Future You Hates You [Ghost: Hate]
Adroit Theory Brewing Company

Adroit Theory/Cushwa collab Future You Hates You Ghost:Hate RIS, 14% ABV. Pours 10wt oil thiccc and dark black with a ring of persistent brown bubbles that left no lacing. Aroma is roast malt, coffee, and dark chocolate. Taste follows, slightly sweet, moderately bitter, some alcohol evident. Excellent thiccc and smooth mouthfeel, overall outstanding to world-class adjacent.

The pour is sark, stout black and then some. The short head is chocolate brown, and that’s not an exaggeration. No lacing though, but for a 14% stout, no surprise.
The taste is dark fruit, chocolate, coffee and just a little bitter. Less than expected.
The feel is smooth and viscous. Has to have some body to carry all the flavors.
OA, I really, really enjoyed it, just not quite the ideal RIS. Too smooth.

Future You Hates You (Ghost Hate) from Adroit Theory. Received from their website 19/03/25. 16 fl oz can, $ 6.50 (Including tax)/ $ 0.406/fl oz. Reviewed 22/04/25 (Review 3511). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated can. Stored in at 39 degrees F at home: served at 56.6 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature is 61.3 degrees F.
Appearance – 4
First pour – Ruby Brown (SRM 24), nearly opaque.
Body – Deep Brown (SRM 30), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear-lite, ruby at the edges.
Head – Average (Maximum one cm, aggressive center pour), high density, Windsor tan, average retention. It recedes to a 0.2 cm crown and thin partial cap, fed by spotty carbonation.
Lacing – None
Aroma – 4 – Mild roasted malt with hints of chocolate and coffee. No yeast, no hops, no alcohol.
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins slightly bittersweet. Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, and a mild smokiness. No yeast, no hops. No alcohol (14 % ABV, according to the label). No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Moderate long-lived gastric burning occurs.
Palate – 4 – Full: creamy: soft carbonation.
Style: Follows the style guidelines as condensed by BA.

Final impression and summation: 4 (After deducting 0.25 point for an undated personal container) Typical unsigned asymmetric metal label art. This is a good but not outstanding take on the Russian Imperial Stout. Some roasted malt, coffee dominating barely detectable chocolate, beginning and ending slightly sweet.

[2024 iteration]
[canned on 02/01/2024 "You Hates You"]
Superb RIS. ROASTY, bakers chocolate, espresso, mild sweetness, just enough soft bitter to cut it....Fantastic