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Monsters' Park
Modern Times Beer
- From:
- Modern Times Beer
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #1,575 - ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #7,573 - Avg:
- 4.07 | pDev: 9.34%
- Reviews:
- 53
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 02, 2024
- Added:
- Mar 07, 2014
- Wants:
- 39
- Gots:
- 75
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Ratings by Smakawhat:
Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
4.44/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.44/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from the bottle into a Spiegelau Stout glass.
Deep opaque nearly black walnut body, with a billowing cream like espresso brown head. Three fingers tall good retention and creamy topped Puck.
Interesting aroma. Soft grain notes, vanilla and big chewy malt depth. chewy sensing almost thick wheat and molasses.
Palate really sings. Chewy and velvet grains and dark chocolate flavors. Soft cocoa powder and even a coffee like fruitiness in the mid palate. Finishes rich and with creamy flavors of thick milk and well.. cream. Touches a breakfast cereal warmth of chocolate and oatmeal chunky flavors that is very inviting.
Delicious imperial, another excellent beer from these guys!
Dec 26, 2015Deep opaque nearly black walnut body, with a billowing cream like espresso brown head. Three fingers tall good retention and creamy topped Puck.
Interesting aroma. Soft grain notes, vanilla and big chewy malt depth. chewy sensing almost thick wheat and molasses.
Palate really sings. Chewy and velvet grains and dark chocolate flavors. Soft cocoa powder and even a coffee like fruitiness in the mid palate. Finishes rich and with creamy flavors of thick milk and well.. cream. Touches a breakfast cereal warmth of chocolate and oatmeal chunky flavors that is very inviting.
Delicious imperial, another excellent beer from these guys!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rickrem from California
4.49/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +10.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
On draft in southern CA.
Super dark brown that makes a good root beer look pale. Slight dark brown creamy head that quickly fades.
Aroma is totally milk chocolate.
Taste is very mild chocolate. Hints of the alcohol sneak through but just enough to let you know it's there rather than being overwhelming. Hints of vanilla and a creamy mouth feel balance it out nicely.
Half a pint is plenty.
Mar 02, 2024Super dark brown that makes a good root beer look pale. Slight dark brown creamy head that quickly fades.
Aroma is totally milk chocolate.
Taste is very mild chocolate. Hints of the alcohol sneak through but just enough to let you know it's there rather than being overwhelming. Hints of vanilla and a creamy mouth feel balance it out nicely.
Half a pint is plenty.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4.25/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Draft at Ale Arsenal. Black and inky, slick and slippery, bold and boozy. Straight up, in your face imperial stout. Perfect to sip and enjoy. No need to rush on this one...
Dec 01, 2022Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado
4.09/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L:. Pours a thick dark black with a small tan head and no lacing.
S:. Strong notes of bourbon, with hints of vanilla, cherry and a touch of caramel, followed by notes of chocolate and some roasted malt.
T:. Bourbon and alcohol, with a touch of vanilla and oak, a slight caramel and then some roasted malt, this one leans a little more towards the bourbon than the stout side of things.
F:. Slick mouthfeel, bigger body.
O:. This is a good stout but I do wish a little bit more of the base stout shone through, this has a strong bourbon feel to it.
Jan 02, 2021S:. Strong notes of bourbon, with hints of vanilla, cherry and a touch of caramel, followed by notes of chocolate and some roasted malt.
T:. Bourbon and alcohol, with a touch of vanilla and oak, a slight caramel and then some roasted malt, this one leans a little more towards the bourbon than the stout side of things.
F:. Slick mouthfeel, bigger body.
O:. This is a good stout but I do wish a little bit more of the base stout shone through, this has a strong bourbon feel to it.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Looks like I first had this back in 2014 in the bottle, and a few times after on tap, yet haven't reduced it to a written review yet.
Pours black. 1/4" brown head. Big roastiness in the aroma. We're in standard territory here. No alcohol perceptible in the nose at least. Might pull some licorice, caramel and nuttiness out of it.
Taste is one you know, and prolly know well, its a big ass double digit, heavy roast, massive quantity of malt kind of imperial stout. You can mention all the possible things, raisins, coffee, pine, earth, scorch, roast, chocolate, fudge,
I thought the alcohol was present, but understandable at this level. Unfortunately a lot of "reviewers" think this is the bourbon barrel version, but no dude. Its basically a generic tier Speedway Stout. Since Speedway is pretty awesome, so is this virtual copycat (with more quad/dark fruit notes) of it to a lesser degree.
May 05, 2020Pours black. 1/4" brown head. Big roastiness in the aroma. We're in standard territory here. No alcohol perceptible in the nose at least. Might pull some licorice, caramel and nuttiness out of it.
Taste is one you know, and prolly know well, its a big ass double digit, heavy roast, massive quantity of malt kind of imperial stout. You can mention all the possible things, raisins, coffee, pine, earth, scorch, roast, chocolate, fudge,
I thought the alcohol was present, but understandable at this level. Unfortunately a lot of "reviewers" think this is the bourbon barrel version, but no dude. Its basically a generic tier Speedway Stout. Since Speedway is pretty awesome, so is this virtual copycat (with more quad/dark fruit notes) of it to a lesser degree.
Reviewed by tkdchampxi from New Jersey
4.98/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
4.98/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Truly one of the best beers I've had in years. This drinks like an heir to the throne of former greats like bourbon county coconut... Which is interesting because I don't think this has or advertises any coconut qualities... But it is thick and smooth and delicious and sweet and roasty and sweet - but all in moderated quantities that just comes together beautifully.
Jul 05, 2019Reviewed by Beer_Right_Back from Arizona
3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
We got massive, punch in the face, notes of coconut filling our mouths, and were rather surprised that it seems unintentional. Strong, boozy, and dark, this beer is the type of stout that will end your night, regardless of how much beer you can drink.
May 01, 2019Reviewed by mynie from Maryland
4.8/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.8/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
2019 Edition: 14.2% ABV (!)
An excessively strong RIS packaged in a cute little can that reminds me of nice wallpaper from the late 1800's.
Pours is very black and fairly limp and that's about what I'd expect from a beer of this magnitude.
Smells of intense vanilla and whiskey. Basically imagine BCBS but then up it a good two or three degrees. The aroma is decadent in the best possible way, intense but not cloying, but zero burn, zero gimmick, and zero off nodes. Superb.
Tastes damn near as good as it smells. It's been well over a decade now that brewers have been attempting to out-smooth and out-whiskey Bourbon County, and dag gum I think the fellas over at Modern Times might have actually cracked this nut. Lightly boozy milk chocolate starts things out, moving to a lightly burny and heavily sweet middle, finishing on some intense, but not too intense, nodes of bourbon and marshmallows. This is exquisite.
Apr 22, 2019An excessively strong RIS packaged in a cute little can that reminds me of nice wallpaper from the late 1800's.
Pours is very black and fairly limp and that's about what I'd expect from a beer of this magnitude.
Smells of intense vanilla and whiskey. Basically imagine BCBS but then up it a good two or three degrees. The aroma is decadent in the best possible way, intense but not cloying, but zero burn, zero gimmick, and zero off nodes. Superb.
Tastes damn near as good as it smells. It's been well over a decade now that brewers have been attempting to out-smooth and out-whiskey Bourbon County, and dag gum I think the fellas over at Modern Times might have actually cracked this nut. Lightly boozy milk chocolate starts things out, moving to a lightly burny and heavily sweet middle, finishing on some intense, but not too intense, nodes of bourbon and marshmallows. This is exquisite.
Monsters' Park from Modern Times Beer
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
339 ratings
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