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Wolf's Ridge Brewing

02/12/23 bottle @ home

22 ounce bottle packaged on 4/28/21. Poured into a DFH tulip had a nice sized tan head topping a blackish brown body. Smell was heavy with the cinnamon with chocolate and malts infused within and a small alcohol burn, maybe some vanilla too. Taste reveals some coffee but the alcohol is completely hidden. Mouthfeel has a nice balance where it doesn't get too thick and chewy like some of the cold weather high alc fortifiers. Nice fall imperial stout from Dire Wolf

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing opaque black in the glass with a thin khaki head that dissipates to a thick film with light lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, coffee, dry caramel, cocoa and cinnamon. Flavor follows, with dark toasted malt with light char, coffee, baker's chocolate, cinnamon and a touch of caramel; coffee and cocoa finish. Medium bodied with moderate creaminess. An excellent coffee stout with good balance between the char, coffee and cocoa. Aftertaste is reminiscent of a Mexican chocolate inspired mocha, and a good one at that. Nicely done. If this brewery was near me, I'd try all the stouts they had to offer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

22 ounce bottle, no dating on it that I noticed. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with about an inch and a half tan head that stuck around a while. There's also a decent amount of lacing. Aroma is nice, the brew smells like coffee, cinnamon, roasted malt, and bittersweet chocolate. Taste is similar to the aroma, but there's also a bit of licorice noticeable too. I think the cinnamon flavor is stronger than the coffee here, although the coffee does kick up a notch as the beer warms up more. Good enough balance between the sweet and bitter flavors. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it's a bit coating with moderate carbonation. I liked this imperial stout a lot, I always try to pick up any Dire Wolf variants to try and I wasn't disappointed with this one! $11.99 a bomber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from a 22oz bottle

It is a fairly viscous looking black with a substantial light brown froth on top.

It smells strongly of cinnamon. There is some chocolate, a bit of licorice, and very faint coffee.

Like the aroma, the cinnamon dominates. The coffee is almost non existent other than a little bit of charred grounds. The base beer is there though and keeps the spices from being overwhelming. There is a decent amount of bitterness and charred flavor along with a semi sweet chocolate.

The body is a solid medium, and the carbonation is average.

Would like to see the coffee come through a little more, but it is still a very good beer.

22 oz bottle poured into pint glass

A: Rich dark body with a lighter brownish quality and light escaping at the edges. Head is a slightly soapy and dark khaki colored that settles to a film.

S: Lots of cinnamon, some chocolate, a little coffee

T: Cinnamon is rich and full right up front get some chocolate if there is coffee it is very dialed back then get some alcohol heat.

M: medium to fuller but not as thick as I would like to see a stout.

O: It's not that great the cinnamon is too much and masks a lot of the base beer. If there is coffee in thus beer it's well hidden.