PB and Void
Gun Hill Brewing Company

 

Good stout. Black color,.medium-sized , beige head. Peanut butter, chocolate, and roasted malt are in the aroma. Moderate, roasted bitterness in taste.

Very dark with a thin light brown head that quickly dissipates into a ring. Strongly aromatic with the scents of chocolate & peanut butter. I don’t really like peanut butter so I feared tasting the beer but this is really good, lots of chocolate with some peanut butter flavor, coffee, complex flavor of roasted malt, biscuit & alcohol. Kind of neutral taste, not bitter of sweet. Feel is a bit thin for a stout, not much carbonation but it is smooth enough that the tongue is not bored. Overall, I didn’t think I’d like it but I did.

 

 

16oz can...dark as midnight pour with creamy brown head that dissipated quickly...roasty nutty aroma with a bit of chocolate...strong peanut taste with hints of dark chocolate and a little boozy, but a thin mouth feel.

 

L: Clear pitch blackness capped with a three finger mocha head, the last finger of which had decent retention and minimal lacing.

S: Peanut butter and a hint of nutella in my face. Powerful!

T: Strip half the chocolate from a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Discard, then drink what remains!

F: Thin with appropriate carbonation. If it were thicker though - I'd surely get sick haha.

O: "Our purpose here is to perpetuate preponderances of peanut butter." well they definitely achieved that! The export stout was the perfect backbone for this brew. This was a bit much for me personally, but I can say if peanut butter or the stout versions are your thing - this is a must try. I've had a handful and this nails the true PB feel. It's not covered by excess sugars or spice nonsense. This is the real deal!

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing opaque black in the glass with a thin brown head that dissipates to patches with light lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, peanut butter and milk chocolate; remarkably like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Flavor is semi-dry dark toasted malt with mild char, peanut butter, dark chocolate and a touch of coffee. Lingering coffee and peanut butter. Medium bodied with light creaminess. Wow, the aroma is spot on for the confection they claim to emulate. The taste is much drier and adheres very closely to a traditional export stout profile. That less sweet flavor is a bit of a surprise after the aroma, but there is little time for disappointment, because this a very pleasant melding of export stout malt with the peanut butter flavor. Starts with solid dry stout, peanut butter builds into a malty, with a little biscuit note finish with lingering peanut butter. There is a little of the slight bitterness of peanut skins in the finish, making the peanut flavor more authentic. This is really well done. Good job. I'm becoming a huge fan of peanut butter stouts.

Brown-black pour with a dirty tan colored cap of foam. Minimal lacing on the glass.

As advertised, the aroma is nutty, and the nuts are present in the flavor too, along with chocolate, coffee and tobacco flavors in there with vanilla, roasty malt, a hint of dark stone fruit. Flavors are rich and integrated well, finishing with a mild coffee acidity and bitterness.

Feel is heavyish, smooth, creamy. Overall quite an enjoyable brew.