BA Pastrinauts
Other Half Brewing - Center Street

 

11/08/23 bottle @ home

 

I thought I'd seen it all when it came to the insane presentation of some pastry stouts, but this opaquely used motor oil brownish-black sludge contains the most floaters I've ever seen. They aren't just softly oblong blobs of slightly off-white fat globules dispersed here or there, they are even darker brown, more solid, and absurdly numerous.

Upon first sip, and second, and third, I can hardly bring myself to describe the flavor because of the startling ruckus that is the not just visible, but physically prickly, almost sharply splintery mess of chunks on the surface. They literally poke your lips before melting on the palate, especially if this one was stored at colder temps.

Once I finally bring myself to tolerate the outrageous level of lipids found here, I find that the nose exudes all kinds of nanners, while the flavor somehow isn't too sweet, actually. This is due to its fairly punchy, warming expression that overall comes across like a chocolatey tropical smoothie.

Still, I think we've pushed the limits of pastry stout as far as they will take us, mmmkay?