Fox In The Stout
Seventh Son Brewing Co.

 

Big chocolate aromas leap from the glass. Visible carbonation rising along the edges. Smooth drinking with a bit of smoke in the aftertaste. Salted is subtle. Alcohol is well hidden.
Very nice beer!

 

 

02/03/23 can @ home

 

 

Canned on: 11-07-22

A - Dark brown pour with a very dense layer of caramel colored cream resting on top that also sticks to the sides of the glass. The sticky lacing with this beer is pretty insane.

S - Nose is big salted caramel aroma with vanilla, cream, and toasted chocolate.

T - Chocolate char malt base is consistent from start to finish with roasted cocoa, chocolate, light salt, and some hints of caramel and cream. Ends with a nice lingering salty cocoa char.

M - Viscous and silky with a light sugary residue left on the lips.

O - Very solid and well worth checking out.

I have not reviewed this one yet... after a recent pilgrimmage there, it's a good idea to crack open one of these while they're still lingering in the back of the fridge. Poured into a pint glass, this beer gives me a nice, big khaki head that fades fairly fast, leaving at least a finger's-worth of foam. Black stout that smells of chocolate and caramel. The taste is that of a deep well of maltiness, a little bitter chocolate, vanilla. There is an evident dose of salt on the backend. It does lean into coffee, char, and earthiness. Body is pretty full and fluffy, quite smooth, not overly sweet.

It is indeed the brownie it wants to be, so enjoy dessert and say hi to the assistant manager.

12 oz can, poured into a snifter at ~40 degrees F.

L: Pours your typical stout black, and forms a couple fingers of khaki head with good retention.

S: Rich chocolate notes, with vanilla and coastal air beneath. Hints of black bread and fig.

T: Rich with chocolate from opening to finish, this takes on something of a milk chocolate cast with the vanilla that joins in shortly after the sip. A soft minerality manifests as it goes, just enough salinity to cut the sweetness. As it warms, the chocolate takes on something of a chocolate malt tinge.

F: Quite full and thick, fluffy, smooth, and sticky.

O: This was the first beer I had from Seventh Son, and the reason I've snagged every stout I've seen from them ever since. A lovely dessert stout.

I got a 6pck of this beer from my local beer store just around the corner. It poured an opaque dark with ecru ring head that is not leaving any lace. The scent had cocoa and caramel notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with sweet chocolate and caramel base with subtle salted nut highlights. The mouthfeel was medium in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer.

Mild pleasant aroma with chocolate on the front end. Look is on par with the style. No lacing, head disappeared within a few minutes. Taste followed aroma, smooth with appropriate bitter balance. A bit thin compared to other stouts. No over bearing alcohol taste given the 9.7 ABV. Overall, good beer.

12 ounce can, canned on 12/09/2019, thanks once again to Brutaltruth for this brew! Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with about an inch tan head. Head retention and lacing are both good. Aroma is nice and mostly sweet, the brew smells like chocolate, caramel, saltiness, and malted milk balls. Taste is similar to the aroma, but has the addition of some roasted malt and vanilla flavors. This brew is all about the sweet flavors, but with that being said it's not overpoweringly sweet. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it's creamy and smooth and has a moderate amount of carbonation. If you like imperial and/or sweeter tasting stouts, then give this one a try!

 

From the growler via Jungle Jim's in a snifter. This beast pours a
dark blackish brown with thin cola highlights and a nice head of
off white khaki foam that settles to a thin ring, light dusty layer, and
sports some mighty fine lacing. Nose of chocolate, caramel, subtle
salt notes, light char, and moderately dark roasted goodness. Flavors....
whoa--this is one to pay attention to. Light salt and caramel are
obvious with dark roasted malts and subtle coffee along with a
lightly earthy malt cocoa note with subtle char. Very nice mouth
feel; full body, smooth, rich, medium light carbonation that supplies
some needed lift, and a medium sweet and roasted finish with a
touch of salt.

overall----fantastic work.

Nuff said!

Cheers

 

This is probably the biggest Seventh Son I've had the pleasure of trying. It's a big brew, no doubt about it.

It pours an ordinary stout black with a decent head that subsides. It has no nitro or other big head effect. The smell is verymalty - some chocolate smell with the sweet malts, not much hops. It also is not yeasty and only a little roasty. The taste has a little funk under it that wasn't in the smell and the booze takes a while to come back at you, but it does. It is very strong.

Recommended as a nice sweet imperial that does not skimp on alcohol.

 

 

Description: Appearance is black, inky and with a minimal khaki head. Smell is sweet - not roasted/coffee - with caramel, cream, chocolate and a hit of salt. Taste is similar but with more of a roasted character and the milky creaminess comes out. Caramel is apparent and overall has a chocolate milk quality to it. Feel is smooth and creamy with minimal carbonation.

Overall: 4.25 (This beer is good and I would likely drink it again) Very solid stout. I'm not a big coffee fan so this was a hit with me. It's sweet without being overly so and all of the flavors work well together. The salt and caramel are the stars here and add a really nice element.