Tiramisu Creamer
Firefly Hollow Brewing Co.

Firefly Hollow Brewing Co. "Tiramisu Creamer"
16 fl. oz. can without production codes or freshness dating
$1.83 @ Mo's Wine & Spirits, Fairfield, CT

Notes via stream of consciousness: This is "brewed with vanilla bean, cacao, coffee, & lactose". Sounds pretty good. I'm going to guess that it's what some people call a "white stout" but let's see... yeah, I think so, it's a cloudy deep-golden/amber in color beneath a tall head of creamy white foam. There's some coffee-bean in the aroma, some vanilla, and sweet golden malt. It's not a really bright aroma but that's OK. On to the taste... well there's definitely vanilla there, and they sprung for the real thing! Awesome! The coffee-bean flavor is strong as well, as is the sweetish malt. What else was added? Cacao and lactose. Yeah, I get the cacao but it's not strong, and lactose doesn't really taste like anything, it's just a mildly sweet sugar. There is some bitterness to it but not much, and I don't really get it until the swallow as it's got a lot to fight against prior to that. There's also a touch of fruitiness that I'll say is like apple, and perhaps berry. It's a nice, full but not overly complex beer. It's easy to drink, although it does seem that it'll build on the palate after a while. Personally, I can sense the lactose which I find kind of chalky, but it's not too bad and most people don't seem to be able to detect it at all. In the mouth it's medium bodied with a bit of a dextrinous feel, and gently crisp. It's definitely too sweet for an everyday beer, but that's not what it's intended as - it's an occasional beer, and a nice dessert beer.
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