Peanut Butter Fluff
Prairie Artisan Ales

 

12 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in 12/2018. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with no head retention or lacing. Chunky floaties, minimal streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, peanut butter, cocoa, oreo cookies, vanilla, cream, fudge, marshmallow, brownie batter, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with light notes of licorice, dark fruit, smoke, herbal, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Mild booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of PB oreos, vanilla, marshmallow, bourbon barrel, and dark/roast/bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, peanut butter, cocoa, oreo cookies, vanilla, cream, fudge, marshmallow, brownie batter, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and dark/brown bread; with light notes of licorice, dark fruit, smoke, herbal, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Very minimal herbal/roast bitterness, and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, peanut butter, cocoa, oreo cookies, vanilla, cream, fudge, marshmallow, brownie batter, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, dark/brown bread, light licorice/dark fruit/smoke, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of PB oreos, vanilla, marshmallow, bourbon barrel, and dark/roast/bready malt flavors; with a decent roasted bitter/sweet and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying sweetness after the finish. Minimal dryness from roast bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, and rich mouthfeel that is insane. Slight slickness, sticky hops, chalky roast, and oak tannins. Mild increasing warmth of 14%, with zero barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an insane flavored imperial stout! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of PB oreos, vanilla, marshmallow, bourbon barrel, and dark/roast/bready malt flavors; insanely smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV; with the minimally bitter/drying finish. Insanely soft feel. Perfectly balanced rich malts, PB oreos, vanilla, marshmallow, and bourbon barrel presence/integration. An insanely amazing offering, and world class dessert style example. Prairie BA stouts are pretty much always top tier. This is no exception.