Velvet Magnum III
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

 

 

 

Pure bliss! Warmth from the rum, delicious dark chocolate and a smooth buttery caramel finish.
Perhaps my favorite brew to date.
Thanks to Other Half and Burial for a near perfect brew

 

This one pours a syrupy looking dark black, with a small head and not much lacing.

This one smells like astringent roast, lactose, and chocolate milk.

There is just too much lactose here, with not even coconut to balance out that sort of chalky astringency I'm getting from the lactose and the roast. The heavy cream is completely unnecessary here. This si also extremely boozy - Other Half is usually better at hiding that sort of thing in their biggest stouts

This is tough to drink, as it's just too heavy and too astringent. There's a lower level of carbonation, and it just feels super flabby.

I'm honestly getting really tried of OH stouts. I used to love them, but now they just seem way too over the top most of the time.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours very dark with lingering foamy head. Amazing aroma - tons of coconut, some chocolate and vanilla, hint of booze. Smells like a creamy coconut pie. Tremendous coconut flavor, creaminess from all the milk-related additions makes it taste like a slice of coconut cream pie. Wow! Has a bit of a boozy finish, which I would expect at 15%+. Pretty full bodied, silky and creamy, carbonation is a touch on the light side, which suits it well. Overall I love this beer, bot it last release as well, will continue to buy as long as they sell it.

1/22/20
500 ml bottle released 12/14/19
4.5 rating