish is lingering chocolate raspberry, caramel and vanilla hints, not bad but keep trying to figure out what is going on with my taste buds.

Mouthfeel is nice big brew with fairly smooth carbonation.

Overall not a bad big stout, the 13.5% is well hidden.

16oz can poured into a Jackie O's tulip.

A: Dense, viscous, oily black pour with a small mocha-colored head that fizzles away quickly and loudly but leaves a constant reddish-black film on the glass.

S: Tart & sweet cherry notes with a hefty helping of vanilla and malty base; somewhat nutty too, with an alcohol presence as well.

T: Cherry leads off again and combines with that vanilla sweetness and almond nutty/dryness; cherry is mostly tart but has the impression of pastry/maraschino cherries. Impressions of caramel dessert, though I wouldn't call this a cloying stout at all. Tart cherry is dominant, but doesn't push the brew into 'sour' stout territory either.

MF: Dense, oily, and viscous, with a significant warming sensation in the chest at 13.5% abv.

O: This was good but would have benefitted from some sweetness/chocolate additions in the adjuncts in my opinion.

L: Poured from a tallboy can to a pint glass. Had a coal black color and a thick, opaque consistency. There was a quarter inch of foamy, tan-colored head that quickly dissipated. Fantastic lacing.

S: A very good aroma of chocolate, berries, nuts, malt, and caramel.

T: Tasted of bit of the nutty quality (almonds, in particular), a hint of caramel (a fleeting sweetness), lots of raspberries (A dominant ingredient), some malt (a solid and subtle backbone), and a good shot of chocolate (sweet, but never cloying). This is a solid well-formed flavor. Fruit stouts are hit and miss, but this flavor seems to work. Pretty tasty.

F: A fair amount of carbonation with a super smooth finish.Medium- to full-bodied.

O: A rock solid, easy to drink stout. Worth a try.

Great beer, wifey liked it & the can art was lovely!

Pours dark, opaque black color. Looks like motor oil coming out of the can. Love that. Smells like a standard stout. As far as the taste goes, you can clearly make out the marcona almond flavor with right away, which stays with you long after you swallow. Raspberry really hits home in the aftertaste. Goes down super smooth. Pleasantly surprised with the flavor with the high ABV. Overall, a really good Imperial Stout - especially for the price. Biggest criticism is that it may be too sweet.

 

 

16oz can. Poured out an opaque, jet-black color with a small, light brown head of foam. It left some sudsy lacing on the glass. It smelled of chocolate, raspberry, toasted caramel and toffee. Sweet raspberry fruitiness with chocolate, toffee and caramel.